著者

山本 里佳 ROBEVA Neshka

出版者

国士舘大学体育学部附属体育研究所

雑誌

国士舘大学体育研究所報 = The annual reports of health physical education and sport science (ISSN:03892247)

巻号頁・発行日

no.38, pp.67-75, 2020-03-31

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While there are numerous types of folk dance in Europe, the folk dances of Eastern Europe, and Bulgaria in particular, contain remarkably complex rhythms and steps. Neshka Robeva, the former head coach of the Bulgarian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, achieved a total of 294 medals in the major international competitions, including Olympics and World Championships, during her tenure from 1974 to 1999. Robeva incorporated Bulgarian folk dance elements into many of her Rhythmic Gymnastics routines. These routines have long held a place in the hearts of many people. As the first manuscript in a sequence on the choreography of Rhythmic Gymnastics and European traditional dance, this paper aims to clarify the relationship between "Nestinarstvo" ("Fire-walking"),a Bulgarian ritualistic dance that was listed as UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009, and "NESTINARITE", a Rhythmic Gymnastics routine created by Robeva in 2000. The analysis of these pieces was conducted using video materials, interview data, and recorded materials. Since 2001, the rules of Rhythmic Gymnastics have tended to enumerate difficulty (Body Difficulty as well as Apparatus Difficulty).It is important to preserve a record of the "creator's worldview" of the Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics of the 1980s, which was elevated to the level of art and philosophy, transcending the boundaries of sport.