THE IMAGE OF A SOLOIST-ACTRESS IN FOLK-VOCAL ART: VOCALS, GESTURE, DRAMATURGY

Abstract

The article provides a musicological understanding of the image of a soloist-actress in folk vocal art as a complex synthetic artistic phenomenon that is formed in the interaction of vocal-intonational, gestural-bodily and dramaturgical components of the performance process. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of the formation of the stage image of a folk singing soloist in the conditions of a modern concert and stage space, where a traditional folk song functions not only as a folklore example, but as a dramaturgically organized work of art. The methodological basis of the work is performed-analytical, intonation-stylistic and structural-dramaturgical approaches, as well as elements of folkloristic analysis and interdisciplinary provisions of the theory of «embodied voice», which allow us to consider folk solo singing as a complete stage action. The scientific novelty of the study consists in a comprehensive analysis of the image of a soloist-actress in the context of folk vocal art, where gesture and physicality are substantiated as full-fledged semantic components of the performance process, and dramaturgy is interpreted as an internally determined psychological mechanism of stage interpretation. As a result of the research, it was established that vocal intonation forms the emotional and meaningful core of the image, gestural and bodily expressiveness ensures its stage convincingness, and dramaturgical thinking gives the performance internal logic and artistic completeness.It has been proven that the folk solo performance in the modern stage space is based not so much on external theatricalization, but on the deep inner living of the song image, which ensures emotional authenticity and artistic persuasiveness of the performance and actualizes folk vocal art in the modern cultural context.