THE IMPACT OF GENDER ROLE OF THE WOMAN IN THE TRADITIONAL KAZAKH SOCIETY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL DANCE
This article examines the impact of gender role of woman in Kazakh Society and the history of the development of the national dance. The presence of religious movements, particularly of Islam, has had an impact on the status of woman as a wife and mother, while giving her some relative independence. As a reflection of cultural and domestic processes, dance has become one of the ways in which women express themselves. With the change in the political, social structures of life, Kazakh dance preserved evidence of the main occupations, traditional behavioral patterns and the outlook of Kazakh woman. The wealth of female dance with its own characteristic features greatly diversified the vocabulary of national dance and at the beginning of 20th century facilitated the emergence of domestic professional female performers and choreographers.