Choreographic interpretation of S. V. Rachmaninov’s symphony creativity

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of interpretation of the symphonic poem «Island of the Dead» by S.V. Rachmaninov, created during the late romanticism in the work of contemporary choreographers and directors of the late 20th and early 21st century.

Considering the features of musical and choreographic drama staged by Evgeny Panfilov, Boris Eifman, in the first creative experiments of young choreographers associated with the work of S. V. Rachmaninov, one can come to the conclusion that the original figurative-symbolic plot of the confrontation between life and death is revealed, supplemented, enhanced by drama and emotional and psychological saturation in each of the productions. The prospect of research in this direction is the analysis of the aesthetic and structural-compositional peculiarities of the artistic interpretation of classical instrumental music not only in the art of classical dance, but also in various genres of modern choreography.