THEATRICAL ART OF UKRAINE IN CULTURAL DIALOGUE WITH EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES 2014–2023

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the characteristics of Ukrainian theatrical art in its cultural dialogue with the European Union to strengthen international mutual understanding.
The research methodology applies general scientific and cultural methods: analysis and synthesis, historical and logical approaches, abstraction and specification, and generalization. The study employs cultural tools – the method of sociocultural observation, the sociocultural historical-genetic method, and the method of cultural field reconstruction.
Principles of historicism, universal connection, unity of practice and theory, and active, creative reflection were applied alongside historical, systematic, axiological, and informational approaches.
Results. The theatrical art of Ukraine in cultural dialogue with the European Union countries is an understudied phenomenon. The migration of Ukrainian artists due to the military aggression of Russia has been traced. The cultural dialogue of Ukrainian theater with the European Union hubs is distinctly evident in the staging of memory culture. It is rooted in the tradition of the ethnos, the civic stance regarding the political and legal order of the country, worldview and experience of the individual, among other possible practices. Theatrical practices are manifested in performative readings, play productions, participation in foreign author plays, numerous international festivals, and artist residencies.
The scientific novelty lies in revealing the specific forms of contemporary theatrical practices under conditions of forced migration due to the russian-Ukrainia.
The practical significance of the research is associated with the possibility of using its results in lecture courses on cultural studies, administration, and cultural policy work.