СПЕЦИФІКА КОНКУРСНИХ ТАНЦЮВАЛЬНИХ СЕКВЕНЦІЙ СТИЛЮ НЬЮ-ВОУГ

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of the Australian style of performing competitive ballroom dances (New Vogue); to conduct an art critical analysis of the technique of performing competitive dance sequences of the New Vogue style. The research methodology was based on the principles of objectivity, historicism, multifactorness, systematicity, complexity, development and pluralism; to fulfill the research purpose, the following methods of scientific knowledge were used: problem-chronological, concrete-historical, statistical, descriptive, and logical-analytical. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the first attempt to carry out an art critical study of the New Vogue Australian style of competitive ballroom dancing; to determine the peculiarities of the formation of the style in the historical retrospective; to identify the contribution of leading dancers and ballroom dance teachers – members of professional dance organizations of Australia – in the process of its canonization; to consider the compositional features and specifics of the technique of performing fifteen competitive dance sequences in the rhythm of Slow Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz, and March. Conclusions. The features of the New Vogue Australian style of performing competitive ballroom dances and its distinction from the International and American styles were identified: constancy of compositions and multiplicity of positions in dance couples, including the separation of partners during dance performance; use of open positions by dance couples; the ability of performers to change the style of movements in accordance with their own individuality, which contributes to the enhancement of the visual appeal of performances and the creation of spectacular artistic images.