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contributed greatly to the creative potential Honoured Employee of Culture in the RS night of the ethno-performance “Uruu”
development and team material enrichment. (Y) Aleksander Ivanovich Alekseev. The (“Earth kinship”) with A. Samoylov’s music
Yakutia’s viewers remember the first evolution of the National Dance Theatre took place. It was staged, according to the
artists’ names with gratitude. They lighten of RS (Y) was under A.I. Alekseev’s motives of the old Yakut wedding ritual.
Yakutia’s National Dance Theatre creativity direct supervision in the very complicated The folk consultants were A.Y. Zakharova
with their talents. Performing artists are the conditions of Perestroika. The creation and A.G. Lukina.
core of any creative team. of the national instruments orchestra, A phase in the theatre creativity was the
The dance theatre repertoire was the sewing workshop, the acquisition of ethno-ballet “Bokhsuruyuu” (The Soul
intended to reflect the whole rich spectrum the colour and sound technics, the new Return) with V. Ksenofontov’s music,
of the cultural heritage belonged to the costumes sewing can be attributed to the G.S. Baishev’s choreography, A. Fedorov’s
Yakut and indigenous small in numbers achievements of the head. The material and direction under the motives of the shaman
Northern peoples, the Russian old technical basis was consolidated and new views. “Bokhsuruyuu” became an interesting
residents in Yakutia and other peoples, instruments were acquired in those years. interpretation of the native folklore theme
whose motherland became the Northern After receiving a status of the National and a great achievement of the creative
region. One had to create the meaningful theatre, the team staged more than 30 large- team. “Bokhsuruyuu” was awarded for
repertoire mirroring all palette of not only scale performances, more than 300 concert its music with a bronze medal and the 1st
choreographic art but also other genres such programmes and dances. degree diploma in the competition n.a.
as folk singing, national instrumental music, In 1993-1994, PhD in the Art Study S. Rakhmaninov. The picturesque scenes
epos, and others. In 2016, there was 115th A.G. Lukina and PhD A.Y. Zakharova of the shamanistic ritual deploy in front of
birthday of the bearer and expert in Yakut’s elaborated the first conception of the the audience. “Bokhsuruyuu” is a successful
conventional culture S.A. Zverev – Kyyl National Dance Theatre development. staging choreographic interpretation of
Uola. His universal talent combined several The Second concept of the Dance Theatre the ancient and complex, religious and
genres of the folk art. His unique theatrical evolution was worked out by the Doctor worldview system of the shamanism. It is a
dances reflected archaic features of Yakut’s of Art Study G.G. Alekseeva. The National lucky artistic and imaginative embodiment
traditional culture. In S.A. Zverev’s creative Dance Theatre is aimed at heightening an of shamanistic mystical feelings. The
work, the close link to Yakut’s belief, artistic level of works, perfecting acting skills, performance opened shaman’s complicated
mythology, worldviews, authentic folklore enriching a repertoire with folklore sources, mystical feelings. It is known that the shaman
is observed [1]. using archives materials in the production, ritual culmination is more often passed down
The tradition and authorship were searching expressive means of the national through an ecstatic shamanistic dance3. It
combined surprisingly naturally and choreography as well as new approaches to transmits the shaman’s specific inner state
organically in the creative work of Sergey musical and dancing dramaturgy. The team with a maximum accuracy. The plasticity,
Afanasyevich. He always based his faces urgent tasks: new ideas embodiment, dance, pantomime, mime, and ritual gestures
performances on the intact folklore that the creation of original and interesting transferred the soul state complexity of the
allowed creating the people’s spirit there. theatrical interpretations of epos, legends, young shaman maximally emotionally and
However, he had his vision, understanding and the establishment of the national dance expressively4. Moscow’s critics stressed
of the world, and the special closeness to the school, the organisation of tours abroad and certain energy and magic aura of the
nature [2]. The granting of S.A. Zverev’s to the remote corners of the republic. performance “Bokhsuruyuu”. The specialists’
name to the theatre, who was the unique Music plays a leading role in the interest was aroused to the sophisticated
talent, gifted personality, a person with choreographic art. We cannot speak about structure of the people’s cosmological views
a credo, a personality with the enormous the progressive advance of the Yakut staging and the young shaman’s deep psychological
practical experience obliged the team to choreography without it. One of the steps drama. It is surprising that the critics drew
achieve the high artistic level. First of all, it to implement the professional approach a parallel between the masterpieces of the
is the professionalization of the folk dance to music was to set up folk instruments staging choreography in early XX century
art, the national dance lift to the academic orchestra in 1993. N. Petrov was appointed such as Prokofiev’s “The Scythian Suite”
level, the retaining and development of as the orchestra head. The national orchestra and even I. Stravinsky’s “Sacred Spring”.
the traditional forms in the folk heritage, paved the way for making large-scale The performance was shown successfully on
new forms search, and the creation of choreographic performances. The theatre the stage of the Russian Youth Theatre in
philosophical staging interpretations. They orchestra became a creative laboratory Moscow, St. Petersburg, Surgut, and other
are founded on the heroic epos plots, legends, for the Yakut composers. Today Yakut cities. “Bokhsuruyuu” received the 1st degree
fairy tales, and all fortune made and carefully national instruments such as guimbarde, diploma of the ethno-art festival “The Great
kept by the people. It was necessary to reach tabyk, big and small kyupsyurs, dyugyurs, Candle” of the UTP in Mariy El Republic for
the harmonious synthesis of the folk dance, kyrymps, tansyrs, kylysakhis and others are uncovering the complex spiritual worldview.
national music, and traditional signing. widely used in the orchestra. The national An interesting embodiment of the Yukagir
Since 1992, the director of the National orchestra creation gave an opportunity to folklore motives became the performance
Dance Theatre “Kyyl Uola” n.a. S. A. Zverev the Yakut composers to embody their ideas “Yarkhadaana” (2002) with Z. Stepanova’s
has been an ex-dancer of the ensemble, in the large-scale works. In 1994, the first music and G.S. Baishev’s choreography. The

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