SOCIAL DANCES WITHIN SOCIOCULTURAL SPACE OF THE 21th CENTURY: SPORT COMPETITION-BASED ASPECT
The purpose of the article is to identify and analyse the specifics of the development of social dances in the modern space; identify features and characterise the prospects of new sports and competitive context of social dancing. The research methodology is based on the principle of a holistic and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Вісник КНУКіМ: Серія Мистецтвознавство |
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| Online Access: | http://arts-series-knukim.pp.ua/article/view/207650 |
| Summary: | The purpose of the article is to identify and analyse the specifics of the development of social dances in the modern
space; identify features and characterise the prospects of new sports and competitive context of social dancing. The research
methodology is based on the principle of a holistic and systematic approach to the study of social dances. The analytical
method is applied (to determine scientific approaches); a method of artistic-stylistic and art criticism analysis (to identify
and justify the development trends of the social dance of the twentieth century); system-functional method (to promote the
structuring of social dances’ championships as phenomena of modern sociocultural space). Scientific novelty. For the first
time in Ukrainian Art Studies, the development of the sports and competitive context of social dances of the twentieth century
has been investigated; features of the dance technique and dance vocabulary of social dances are analysed: Argentine Tango,
Bachata, Merengue, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Jitterbug, Discofox, as well as the Caribbean Show, Latin Show and Caribbean
Dances – dance programs approved by the International Dance Organization for European and World Championships at
the present stage; the specific differences of non-competitive and competitive social dance in the sociocultural space of
the 21st century are revealed. Conclusions. The study identified that at the present stage in the context of the development
of the sports and competitive direction of social dances, their characteristic features are being transformed (the value
of the visual component of the dance is enhanced, the technique of social dances performing is standardised) as well as
the functions are (educational, aesthetic, and visual functions are getting dominant but communicative, informational,
emotional, social, recreational, psychotherapeutic). Modern social dances represent the flexibility of the combination of
the art of dance (standard quality) and skills (program preparation): art involves creativity, spontaneity and self-expression,
and skills promote the creation of an aesthetic, artistic aspect, but without personal creativity and self-expression accent. |
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| ISSN: | 2410-1176 2616-4183 |