Interpretation of Classical Ballets in the Radu Poklitaru's Works: a Philosophical and Ideological Paradigm of Modern Ballet

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of R. Poklitaru’s interpretations of classical ballets in the context of the choreographer’s philosophical and ideological paradigm. The research methodology for studying the characteristics of interpretation of classical ballets on the example of the work of the leading choreographer, founder and artistic director of the Kyiv Modern-Ballet Theatre Radu Poklitaru is carried out using the following methods: historicism is to identify the features of cultural and artistic trends of our time, the typological method is to determine the specifics of the interpretation process in choreographing), the method of stylistic approach is to understand the basics of ballet-master’s choreography). Scientific novelty. There are well-researched features of ballet classics rendition by R. Poklitaru; analysis of the concept of “interpretation” in contemporary choreography; the article seeks to conceptualise the innovation of approaches to classical ballets rendition in the context of the choreographer’s philosophical and ideological paradigm. Conclusions. In the postmodern paradigm of R. Poklitaru’s work, we found that in his work, the choreographer goes not just by the desire to modernise the classical work, actualise it by integrating topics understandable to the 21st-century viewer, but the purpose to get the core message, get the author’s point across a specific context. The choreographer’s philosophical and ideological views determine not only the ballet transcension classical system and the renewal of the choreographic language but also the expansion and renewal of the vocabulary of contemporary choreography, its plastic forms for understanding the psychology of human relations. Modernising the classical ballet theatre in the understanding of R. Poklitaru is a means of enhancing the emotional impact on the viewer. However, to touch the subtle conception, the artist must be adequate to the time he creates