Fedor Lopukhov’s theoretical and musical views

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of Lopukhov’s theoretical and musical views from the point of musical theory and musicology. An outstanding choreographer of the twentieth century, “patriarch of Russian ballet”, Fedor Vasilyevich Lopukhov left a vast theoretical legacy, many of whose central ideas are the most important issues of musical and choreographic interaction for the art of the twentieth century. The article highlights different aspects of the choreographer’s musical activity in his work with symphonic music. Much attention is paid to the problem of recognizing the artistic significance of the means of musical expressiveness, the plastic comprehension of musical composition and dramaturgy techniques. Music for Lopukhov appears as a source of the idea of the “symphonic-choreographic work”, in which the choreography reveals its own symbolism of the dance.