The Vietnamese Dance Academy and its role in the formation of the national choreographic education system

Abstract

The article highlights the history of the formation and the main stages of the activity of the Vietnamese Dance Academy, which has secured the reputation of the leading national choreographic school of Vietnam. In the context of the historical and cultural process, it is shown how the tasks of the school's activities and its status changed over time and in accordance with changes in the priorities of the state cultural policy. There are three stages in the development of an educational institution. In accordance with the spirit of the times, the school underwent changes, was transformed into the Vietnamese College of Dance, then into the Vietnamese Academy of Dance. The initial period of the school's activity is associated with the process of professionalization of choreographic art and the institutionalization of the national ballet. The transitional stage was the transformation of the school into a Vietnamese dance College, when the potential was being built up, which later ensured the transition to an Academy engaged in training highly professional personnel at the level of secondary and higher education. The importance of the Soviet system of integrative choreographic education at the initial stage is shown. For the first time, the question of the personal contribution of Soviet teachers Y.E. Brunak and H.F. Mustaev to the formation of the Vietnamese system of professional choreographic education is highlighted. On the basis of a combination of general scientific and special methods, including chronological, typological, historiographical methods, methods of comparative and source analysis, new facts on the history of the formation and development of the choreographic education system of Vietnam are established and introduced into scientific circulation. The educational, methodological, scientific and international directions of the Academy's activities at the present stage are highlighted. The author deals with the problems of modern development and prospects for development in the near future. It is concluded that the Vietnamese Dance School is the first educational institution in the history of Vietnam that provides professional training for a previously non-existent type of ballet performing art in Vietnam.