Pidlypska A. Folk choreographic culture of the Crimean Tatars XlX-first half of the XX century (till 1941) on the territory of the Crimea

This work is the first research of the folk and folk-stage choreographic art of the Crimean Tatars in the context of national culture. In this dissertation work we have done a historical and cultural analysis of the Crimean Tatars folk choreographic culture of the chosen period of time in such direction as: Crimean Tatars everyday folk dance; in the context of a drama theatre's development; in the context of an amateur, individual and collective creative work and professional song and dance ensembles' development, in the context of origin of the Crimean Tatars opera and ballet theatre. We have examined the natural environment evolution of folk dance samples in close connection with spiritual/religious culture of the Crimean Tatars.