A contemporary debate in folk dances history and today: dynamic or static?<p>Geçmişten günümüze halk danslarında güncel bir tartışma; dinamik mi statik mi?

Abstract

In this article we will try to asses a discussion that goes back to the early Republican period but keeps up-to-date since 1960s. Dynamic-static folkore debate has been made under different rubrics such as authentic-stylized, traditional-choreographed whereas sociological and ideological foundations of the debate has been overseen; therefore restricted in a vicious cycle. While providing a dialectical viewpoint on folk culture vis-a-vis historical change, we will try to evaluate the way folk dances have historically been transformed. At the same time, reflections of different parties who has conceived this transformation either modernisation or degeneration will be delienated in their own context. We will try to shift the main emphasis from national belonging and localism to a historical context, where class relations occupy a central locus. Thus we will aim at establishing a necessary terrain that is going to enable reestablishing links between folk dance as 'a living form' and actual social relations. Ozet Bu makalede kokleri cumhuriyetin ilk yillarina kadar uzanan fakat 1960'lardan bu yana guncelligini koruyan bir tartismayi irdelemeye calisacagiz. Dinamik-statik folklor tartismasi halk danslari alaninda otantik-stilize, geleneksel-duzenlemeli gibi farkli adlarla yapilagelmis, sosyolojik ve ideolojik temelleri eksik birakilmis ve kisir bir dongu icine hapsedilmistir. Tarihin devinimi icinde halk kulturu olgusunu diyalektik bir bakisla ele alarak halk danslarinin gecmisten gunumuze yasadigi degisimi/donusumu, bu degisimi modernlesme veya yozlasma olarak algilayan taraflarin goruslerini konunun nesnel baglami icinde irdeleyip objektif olarak aktarmaya ve yorumlamaya calisacagiz. Tartismanin tarihsel seruveni icinde eksik birakilmis yerleri doldurmaya, yanlis kavranmis kavramlari aciklamaya gayret edecegiz. Tartismanin eksenini bugune kadar yapildigi sekliyle ulus aidiyeti, veya yerelcilikten cikarip tarihsel ve sinifsal baglamina oturtmaya dikkat edecegiz. Boylece 'yasayan bir form' olarak halk dansinin gunumuz toplumsal yasamiyla tekrar baglarinin kurulabilmesi icin gerekli zemini yaratmayi hedefliyoruz.