"THEIR BODIES WERE FROM EARTH ... FROM WATER THEIR DREAMS": INCIDENCES OF A CREATIVE PROCESS WITH THE MBYA-GUARANI IN THE FORMATION OF DANCE TEACHERS(S)

Abstract

This work presents reflections on the artistic-pedagogical possibilities in the field of performing arts, specifically Dance, aimed at the formation of teachers. Such possibilities emerge from the “Of earth their bodies” Extension Project, started in 2018 and linked to the Dance Course of (name of the institution). Through different creative processes, the show “Sound and Light in Bodies” was reassembled, which consists of the choreography/staging of the traditional show of Sound and Light, from the Sítio Histórico de São Miguel Arcanjo. This work has been presented by a cast composed of indigenous students from Aldeia Guarani Tekoá Koenjú and academics from (name of the institution). In the light of understandings of Ecology of Knowledge (SANTOS, 2010), Epistemologies of the South (SANTOS, 2019) and Pedagogy of Autonomy (FREIRE, 2015), we sought to articulate a dance-making that promotes horizontal dialogues between the epistemologies that operate within universities and the diverse knowledge acquired by Mbya-Guarani. With this work, there is an enrichment in the training of undergraduate students, especially with regard to teaching in Art and the development of contemporary artistic-pedagogical practices, based on a perspective of valuing diversity and recognition of culture Guarani in its history and creative potential.

Keywords

Artistic-pedagogical Processes. Tekoá Koenjú Community. Knowledge Ecology. Epistemologies of the South. Pedagogy of Autonomy.