Yevhen Zaitsev's Contribution to the Development of the Art and Pedagogical School of the Choreography Department at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture

The purpose of the article is to analyze the creative biography of Ye. Zaitsev, reveal his role in the formation and development of the art and pedagogical school of the Choreography Department at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture named after O. Ye. Korniichuk. The research methodology is based on the principle of historicism, methods of analysis and synthesis, and theoretical generalization. Scientific novelty. For the first time, Ye. Zaitsev’s activities became a special subject of research, which allowed us to reveal his role in the development of the art and pedagogical school of the Choreography Department at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture named after O. Ye. Korniichuk. New archival documents, clarifying and supplementing the available information about the activities of Ye. Zaitsev, have been introduced into scientific circulation. Conclusions. A professional choreographic education (he graduated from a choreographic school, and received the qualification “Ballet Dancer”), performing an activity (character parts in the ballet theatre), ballet master activity (co-authored two ballets; choreographer in an amateur group), teaching activity (teacher of a choreographic school, head of an amateur choreographic group) became the key to a high level of Zaitsev’s professionalism as a lecturer at the Choreography Department of the State Institute of Culture named after O. Ye. Korniichuk. Ye. Zaitsev contributed to the development of the art and pedagogical school of the Choreography Department at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture named after O. Ye. Korniichuk, conducting teaching activities during 1973–1995 based on the principles of dialogic relationships and respect, active learning, continuity and sequence of presenting the material. The publication of Ye. Zaitsev’s textbook “Fundamentals of Folk Stage Dance”, which deepened and improved the work of his predecessors, became a confirmation of the powerful scientific and methodological basis formation for the activities of the school of the Choreography Department. Promising areas of further research include conducting an Art Studies analysis of Ye. Zaitsev’s performance art, ballet performances of both large forms (ballets) and compositions created in the amateur company, and identifying the influence of Ye. Zaitsev’s methodology in the pedagogical practice of his students, etc