Personality in the architectonics of Modern: Balanchine

Abstract

In this article author analyses the role of George Balanchine as a key figure of the art epoch of modern. This is the first article of the sequence of works called «100 years under the sign of the “Black Square”». The main idea of the sequence is to analyze the socio-cultural dynamic of the XX century - from historically important year of 1913 until today, and the legendary subject of Kasimir Malevitch is considered as a symbol of the century. In the article Balanchine’s activity as a choreographer is considered in connection with the main trends of the modern art, as well as the parallels between the processes that took place in other fields of art life are drawn.