Folklore and choreography in the dialogue of cultural and national interaction
Authors:   Kosygin State University of Russia, Portnova Tatiana V. 
Published: November 2022

Subject and purpose. In the modern world, the preservation, revival and development of folk culture is becoming relevant. Due to a number of reasons, the original folklore samples are lost, and may not be subject to restoration. Therefore, at present, the problems of fixing and preserving unique folklore data that were created at different times and contained in the creations of famous choreographers remain unresolved. Samples of preserved and studied folklore can serve as a means of developing creative activity, both in dance groups and students studying folk choreography. The purpose of the study is to identify the contact links of folklore and dance culture in the context of national interaction, to identify aspects of the development of folk dance as an ethno–cultural phenomenon, to identify the potential of its use in the poly-artistic education of peoples. Materials and methods. The methodological foundation of the study is based on a discussion analysis, which helps to understand that the originality of choreography manifests in the style, manner of performance, number of participants, pace of movements, composition, genre, and traditions. Russian dances are characteristic of certain choreographic customs, which allows us to consider them not only as folk art but also as a national one. This work employs interdisciplinary and integrated approaches involving cultural studies, folklore studies, art history, and other related sciences. The results of the study. For a long time, dance folklore is one of the important forms of preservation and transfer of the accumulated experience of spiritual culture from one generation to another. Folklore is always modern and distant, it includes a variety of genres, images, poetics, which is due to social and domestic functions, also ways of expression in art. Folklore is an important source for choreography, as it serves as a material that directors resort to – directors during dancing, and theaters are examined for scientific purposes. Choreography uses oral and written folklore, both in semantic and structural aspects. He, refracted through the dance language, acquires the instance of visualization. In some cases, visual folklore becomes a conceptual idea of creating choreographic numbers and whole dance ensembles. In the archaic geometry of the early forms of dance, a communicative function is laid related to the cosmic symbols of the interaction of nature and man. Folklore principles developed in folk choreography mainly rely on the realistic method of expression, which contributed to the complexity of national recognized world schools. In the classical dance, a separate direction of characteristic dance was distinguished, based on national folklore, the mandatory study of which is now included in the educational process of choreographic educational institutions. Thus, the study of folklore in folk dance helps to understand social relations in society between representatives of a certain ethnic group, reveal their spiritual and material culture and present the aesthetic level of the creators. Depending on the ethnic composition of the dance group itself, an acquaintance with a folklore of a certain ethnic group occurs. Modern professional choreographic art, reflecting folklore, complicates and modifies it, can be considered in the context of experimental art practices and potentially used in new stage solutions. Conclusions. The conducted study allows us to conclude that the ideological, developmental, informational, educational, and socioeducational functions are important elements in the system of the art of choreography. Consequently, folklore reflects folk history, and choreographic folklore helps to study folk dances characteristic of the ethnos to which it belongs. Folk dances contain information about the nation, and the dialogue of cultures, i.e., through its representatives, allows us to obtain information about cultural values, relationships, and norms of behavior of people of another ethnic group. Thus, folklore and folk choreography broaden our horizons and integrate the connection of generations, and the communicative properties inherent in them characterize a certain people.