Танцът в мюзикъла. Оригинални хореографски решения и техни версии на българска сцена (Из постановъчния дневник)
The Dance in the Musical. Original Choreographic Decisions and their Versions on the Bulgarian Stage (From the Staging Diary)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines in brief the historical forms that have prepared the birth of the musical and the place of the dance in them. The connections between the dance, music and the libretto are well known as well as the way in which the different dance stylistics is used in the musical. The dances in the musicals: “My Fair Lady”, “Hello Dolly”, “A Fiddler of the Roof‘, “Joseph and his Fantastic Gaily-Coloured Garment” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” are described in detail because this gives the possibility for a more complete assessment to what extent the musical is connected with the remaining components. The analyzed titles have been staged in this country and throw light on the fact how much the musical influences our attitude to the genre and whether the Bulgarian musical theatre has changed in consequence of that. In our country in musical productions the ballet and the choir still have different functions -the first dance, and the latter only sing. The great discovery of the genre involves the merging of the two groups (ballet and choir) and eliminating the differentiation between them. Our music theatres and the educational institutes preparing specialists for them, however, with surprising persistence refuse to accept this fact and do not undertake radical innovations for the proper education of the actors.

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