CULTURAL CREATIVE OPTICS IN RESEARCHING THE ACTIVITIES OF «KYIV MODERN-BALLET»

Abstract

The aim of the article is to substantiate the possibility of applying cultural-creating optics in the study of the activity of «Kyiv Modern-Ballet».
Research methodology. The following methods are applied: terminological, analytical, comparison, generalization, systematization.
Results. The etymology of the term «cultural creativity» (formation by theoretical generalization of the categories «culture" and «creativity») allows to consider cultural and artistic phenomena through the prism of the role in culture and compliance with the laws of creative activity (creativity). The cultural-creating orientation of choreographic art is important for human existence in the new cultural situation of the post-industrial age. Worldview, sociocultural, moral and ethical, national, etc. are reflected in choreographic art. orientations of society, characteristic of a concrete-historical form of culture.
Today, «Kyiv Modern-Ballet» is a multifaceted phenomenon that has gone beyond the boundaries of a narrowly specialized subcultural space and is reasonably included in the phenomena of modern Ukrainian culture. The latest approaches to the implementation of choreographic works, in particular avant-garde compositional techniques, scenographic design, topical themes, etc. set a high bar and become an example for creators of all types of choreography and other sorts of art in Ukraine. The ballet performances of «Kyiv Modern-Ballet» reflect not only the original creative solutions, worldviews
of the authors, the level of development of staging and performing technologies, etc., but also become artifacts that accumulate cultural patterns, acting as a cultural document of the time. By creating elements of culture and at the same time being influenced by it artists participate in the processes of creation of existence.
Novelty. For the first time, the legitimacy of researching the activities of «Kyiv Modern Ballet» in terms of cultural creation has been proven.
The practical significance. Materials and research results can be used for further research on the problems of choreographic art from a cultural perspective, as well as for deepening the knowledge of students, graduate students, and anyone interested in the interdisciplinary connections of choreography.