Music and Time Annotation << Back The Ballet «Karagoz» of G. Zhubanova D.M. Mosienko This article analyzes the music in the ballet «Karagoz» of G. Zhubanova. The analysis is preceded by a brief historical information about how there were the first stage Kazakh dances (Kazakhs dance culture to the Soviet time was practically not developed due to the nomadic way of life). Ballet «Karagoz» of G. Zhubanova began striking phenomenon in the musical and theatrical life of Kazakhstan 90s. Noteworthy staging of the play in our time capital theater «Astana Opera» (December, 2014). Composer brought to the ballet opera principles, which affected a symphonic development, bright of portrait of the heroine (monologues and variations Karagoz), in the presence of duets agreement-disagreement, in which organically combines visual and expressive beginning - dance and mime, in the introduction of verbal text and vocal choral scene. Keywords: Dance, Kazakh ballet, G. Zhubanova, «Karagoz», dramaturgy. Contacts: E-mail: dinamosienko@mail.ru Pp. 15-20.