Ballet studios in Kyiv: the end of the 10s - 20s XX century

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze and systematize information about the activities of ballet studios in Kyiv in the late 10s – 20s XX century Methodology. To conduct a scientifically based research, methods of analysis of the source base, in particular, memoirs, systematization of information about the activities of ballet studios were applied. Scientific novelty. For the first time, information about the ballet studios that were created in Kyiv at the turn of the 10–20s was analyzed and systematized. XX century. Conclusions. Memoir literature (in particular V. Vasilka, S. Lyfar, L. Boloban, etc.). Despite the emotional coloring and a certain subjectivity, it is an important source for the study of studio dance movement in Kyiv in the late 10s – 20s XX century The activities of the ballet studios of B. Nizhinskaja, M. Mordkin, I. Chistyakov, K. Davydova, Z. Lange, A. Romanovsky, the "Centrostudija" and others played an important role in educating the ballet dancers of the Kyiv Opera House and other opera-ballet theaters Ukraine and the USSR, became a preparatory stage for the creation of professional educational institutions for ballet dancers in Ukraine. Also in the studios, the first attempts were made to introduce the ideas of rhythmoplasty as one of the possible ways of updating the classical dance, expanding its lexical range.