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It is difficult to sublimate the years of development and
survival of the Macedonian ballet in several sentences, Not applicable.
but the fluctuation of the set goals is clearly visible in Consent for publication
terms of the repertoire and creating specified profiles of
performances. Reading of the Macedonian ballet, that Not applicable.
is, the text, determined the existence of three dominant
constructs, one of which is the primary one—the classical Availability of data
ballet repertoire on which the others are interwoven, laid. Not applicable.
All of most important works from the 19 and 20 centuries
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are staged, some in several different versions. One example Further disclosure
I would recommend is the ballet Giselle, which had eight Part of the findings has been presented in the
different coreographic version. However, it would be following publication: Од Тешкото до македонскиот
unusual if we noted something different from the current постмодернен танц (From Teshkoto to Macedonian
situation. In fact, national theater troupes set the classical Postmodern Dance), 2019, pp. 39-56, published by Sonja
creation as a basic creative resource, so that the Macedonian Zdravkova Djeparoska.
ballet stuck to the established constants. The second type
of writing covers contemporary performances. This type References
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