Training of specialists in the specialty 024 Choreography is carried out on the basis of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. The scientific and pedagogical activity of the team began in 1991, when a new specialty “Choreography and Primary Education” was opened at the Department of Music at the Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk Pedagogical Institute, and the methodological commission on choreography was headed by F. Bondaruk. As an integral structure, the Department of Choreography was established by order of the rector of the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University in 2001 (head - V. Duzhych-Nikolaychuk, Honored Artist of Ukraine). By merging the Department of Culturology and Management of Socio-Cultural Activities and the Department of Choreography in 2017, the Department of Culturology and Choreographic Art of the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University was established (head - V. Golovei, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor). To improve the quality of training specialists in the specialty 024 Choreography, in 2020 the Department of Culturology and Choreographic Art was reorganized into the Department of Choreography (Head – L. Kosakovska, Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor).
From April 2023 to June 2025, the Department of Choreography was headed by Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Oleh KOZACHUK.
On July 1, 2025, the Department of Choreography was headed by Doctor of Philosophy Mykola TsAPYAK.
Over the years of its activity, the department has been staffed by famous artists: People's Artist of Ukraine O. Yakymchuk, Honored Artist of Ukraine V. Smyrnov, Honored Workers of Arts of Ukraine M. Savchuk, G. Sokolova, Excellent Educationist S. Kravchuk, Master of Sports of Ukraine in Ballroom and Sports Dances O. Kutsyk. Experienced teachers of choreographic disciplines V. Zamlynnyi, O. Kozachuk, M. Tsapyak, R. Gorbachuk, M. Kutuzov successfully train specialists in the specialty 024 Choreography. The scientists of the department (candidates of art history K. Kinder, L. Kosakovska, M. Tsapyak) work with innovative achievements of modern choreographic art, which concern one of the most priority problems of today - national and cultural identity. The teachers of the department are engaged in creative activities, organize master classes in various genres of choreographic art, participate in the work of the jury of festivals and competitions.
One of the priority tasks of the department of choreography is to conduct career guidance work among students. For this purpose, in 2024, the 1st All-Ukrainian Festival-Competition of Choreographic Art “Volyn Wreath” was launched, which was held with the support of the National Choreographic Union of Ukraine and the Igor Palytsa Foundation “Only Together”. The festival was held for charitable purposes - all contributions and funds collected during the dance program were transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The festival aims to preserve the tradition of Ukrainian dance art.
In 2019-2020, with the support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Lutsk, the All-Ukrainian Choreographic Festival-Competition of Children and Youth “Exercises” was held at the university (the author of the project is L. Kosakovska). This large-scale cultural and artistic event was launched to identify talents and potential development opportunities for children in choreographic art, create conditions for creative communication between leaders and participants of collectives, and provide professional support to young choreographers-graduates of Lesyn University.
Department staff:
Tsapyauk Mykola Iosypovych – acting head of the department, associate professor.
Kosakovska Lesya Petrivna – , candidate of art history, associate professor.
Horbachuk Roksana Lyubomyrivna – senior lecturer.
Zamlynny Volodymyr Svyatoslavovych – associate professor, honored artist of Ukraine.
Kutuzov Maksym Yuriiyovych – assistant.
Part-time employees at the department:
Holovey Viktoriia Yuriiivna – doctor of philosophical sciences, professor.
Bartkiv Oksana Stepanivna – associate professor, candidate of pedagogical sciences.
Lavrynets Kateryna Serhiivna - assistant
Accompanists and laboratory assistants:
Bishchuk Vasyl Volodymyrovych – accompanist.
Goch Alina Olehivna – accompanist.
Fedurtso Nadiya Vladyslavivna – senior laboratory assistant.
Areas of training / specialties of specialists trained by the department:
Specialty 024 Choreography (educational degree "Bachelor", "Master").
Educational degree:
"Bachelor" on the basis of complete general secondary education, diploma of junior bachelor, junior specialist (full-time form of study)
"Bachelor" on the basis of m/s (full-time form of study)
"Master" on the basis of a diploma of higher education in the educational degrees of "Bachelor", "Master", OKR "Specialist" (full-time, forms of study)
Main areas of research work of the department:
"Choreographic art of Volyn in the context of the development of national culture and education of Ukraine".
Projects of the department:
I All-Ukrainian festival-competition of choreographic art "Volyn wreath" Lutsk
II All-Ukrainian festival-competition of choreographic art "Volyn wreath" Lutsk
III All-Ukrainian choreographic festival-competition of children and youth "Exercises-2019"
IV All-Ukrainian choreographic festival-competition of children and youth "Exercise-2020
One of the priority tasks of the Department of Choreography is to conduct career guidance work among students. For this purpose, in 2024, the 1st All-Ukrainian Festival-Competition of Choreographic Art “Volyn Wreath” was launched, which was held with the support of the National Choreographic Union of Ukraine and the Igor Palytsa Foundation “Only Together”. The festival was held for charitable purposes - contributions and funds collected during the dance program were transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The festival aims to preserve the traditions of Ukrainian dance art.
1st All-Ukrainian Festival-Competition of Choreographic Art “Volyn Wreath”
In 2019-2020, with the support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Lutsk, the University held the All-Ukrainian Choreographic Festival-Competition of Children and Youth “Exercises” (the author of the project is L. Kosakovska). This large-scale cultural and artistic event was initiated to identify talents and potential development opportunities of children in choreographic art, create conditions for creative communication between leaders and members of collectives, and provide professional support to young choreographers-graduates of Lesya University.
