SPECIFICITY OF TEACHING MODERN BALL DANCE FOR SCHOOLS WITH SEVERE MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
The successes of the Russian dance art have become widely known in many parts of the world, thanks to the achievements of Russian choreography and ballet school. Less is known outside our country about the spread of the passion for modern ballroom dancing among children and youth, including students with special educational needs, which contributes to the development of creative qualities, strengthening the body and overcoming developmental problems in schoolchildren with disabilities. The global transformations of society’s consciousness that have taken place in the last decade, the regulatory and legal support of educational systems of students with special educational needs, the intensification of research activities, the positive results of the festivals of children’s creativity, inclusive dance, regional, interregional and international levels, the innovative practice of organizations that implement adapted additional educational programs, provided an opportunity for understanding and systematizing the main provisions of programs aimed at including schoolchildren with severe multiple developmental disabilities into modern ballroom dancing activities. The authors of the article, on the basis of their own practical experience, presented the features of technologies for teaching modern ballroom dancing to students with various combinations of hearing, speech, motor, emotional disorders, mental disorders that determine the presence of severe multiple developmental disorders that were previously considered unsuccessful in this type of activity.