02033nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653001500044653003400059653002300093653002500116653004300141100001700184245016100201856011800362300001200480520131500492022002001807       2020                            d10aFolk dance10aContest of Slovácko verbuňk10aSlovácko verbuňk10aThe Podluží region10aTransformation of folk dance tradition1 aJ. Teturová00aThe influence of the contest for the best dancer of Slovácko verbuňk on the existence and form of the verbuňk dance in the ethnographic area of Podluží  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098755518&partnerID=40&md5=d867328e38ee824018516b6ccc35bbbb  a306-3163 aThe study submits results of the first stage of research on the influence of the Contest for the Best Dancer of Slovácko verbuňk on the existence and form of the verbuňk dance with focus on the current situation in the ethnographic area of Podluží. The Contest has been organized at the International Folklore Festival Strážnice every year since 1986, and since 2005 is has been part of safeguarding measures for verbuňk as an element inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The authoress presents results of field search conducted among three groups of respondents in Podluží, meaning contemporaries (former dancers regardless their participation in the Contest), local authorities directly connected with the Contest (successful participants in the Contest), and young active dancers who dance verbuňk at the Contest and also at usual dance occasions. Respondents’ opinions prove the influence of the Contest on the popularization and promotion of verbuňk in the field, and they draw attention to the issue of interventions in the natural development of regional style. The mentioned findings will be used to compare results from further stages of the research, which are conducted in other sub-regions of the ethnographic area of Slovácko.  a08628351 (ISSN)