Türk Balesinde Anadolu Halk Dansları Adımlarının Yeri ve Önemi

Abstract

One of the most important components of Anatolian culture, that bears the traces of the civilizations living on it for over thousand years, is folk dances. In our country, which turned its face to western cultures with the foundation of republican regime, ballet is one of the new art forms which entered into our lives as a result of the cultural interaction.It was observed that the effect of Anatolian culture, which had been previously seen on music and theater, started to have an impact on ballet and dance choreographies.This study; which was conducted to contribute to turn these choreography studies into a more powerful artistic languages ; reviews the basic information about folk dance, ballet training and art in our country; works created from the combination of folk dances with western art of ballet.