When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum

This article presents an excerpt of the research concerning six dance teachers in southern Brazilian schools, describing dance classes within the Art curriculum through ethnographic approach. The text analyzes dance practices, activities in which the touch is a central component. Starting from Mich...

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Main Author: Maria Fonseca Falkembach (Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel, Pelotas/RS, Brazil)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2022-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/88436
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description This article presents an excerpt of the research concerning six dance teachers in southern Brazilian schools, describing dance classes within the Art curriculum through ethnographic approach. The text analyzes dance practices, activities in which the touch is a central component. Starting from Michel Foucault's theoretical perspective, this study identifies tensions concerning the technologies of production of subject-bodies at the school, challenging hegemonic codes of skin and touching. The research singles out the effects of dance practices with touch, mainly regarding: a) the suspension of embodied cultural meanings; b) the dimension of presence; and c) the ethical work.
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spelling doaj.art-89cad93e690b454cbf3670799b1cda792022-12-22T02:00:31ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença2237-26602022-09-0191When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculumMaria Fonseca Falkembach (Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel, Pelotas/RS, Brazil)0Universidade Federal de Pelotas This article presents an excerpt of the research concerning six dance teachers in southern Brazilian schools, describing dance classes within the Art curriculum through ethnographic approach. The text analyzes dance practices, activities in which the touch is a central component. Starting from Michel Foucault's theoretical perspective, this study identifies tensions concerning the technologies of production of subject-bodies at the school, challenging hegemonic codes of skin and touching. The research singles out the effects of dance practices with touch, mainly regarding: a) the suspension of embodied cultural meanings; b) the dimension of presence; and c) the ethical work. https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/88436DanceSchoolTouchPresenceEthics
spellingShingle Maria Fonseca Falkembach (Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel, Pelotas/RS, Brazil)
When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Dance
School
Touch
Presence
Ethics
title When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
title_full When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
title_fullStr When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
title_full_unstemmed When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
title_short When the Dance Touches us: meanings, ethics, and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
title_sort when the dance touches us meanings ethics and presence in practices with touch in the curriculum
topic Dance
School
Touch
Presence
Ethics
url https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/88436
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