Pedagogical Creativity of Oleksandr Kolosok in Folk Choreography Specialist Training

The purpose of the article is to highlight the teaching practice of O. Kolosok and identify its impact on the development of Ukrainian folk stage dance and the choreographic culture in Ukraine. Research methodology. To achieve this purpose, general scientific methods of theoretical and empirical levels such as analysis and generalisation of scientific and theoretical foundations of researches, logical approach, interview method were used. Conclusions on O. Kolosok’s teaching peculiarities are made based on the analysis of scientific sources, pedagogical, methodological and creative achievements of the artist, our own experience of communicating with him, memories of colleagues and students. Scientific novelty. The article highlights O. Kolosok’s teaching practice at art universities, analyses the teacher’s work on the Ukrainian Folk Stage Dance discipline, introduces in scientific use materials of interviews with the teacher and his students and colleagues. Conclusions. The teaching practice of Professor O. Kolosok was aimed at developing the traditions of folk dance in a harmonious and logical combination with expressive means of literary art and the best achievements of the contemporary world performing culture. Thanks to his efforts, future choreographers began to study the Ukrainian Folk Stage Dance discipline. The methodological developments by the folk dance theorist and practice O. Kolosok are now used to teach choreography at higher education institutions of Ukraine. His students’ engagement in mastering the choreographer’s skills was multi-faceted, truly professional, and choreographerdirector thinking reached the deep sources of folk dance art. O. Kolosok’s long-term teaching practice was highly fruitful, so today, many young choreographers and dance teachers whom he nurtured owe him their high professional level