Kazakh ballet in the retrospective of the search for national identity

Abstract

Abstract. Scientific understanding of the process of formation and development of the national ballet genre is relevant for the study of modern choreographic art. In the era of globalization, it is important to take steps to preserve the individuality of the national culture and support its iconic phenomena. The study of Kazakh ballet will reveal the peculiarities of the formation of choreographic art in the interaction of national tradition and classical ballet. The Ballet Theater of Kazakhstan of the twentieth century, although formed on the basis of the Russian ballet school, but it managed to preserve its national identity. Kazakhstan ballet has gone through difficult periods of development. The analysis of this phenomenon on the example of its history of formation will provide answers to many questions of the development of national choreographic art. Cultural-historical, comparative, biographical methods were used in the work on the study.Folk dance in Kazakhstan, due to the development of nomadic culture, has not preserved the established traditions and ancient samples of dance culture. This is seen as one of the reasons for the lack of a world-class national production in the repertoire of ballet theaters. Characterizing the main features of the development of the genre, it is concluded that the Kazakh ballet does not yet have a long history on stage: the success of the premieres is further replaced by the loss of the performance from the repertoire. To date, an exemplary ballet performance, unconditionally recognized as national, has not been created.Creative processes in the national ballet theater are active, starting from the first experiments of combining the movements of Kazakh games and rituals with classical dance to the creation of choreographic miniatures and ballets. Interest in ballet has not faded to this day, which confirms the appearance of new premieres.