Preservation of Folk Choreographic Culture of Western Podillia (Case Study of «Vesnianka» Dance Ensemble of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University)

The purpose of the article. The article proposes and highlights the method of scientific and performing reconstruction as a condition for the preservation of traditional dances of the Western Podillia region and their secondary reproduction in the productions of the «Vesnyanka» dance ensemble of the Ternopil V. Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University. Research methodology. In the process of research, we used a number of theoretical and empirical methods: review-analytical, historical-sociological, expeditionary-field, ethno-pedagogical, modeling and graphic recording methods, which are based on the principles of dialectical development, objectivity, and historicism, aimed at comprehensive coverage of events and phenomena that occurred during the development of the folk choreographic culture of Western Podillia. Scientific novelty. The method of scientific and performing reconstruction of traditional dances and their secondary reproduction is proposed and substantiated. A new form of scientific and creative activity is presented to solve the problem of preserving the regional dance tradition (the ensemble-laboratory of ethnochoreography of Western Podillia). Conclusions. The scheme of scientific and performing reconstruction of the folk choreographic culture of Western Podillia, developed by us, includes a number of key tasks and our own scientific developments, which serve as a kind of step-by-step instruction and auxiliary methodical material in the work on reconstruction and preservation of traditional dances of the specified region. Creation and activity of the ensemble-laboratory of ethnochoreography of Western Podillia on the basis of the «Vesnianka» dance ensemble is an effective means of attracting young people to research work, which contributes to the transmission of dance traditions to new generations. 
Key words: folk choreographic culture, traditional dance, dance ensemble, scientific and performance reconstruction, Western Podillia