Syncretism of the Dancing and Theatre Arts, and Its Aspect in the Artistic Structure of the Dramaturgical Outlines of the Scenic Activity

The purpose of the research is to explore the interrelation between folk dance and theatre arts reproducing the artistic and stage imagery of the play (through archival materials, memories, contemporaries, etc.). It is expressed in the work of the outstanding stage masters – the Ukrainian theatre elders M. Sadovsky, M. Kropyvnytsky, I. Mar’ianenko, P. Saksaganskyi, M. Zankovetska, choreographers H. Nezhinskyi, V. Verhovynets, M. Sobol and others. Methods of the research. There is historical, comparative and art studies, which allow exploring and critically analysing the specifics of the development of Ukrainian folk choreography in the context of theatre arts, and identifying the peculiarities of this organics when creating the artistic-figurative structure of the stage action. The scientific novelty of the research results is that for the first time the interrelation of two types of stage arts is being comprehended, which allows us to see the versatility of the art of choreography. Conclusions. Folk choreography is a synthetic artistic phenomenon, which is closely linked to the theatre. Analysing it we suggest that over the years in theatre plays there has been a gradual shift from the individual dances to musical and drama performances to dance paintings and peculiar performances of the divertissements. This testifies that on stage of the national classical theatre not only Ukrainian folk-stage choreography, its organic component, but also staged director-choreographer’s art developed. Affirming in their two almost opposite tendencies – a broad dramatization of folk dance and the transfer of unspoilt samples to the stage, the Ukrainian stage choreographic culture gradually reveals its own style features, while at the same time noticeably experiencing the beneficial influence of the theatre arts, and paves the new ways for professional growth