The role of the first Chuvash graduates of the Leningrad academic choreographic school in the development of the National ballet theater

Abstract

The article attempts to understand the activities of the graduates of the first Chuvash class of the Leningrad Academic Choreographic College named after A. Ya. Vaganova in 1957. In order to analyze the subject of study, cultural, historical, factual and survey methods were used (interview with a 1966 graduate, Yu. A. Svintsov). This allowed us to reconstruct the key events that influenced    the formation of the professional musical theater. The origins of the national ballet of the republic, dating back to the amateur studio at the Chuvash Academic Drama Theater and further progressive changes after the return of graduates in 1966, are being clarified. The transformation of the non-professional troupe into a professional team, which currently holds an ontological significance for the    history of ballet in the republic, is noted. A conclusion is drawn about the careful attitude of the graduates to the traditions of Leningrad/St. The Petersburg Ballet School, which ensures the cultural and historical continuity and preservation of socio-cultural heritage