Artistry as an evaluation criterion in technical and aesthetic sports

The relevance of the study of artistry as an aesthetic phenomenon is associated with various forms of its manifestation in the spheres of human activity, for example, in art, politics, religion, sports, and the mass media. A huge audience acts as an object of political, informational, and sports entertainment performances. But in the cultural space today, events are being created that develop with the participation of the subject - viewer and open up the possibility of aesthetic and moral transformation for its participants. Modern sport as a spectacular phenomenon attracts attention not only by its competitive function, but also by its artistry as a specific form of aesthetic presentation.The purpose of the study is to substantiate the characteristics of artistry as the most important criterion for assessing the level of performing skills of athletes in technical and aesthetic sports.Research methods. Within the framework of the research, general scientific methods were used: a reviewof the terminological apparatus for identifying indicators of the criterion of artistry, the method of system analysis, collection and analysis of information, classification and systematization of the data obtained; empirical: question- naires, interviews and included monitoring of respondents on the project, synthesis of indicators characteristic of the evaluation criterion of artistry in technical and aesthetic sports.The results of the study. The project actions were implemented by the author's group of researchers for the period from June 2019 to July 2021. The article presents a ranking of the qualitative characteristics of the criterion of artistry. Based on surveys and interviews of a group of athletes and coaches (sports ballroom dancing), a comparison and analysis of the content of the most significant indicators is presented, a hierarchy of indicators of the criterion of artistry is formed. The visual quality of the spectacular effect of an athlete's competitive performance, its compositional and figurative integrity are always determined by the harmony of the interaction of all the components of performing skill: the technical complexity of the elements and the purity of their performance, compositional construction and artistry of performance.