The integrating potential of national cultural identity of future choreographers

Abstract

Abstract: The article examines topical issues related to maintaining national identity and problems in the formation of national cultural identity of choreography students during professional training. It analyses contemporary scientific discourse on the issue of identity and highlights key scientific publications and approaches that outline the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study. A comprehensive review of all aspects of national and cultural identity as a factor in the consolidation of the academic community, the development of professional self-awareness of future specialists, and the strengthening of cultural interaction in the educational environment is provided. The significance of identity policy concepts, viewed through the prism of historical experience and cultural memory, is outlined. The purpose of the article is to provide a theoretical and methodological justification for the integrating potential of the national and cultural identity of choreography students and to determine the role of Ukrainian folk choreography as a factor in the formation of professional consciousness, value orientations, and cultural cohesion. To achieve this goal, methods of theoretical analysis and synthesis, narrative and cultural analysis, pedagogical observation and generalisation of artistic and educational experience were used. The study analyses scientific approaches to understanding national and cultural identity and their significance for choreographic education. It reveals the peculiarities of its development in the student environment and its integrating potential in the educational process. The pedagogical conditions for overcoming the alienation of young people from folk dance culture are identified, and the activities of the student choreographic collective are characterised as an example of the practical implementation of relevant educational and artistic strategies aimed at integrating traditional cultural experience into the modern educational space.