Contemporary Trends in Choreographic art in Ukraine in the 21st Century: A Psychological Perspective

The current study aimed to investigate the antecedents of choreographic adaptability at the psychological and cognitive levels among professional Ukrainian choreographers and contemporary dancers in the context of global and national transformations. One hundred ninety-four participants from 46 Ukrainian cities were surveyed using six instruments: The Choreographic Transformation Questionnaire, the Flow Short Scale, the Body Self-Attitude Typology Scale, the Executive Network Activity Scale, the Passive Neurocognitive Activity Scale, and the Objective Cognitive Evaluation Scale. Heterogeneity in correlation patterns was significant, with choreographers exhibiting larger innovation-executive function and smaller symbolic embodiment-flow correlations. Dancers showed stronger symbolic links between embodiment and flow, whereas choreographers relied more on executive and metacognitive resources. Mediation analyses identified objective cognitive evaluation (cognitive–emotional flexibility) as a partial mediator between internal embodiment and overall innovation-readiness among choreographers. The results show that artistic adaptability in Ukrainian choreographic community members includes principal roles for psychological embodiment, flow, and cognitive control.