Directing for ballet as an adept of literary creation on the screen

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify problems of adaptation of ballet productions based on literary sources in the audiovisual space and to determine scientific landmarks that will contribute to a comprehensive study and analysis of the phenomenon of ballet art on the screen. Research methodology. An interdisciplinary approach based on the use of a number of general scientific methods was used in the study of the topic, in particular: a system of theoretical methods (induction, deduction, identification, complex art analysis, synthesis), which made it possible to develop a historical and factual basis. Methods of systematization and generalization came in handy to argue the originality of the phenomenon of ballet in the context of the screen arts. The typological method allowed us to consider common artistic principles in the creative experiments of screen and performing arts. In addition, analytical and systematic methods were used in their unity, which is necessary to study the art aspect of the problem. The scientific novelty of the study is to define directing as a universal and multi-vector variety of artistic and aesthetic activities; in clarifying the interaction and mutual enrichment of performing, screen arts and literature in the use of pictorial and expressive means; in certain features of the director's activity through screen adaptation of literary work and stage means of ballet art in film and television productions of theatrical productions, which for the first time became the subject of special research; in identifying the original principles of construction of screen works based on ballet productions. Conclusions. It is proved that the audiovisual work of directors contributes to the widespread popularization of ballet, choreographers, and ballet dancers, as well as calls into question the claims of film and television theorists about the danger of invading stage culture on the screen.
 Key words: directing, screen arts, ballet, directing means, stage production, film adaptation.