Kuidas uurida eesti rahvatantsu tänapäeval? Teooriatest, meetoditest ja nende rakendamisest Eestis
How to Conduct Research on Estonian Folk Dance Today?

Summary/Abstract: folklore studies, history of social dance, traditional dance The article presents a selection of contemporary theories and methods of ethnochoreology. The selection was made based on the present reality of research into Estonian dance, which is currently at its very beginning. The need to bring into play recent theoretical and methodological approaches emerged in connection with project “Original Choreographic Text and Style of Performance of Estonian Folk Dances on the Basis of Recorded Audiovisual Material”, which aims at studying the authentic style of performing folk dance and at the identification and explanation of the changes that take place in folk dances during different periods and in revival processes.

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