M.Ya. ZHORNITSKAYA AS A RESEARCHER OF THE DANCING CULTURE OF YAKUTIA
M.Ya. Zhornitskaya is a unique specialist in ethnic dances of the peoples of Siberia, a senior researcher in the Far North and Siberia Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD in history, Honored Artist of Yakutia. The sphere of creative work of M.Ya. Zhornitskaya was the national choreography. For the first time a detailed scientific study of the traditional dances of the peoples of Yakutia, she began in 1948. She collected a wealth of factual material, revealing five variants of traditional dance osoohay, described the main movements of Yakut traditional folk dance. An important sphere of the creative activity of M.Ya. Zhornitskaya was the creation of stage dances. For many years her dances have been preserved in the repertoire of theaters and national choreographic ensembles.