Pedagogical tradions of choreographic art: historical context

The multifaceted aspects of the historical formation of choreographic art have been considered in the article. Attention is drawn to the fact that, in accordance with the requirements of the time, the means of choreographic art must create conditions for emergence of young people the desire for creativity, the desire to live in harmony with the outside world. In this case, the teacher of choreography should stimulate the personal achievements of the pupils, to form their aspiration for creative self-realization, self-disclosure. It is proved that moving from an artist to an artist, from generation to generation, from one locality to another, folk dance is enriched, reaching in some cases a high artistic level, virtuoso technique. Every nation has its own dance traditions, plastic language, special coordination of movements, receptions of the ratio of movement from music. Choreography is an art that exists in time and space, one of the genres of art has enormous opportunities for educational influence. Combining music and dance, choreography, thanks to its special plasticity and expressiveness, is capable of excite and embarrass people. The character of the gestures and movements transmits various shades of human feelings - from joy, capture, passion to sorrow, sorrow and suffering. The aim of the article: to investigate the historical context of the formation of choreographic art. Research results can be used in the educational process of universities, colleges of culture and arts and art schools. The topicality is that the integration processes of Ukrainian choreographic art to the European cultural space, the interaction and mutual influence of different genres and types of national artistic culture with identical phenomena of world culture are becoming of particular importance today, moving from the periphery to the center of scientific interests of scholars and requiring a thorough study. The practical value is that the results of this work can be used in the process of preparing future teachers of choreography from a theoretical and practical point of view.