Ukrainian Folk Dance Stage Adaptation in the Context of Postmodern Culture

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of the implementation of the primary technique and artistic-figurative features of postmodern aesthetics in the Ukrainian folk dance stage adaptation of the 21st century. Research methodology. The author applied a cultural research method, which helped to develop an appropriate view towards the folk stage choreography of the 21st century and the specifics of the implementation of the concept of postmodernism in the stage space; the method of art history analysis, which made it possible to study the direction of stylisation of folk dance stage adaptation as a unique factor in the culture of postmodernism; the dialectical method, the use of which contributed to the identification of the relationship and interdependence of the development of sociocultural factors, factors of social art and the development of folk dance stage adaptation; the method of diachronic analysis, which contributed to the identification of traditional and innovative means of expressiveness of folk-stage dance. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Ukrainian art studies, there is an attempt to analyse the modern tendencies of folk dance stage adaptation through the prism of postmodern culture; to extrapolate the philosophical concept of postmodernism to the branch of folk stage choreography; to analyse and generalist trends in the development of folk dance in the modern sociocultural space; to reveal the specificity of the aesthetics of postmodernism as well as the main technique and artistic-figurative features of its implementation in the context of the development of Ukrainian folk dance stage adaptation of the 21st century. Conclusions. The study has shown that within the postmodern paradigm, folk dance stage adaptation as a form of choreographic art undergoes specific destruction, like any aesthetic value in its classical understanding. The influence of postmodernism is manifested in augmentation of images; strengthening the freedom of creative self-expression and the interest of Ukrainian choreographers-directors to the inner state of the audience (targeted emotional impact); shifting emphasis from complex artistic models to simple structures, to enhance the aesthetic effect; complication of the associative and metaphorical aspects of the styling of the choreographic performance; the use of techniques of transition from one sign system to another to create new dimensions of understanding the work; the use of audio and visual game technologies; enrichment of the semantic and content aspects of archetypal ideas