Dá licença aê! A Influência do Samba de Roda da Serrinha/Batucagê na Formação do Artista-Educador em Dança

Abstract

This research aims to discuss Samba de Roda as an ancestral Afro- Brazilian culture, its technical and aesthetic foundations, its origins, characteristics and the possible relationships among this manifestation, the field of dance training and creative processes in Contemporary Brazilian Dance. Samba de Roda, an important popular manifestation developed in the Recôncavo region of Bahia comes from the African diaspora. It is loaded with meanings of resistance in black culture and the anti-racist struggle. Through the lens of research undertaken in the area of Dance, Samba de Roda is presented as an aesthetic and artistic power, and can contribute both to processes of choreographic composition and to the training of the dance-educating artist, especially with regard to Education for Ethnic-racial Relations. Starting from family history and in close dialogue with the author's memories, this work was woven through two methodological axes: the creation of a personal inventory as a motto for authorial creation in dance; study and experience of Samba de Roda through field research undertaken with the Samba de Roda da Serrinha/Batucagê group, in Goiânia/GO. Therefore, this article aims to describe the paths taken in this theoretical-practical research, which is configured as the author's TCC Course Completion Work. In addition to the experiential and intellectual production, the research generated a dance composition called “Naquela Mesa”, which is also part of the evaluation of the work.