“Antarctica” - the ice will melt, or Some trends in the development of children‘s choreographic creativity
The article is addressed to management, teaching and creative staff of choreographic circles, schools, studios and theaters, as well as researchers interested in the current state of children's dance creativity. The popularity of choreographic art is steadily increasing. This is recorded both i...
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| Language: | English |
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Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Управление культурой |
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| Online Access: | https://managing-culture.eaca.ru/archive/2024/1/1 |
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| Summary: | The article is addressed to management, teaching and creative staff of choreographic circles, schools, studios and theaters, as well as researchers interested in the current state of children's dance creativity. The popularity of choreographic art is steadily increasing. This is recorded both in the level of occupancy of the halls of specialized theaters, and in increased popularity for schools and studios specializing in teaching the art of dance. However, almost all such institutions face a clear developmental limit linked to the exhaustion of demonstrative choreographic practices. This limit is often seen in the form of a recital and rarely as a concert and actual performance. Such limitations objectively force teaching teams to reproduce already established pedagogical and choreographic clichés with each new cycle. At the same time, real choreographic life progresses, widening the gap between traditional, “school” choreography and modern choreography, by definition associated with professional theater. The disposition of the gap is aggravated by conservatism in the management of municipal and state institutions of additional education in the field of choreography, associated with excessive regulation. A potential solution to this situation lies in the theatricalization of children's choreographic creativity. The combination of pedagogy and theater can not only create choreographic works with the potential for temporal reproduction but also bridge the gaps between the choreographic school and modernity. A particularly interesting example is the existence and long-term development of the repertory children's ballet municipal theater “The Nutcracker” (Ekaterinburg). The article delves into the dynamics of repertory theater, which grapples not only with the challenges of choreographic modernity but also with changes in pedagogy and the evolving needs of the audience. The Nutcracker's experience in understanding the current situation in the field of choreography, applying modern pedagogical techniques, and developing repertoire policy is truly unique. The article particularly highlights and discusses the play “Antarctica”, which is the first production in the history of children's ballet theater marked 14+. The experience of the children's repertory theater ‘The Nutcracker' is not only unique but also practically ideal, not just for repertory children's ballet theaters but for all choreographic studios and schools. |
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| ISSN: | 2949-074X |