DANCE IN THE RENAISSANCE ERA: SOCIOCULTURAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

It was in the Renaissance that the formation of professional choreography began, and the socio-cultural functions of dance significantly changed. The analysis of these aspects will help to better understand not only the features of the historical development of the European choreographic tradition, but also the specifics of contemporary dance art.The purpose of the article is a sociocultural analysis of the features of dance in the Renaissance and its influence on the further development of European choreographic culture.The research methodology is based on an interdisciplinary synthesis of socio-cultural analytics and choreological art criticism approach. Historical, comparative, structural-functional methods were also used.Scientific novelty. The features of dance in the Renaissance era are studied in the context of the interaction of the main components of Renaissance culture in their relationships with music, fine arts and architecture; the influences of ideological, aesthetic, and social factors on its development are determined; the evolution of the sociocultural functions of Renaissance dance and its influence on the further development of European choreography are traced.Conclusions. In the Renaissance era, important trends were initiated that determined the development of choreographic culture in subsequent centuries – the formation of ballroom vocabulary, the complication of choreographic technique, the final separation of folk and aristocratic dance, the development of dance theory and choreographic teaching methods. In the area of Western Europe, unified dance canons were formed and the trend of internationalization of ballroom choreography deepened. If in previous historical eras the dominant sociocultural function of dance were ritual and religious, then, starting from the Renaissance, aesthetic, ideological and socially-representative functions became priority. Ballroom dance acquired a special status, transmitting humanistic values, secular ideals and visual- aesthetic tastes, playing an important role in upbringing, education and ceremonial etiquette, serving as a social marker of belonging to the elite.