DOI: 10.36871/hon.202001001

Authors

T. S. Borisenko
Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russian Federation
I. B. Ignatova
Petrov Academy of Sciences and Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article discusses the features of artistic and creative work of the head of an amateur choreographic team. It is revealed, that the main function of professional and pedagogical activity of the head is educational, while artistic and creative activities are considered as basic and most complicated. The future specialist should comprehensively acquire pedagogical, performing and creative competencies. It is emphasized, that members of an amateur group, as usual, do not associate their future professional activity with choreographic art, with the profession of a ballet master or a ballet artist, which naturally requires a special approach of the team leader in his methodological work, in artistic and creative activity. Another feature is the selection of the repertoire, which should be aimed at the developing of the creative abilities of the team members, at the forming of their primary, elementary skills and abilities needed for their performing activities. It is highlighted, that the work of the leader of a choreographic team on the creation of a dance is similar to the creative activity of the choreographer-writer. The article analyzes the process of creating a choreographic work for an amateur group: from the idea → through the development of an action plan → to the organization of individual and collective work on certain fragments of the dance → to the final design. In addition, the article presents three main schemes that lead to one common goal — to creation of a choreographic work ("from design to implementation"). The first scheme is due to personal motives of artistic and creative activities of the leader; the second is determined by the requirements of the employer/customer; the third involves the production of a finished dance created by another choreographer and writer.

Keywords

head of the choreographic team, artistic and creative activity, repertoire, education, pedagogy, choreographer-writer, choreographer-director, composition of a dance, idea, creative thinking, fantasy, embodiment