Decolonial perspectives for a practice in Dance: Acogny Technique and the Afro-oriented epistemological possibilities for dance in Brazil

• Grant number: 23/04902-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2023
• End date: September 26, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Dance
• Principal Investigator: Mariana Baruco Machado Andraus
• Grantee: Stephanie Borges Viana
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to study the Acogny Technique in its practical, philosophical and conceptual aspects, as well as the fundamentals of modern African dance and its symbologies. It will be investigated, from a practical-theoretical methodology, the Acogny Technique and Brazilian pedagogies in dance that come from this reference for practical-creative investigations. Thus, from body practices, bibliographic surveys and field research, a reflection anchored in contemporary decolonial thinking will be developed with a focus on corporeities for a future proposition of the principles of the Acogny technique as an epistemological possibility for studies and practices of Dance in Brazil.