YEVHEN LYSYC’S SCENOGRAPHIC CODES IN “ROMEO AND JULIET” BALLET (SOLOMIYA KRUSHELNYTSKA LVIV STATE ACADEMIC THEATRE OF OPERA AND BALLET, 2014)

Abstract

Relevance of the study. The relevance of this study is that for the first time in Ukrainian theater studies, a comprehensive analysis of the scenographic decision of “Romeo and Juliet” ballet by V. Shakespeare was performed on the stage of Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in 2014 and an analysis of its ideological, content and stylistic features. The first and the second editions of stage design by Yevhen Lysyk were mentioned and compared for the ballet «Romeo and Juliet» by V. Shakespeare on stage of I. Franko Lviv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (first premiere – 19th of April 1968 and the second – 27th of December 1988). It also analyzed in detail the cross-section of the styles and ideas of the artist in the scenography to the revised edition of the ballet (2014) and deciphered scenographic codes in which the universal, cosmic world view of the master on the universe is recorded. Main objective(s) of the study. The purpose of the study is to analyze, compare and explore the three scenographic decisions and find out their common and distinctive features. Methodology. The following research methods have been used in this scientific work: historical, comparative, and hermeneutical. Through historical and comparative methods, we investigated the common and distinctive features of the scenography. Using the hermeneutic method, we were able to scrupulously analyze the main three scenographic codes laid down by Yevhen Lysyk in the scenography of the ballet «Romeo and Juliet» by V. Shakespeare. Results (how the study was done). Summarizing the above, we can conclude that the handwriting of artist Yevhen Lysyk is philosophical, courageous, modern and innovative. The artist refuses to be an observer and speaks to the viewer using allegory and symbolism. Especially these particularities were emphasized by the reviewers of the scenographer’s work literary critic Maria Vallo and musicologist and researcher in the history of the theater Oksana Palamarchuk. Significance for art. This publication helps to understand the contribution of the national Ukrainian painter Yevhen Lysyk in the field of scenographic art, revealing the artist’s handwriting and his outlook. Results/findings and conclusions. Consequently, the main results and conclusions of the study are the identification of the recurrent scenographic codes of Yevhen Lysyk. This is a conflict of worldviews and the Renaissance and Middle Ages; a stone prison that embodies hostility and strife between two families; faith, reaction to the cataclysms (canvas «Resurrection»); cosmogonic motives: sun, lakes, mountains, sky