HAU 3, April 24th, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
The Legacies of Dance:
The One and the Many in Belo Horizonte and
Recife
Moderator: Wagner Carvalho
On the basis of the dance teacher Klauss Vianna’s experiences in the city of Belo Horizonte concepts of deconstruction and reconstruction of the body will be discussed. The experience of diversity in the RecorDança archive in Recife demands a critical interpretation of dance history. However, the development of dance history in one location becomes visible in both experiences.
Klauss Vianna’s Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Dancing Subject.
Arnaldo Alvarenga (Belo Horizonte) is a professor of performing arts at the Art School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais where he coordinates the department of movement education for dance. He studied Educational Science at the FAE and is the vice-coordinator of the work group Dance Research in Brazil: Investigations and Processes of the State Research Association – ABRACE. He is a scholar in the Research Group Educational History (GEPHE) and the Program for Oral History (PHO) at the Federal University Minas Gerais. Awards as a dancer, choreographer and stage author; 2006 Klauss-Vianna-Prize of the Ministry of Culture 2006.
The lecture focuses on dance and especially the pedagogic work of
the choreographer and dance teacher Klauss Vianna. In this context
the most important aspects of his approach to teaching are de-structuring
and reconstructing the dancing body. In contrast to the concept of
a formal codification according to which the body of the performer
is created, Vianna inspired his students to find their own movements
and to let their personality flow into their dance. Thus all interpreters – whether
professional or amateur – become creators and search for self-knowledge
and reflection. They enter into a process in which attention, memory
and awareness work together in a very personal form of dance.
Documentary film: Klauss Vianna – Movimento Expressivo.
Directors: Sergio Roizenblit, Inês Bogéa
A Plan for Dance in Recife.
Roberta Ramos (Recife) received
her PhD in Literature from the Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE.
She is coordinator of the RecorDança
archive, co-worker of the Movimento Dança Recife association
and on the editorial board of Idança. She is the author of
the dissertation „Deslocamentos Armoriais: da afirmação épica
do popular na “Nação Castanha” de Ariano
Suassuna ao corpo-história do Grupo Grial“ (Emblematic
Shifts: On the Epic Integration of the Popular in “Nação
Castanha” by Ariano Suassuna and the Physical History of the
Grupo Grial Ensemble”).
The RecorDança archive was founded in 2003. For the research
that was planned, an archive was needed with systematically organized
and easily accessible information on productions from the decades
relevant to the study (1970 – 2000). At the time the creation
of a simple data bank was appropriate. Later the information system
was expanded and made more specific (www.fundaj.gov.br/recordanca).
The goal was also to enable new and specific perspectives on the
dance history of the city of Recife and to make detailed information
on the research subjects available. Today data is still integrated
cartographically and entered into the archive’s information
system. Beyond the basic collection of data the research is directed
towards a critical interpretation of Recife’s dance history.
The data in the online archive is an open cartography, the way Deleuze
and Guattari suggested it should be: shifting, reversible and constantly
changeable.