On developing of teaching History of Ballet as a subject for Art Institutions of Higher Education

Abstract

The article tackles current issues of teaching History of Ballet. It stresses the importance of discipline in the training of specialists in the field of choreographic art. Also it stresses the need to clarify the professional terminology. It notes the absence of a common approach to the teaching of the history of ballet in various educational institutions. The author raises the question of the consolidation of the professional community of ballet historians to solve the problems of teaching the history of ballet in contemporary conditions. The article is dedicated to centenary jubilee of Vera Krasovskaya.