Se eu fosse eu: diálogos metalinguísticos acerca da dança contemporânea

Abstract

This essay aims to share the trajectory and reflection s of a creative process on/about Contemporary Dance. Based in a metalinguistic structure, Contemporary Dance presents itself in this research as an aesthetic and as a theme, with the backing of theoretical and practical researches for the construction of t he artist that is being narrated. The argument developed is of a qualitative type, in the descriptive manner and starting from an autobiographical narrative. The artistic construction that that inspired this essay exists in the form of personal letters on a self amounts to 16 handwritten epistolaries and a dancevideo-- fictio nal narrative that letter. Such structure was chosen to focus on more complex issues regarding the research theme, aiming to build a less rigid and distant communication with the readers of this essay, be them academic researchers or not. The written project is divided in the following manner: Presentation, Making Choices, Roads Built, Final Remarks and Appendix to add an imagetic referential of the creative process narrated in this research.