Studying students folk singing specializations of traditional choreography in the modern social and cultural space

The article deals with the main forms of translation of choreographic folklore in the modern social and cultural space. The main characteristics of traditional choreography and methodological grounds for its study are given. Positive prerequisites of actualization of traditional choreography and modern forms of its existence are displayed. The characteristic of the main directions of studying folk dance is given: folklore and ethnographic expeditions, cultural events, educational process. The article deals with the issues related to the process of teaching traditional choreography in high school within the existing social and cultural space. The main problems faced by teachers of folk dance at the departments of folk-singing orientation are identified: the choice of stylistic direction; the fragmentation of methodological techniques; the study of regional specificity; finding an algorithm for searching ethnographic material, etc.