Philosophical and Research Platform of S. Kravchinski and A. Godovska in Creating “Bataille and Retention of New Days”

• Main Author: Olena Shabalina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KNUKiM Publishing Centre 2018-12-01
• Series: Танцювальні студії
• Online Access: http://dancestudios.knukim.edu.ua/article/view/154494

The purpose of the study is to conduct an art history analysis of the setting by S. Kravchinski and A. Godowska “Bataille and the Dawn of New Days” (Poland, 2016) in a projection on the trends in the development of modern dance art. Methodology. The analysis of the performance is the result of a phenomenological, ontological, anthropopractic research in synchronization of the choreographic text of the performance with the philosophical text of J. Bataille “Inner Experience” and the concepts of B. Elkonin. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the conduct of the art history analysis of the play Bataille and the Dawn of New Days through the prism of J. Bataille’s philosophy. It is focused on the author's method of working with artists as living dreams, generalization, synchronization of the conscious and the subconscious in living of a certain phenomenon. Conclusions. In the genre and stylistic aspect, the play by S. Kravchinski and A. Godovska“Bataille and the Dawn of New Days” stands on the positions of the play and performance, is the result of a fruitful system of working with actors for “content-flow” reproducing, “call” forming and “approved content getting. The creation of artistic images is realized on the philosophical and research platform of the choreographic text authors. The actors are endowed with the performer’s abilities to dive into the sphere of the subconscious. The spectacle does not turn into a performance or happening due to the experience of the actors who master the art of synchronization of the conscious and the subconscious in living a certain phenomenon. The work of Polish choreographers S. Kravchinski and A. Godowska reveals the key trends in modern choreography, both in terms of form and in terms of content.