Corpo e dança na liturgia

Abstract

The work consists of bibliographic research, scientific survey, mediated by my experience as a Christian dancer. We approach the dance intertwined in the set of transformations through which it crossed from historical Protestantism to Pentecostalism. We understand, intersecting theory with the movement of reality, that there are churches that preserve the oldest dogmas and establish an extremely closed and prohibitive relationship with the body, consequently, dancing is not allowed. However, modern churches have modified and allowed dancing in their liturgical rituals. The position of the reformer Martin Luther, made a big difference to the faithful, bringing the translations of the Bible and distributing them so that Christians could have access to the information contained there and understand the way they understood. Even with the reform, the thought about the body still remained guided by the dualism between body and soul in the Christian environment. Liturgical dance gained its space in the liturgy of worship, being highlighted and seen in a positive way, not just as a choreography, but as a liturgical dance, bringing biblical messages and content from the Christian environment. The development of this research has the line of dance and culture, enabling moments of the culture of Protestantism to understand the body and dance in this historical context.The theoretical references that support the research are Salles (2014), Nunes (2006), (Portella, 2012), Matos (2006), (WULFHORST. 1995), Alencar (2012), Salles (2014), Mendonça (2009), Cunha (2007), Torres (2007), Le Goff and Strong (2006), Rodrigues (2013, 2014), Caldeira (2008), Sant'anna (1995), Cassimiro and Galdino. (2012), Moreira (2016), Santos (2020), Carvalho (2019), Marchi (2005) and Lima (2012)