Development of Russian Classical Ballet Traditions in the Hamburg Ballet Stagings (Germany)

Abstract

The article reveals the problem of the development of theRussian ballet traditionsin European choreography. The research purpose is to identify the main traditions of Russian ballet, which have been preserved in European choreography on the example of the Hamburg Balletproductions. The research objectives are the following: to conduct a content analysis of the scientific literature on the topic of research; to identify the main criteria for analyzing the productions of the Hamburg Ballet; to analyze the productions of the Hamburg Ballet from the standpoint of statistical analysis. The materials of the study were 50 productions of the Hamburg Ballet for 2015-2022.

The research methodology is based on a systematic approach and includes the methods of the general scientific group (analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction); as well as a number of special methods: content analysis of scientific literature on the topic of research, the method of scenographic analysis, the method of statistical analysis. The main criteria for analyzing the productions of the Hamburg Ballet were: the style of dance, the method of plastic speech; the form of ballet production. Each criterion was evaluated at a 10-point school in the Neural Designer program for advanced analytics: 1-3 points low level, 4-6 average level, 7-10 high level of evaluation of the criterion for the frequency of use in the productions of German choreographers. As a research result, thefollowing main features of Russian traditions were revealed in the works of German choreographers: character-dance to reveal the behavior of characters; intonation of plastic speech (posture, facial expressions, angle and gestures according to the method of M. Petipa; polyphonic forms.