Dança Circular: possibilidades de releituras em diálogo com o patrimônio cultural

Abstract

The dissertation titled “Circle Dance: Possibilities of Reinterpretations in dialogue with the Cultural Heritage of São Luís - MA” analyzes as empirical material a collective creation process carried out with high school students from the public school system of Maranhão. The study’s objective was the reinterpretation of five choreographies from the Cacuriá Balaio de Rosas (LABORARTE), employing the foundations of Sacred Circle Dances. Methodologically, this qualitative investigation is structured as a Didactic Sequence that articulates bibliographic research and fieldwork, utilizing interviews, questionnaires, and multimodal records (photographic and audiovisual), grounded in the relationship between artistic-cultural reception and mediation. The practice investigates how elements of the visual mandalas from the Portuguese tiles of the Historic Center and the movements of the Cacuriá offer traces and memories for the reinterpretation of wheel dances, as corporal mandalas, within the context of dance-education. Reflecting on the pedagogy of performing arts through dance, intersected by hybridism in the arts, the study analyzes the body-school and body-city relationship as territory, identity, and belonging. The results evidence that such pedagogical articulation enhances the appreciation of popular culture and the preservation of the tile heritage. By disseminating artistic-cultural knowledge and practices, the proposal contributes to the safeguarding of local memory and reiterates the historical relevance of São Luís as a World Cultural Heritage site.