POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FACTORS OF CREATIVE ACTIVITY OF TOURING GROUPS IN KUZBASS (IN THE 1950S)

Information about authors: Sabelev Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Postgraduate, Department of Culturology, Kemerovo State University of Culture (Kemerovo, Russian Federation). E-mail: hhhbrz@gmail.com

Annotation: The main data for the study were materials stored in the State Archives of Kemerovo Region. On their basis, an analysis of the situation was carried out to identify the positive and negative factors of the tour activity in the Soviet era. The article focuses on the problem of touring activities in the regions. As an object of research, the activities of guest performers in Kemerovo region were chosen. Archival data concerning the 1950s, a brief classification of the types of tour activity are given. The issue of the difference between the system of organizing the activities of both visiting teams and the host party is considered. The difference between the form of work, as well as the cultural influence of the groups of stationary theaters and the enterprise, is revealed, as well as the differences in the purposes and methods of its implementation. Different forms of attracting touring groups are compared, and as a result of the organization of activity on the guarantee type of payment, with a partial guarantee and on a full lease basis, the possibility of visiting the performances of the main theatrical repertoire or visitors of the entertainments based on data on the average price of tickets for those and other events, as well as the average wage in the region and as a consequence of the purchasing ability of the population. In the conclusion, the theses summarized in the article are structured, logical arguments are provided for the negative influence of the enterprise on the attendance by the public of the performances of the main repertoire and the positive impact on the culture of the region of the festival activity and the tours of the stationary theater companies.

Keywords: tour, enterprise, region, theater, festival, cultural explosion.

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