DANCE TOGHROUL NARIMANBAYOVS PAINTING

The subject of the research is dance in the creativity of the People's Artist of Azerbaijan Toghroul Narimanbayov. The author mentions that the artist never dedicated individual paintings to this topic, did not cre- ate dancers' images. Nevertheless in Narimanbayov's a number of multi-figured works we can see local dance motifs, which fit well into the composition, reflecting its ideological and aesthetic peculiarities. These are mostly plots connected to national holidays that together with the musicians, the artist portrays dancing people along with children. It's feasible to say that, dance in Narimanbayov's compositions is significant subsidiary element, emphasizing the meaning life sense of the painting. Such as specifically the compositions like “Holiday in Buzovna village”, “Holiday” and others. In some cases, dance serves as the symbolic basis of the lyrical and romantic content of the works created by the artist. Such can be considered the compositions like "Breath of Spring", "Ashuk in love" and some others