Dance Narratives by a Black Artist Mirroring the Knowledge and Concepts of Fe-male Black Authors

Authors

  • Luciano Correa Tavares Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS
  • Suzi Weber Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Dance, Rubens Oliveira, Black Man, Escrevivência, Amefricanity

Abstract

Dance Narratives by a Black Artist Mirroring the Knowledge and Concepts of Fe-male Black Authors – This article presents aspects of the life and professional narratives of a Black dance artist, Rubens Oliveira, and how his sensitive, poetic and creative experience as a Black man op-poses stereotypes of hegemonic masculinities. The aim of this article is to highlight the life story of a Black Brazilian man who makes dance his profession. Issues concerning the process of being a Black man in Brazil are problematised, using Conceição Evaristo’s (2020) concept of escrevivência (writexperi-ence)and Lélia Gonzalez’s (1988) concept of amefricanidade (Amefricanity). The article, mostly based on Black authors, highlights Black epistemologies as a form of representation.

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Author Biographies

Luciano Correa Tavares, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS

Luciano Correa Tavares is a PhD candidate in Performing Arts at the Univer-sidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and a Master’s student in Performing Arts at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. He has a degree in Library Science from the same university. He works as a dancer-creator-interpreter with Eduardo Severino Cia. de Dança.

Suzi Weber, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Suzane Weber da Silva is a professor in the Postgraduate Programme in Per-forming Arts and Associate Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), having taught there since 1996. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Movement Sciences (1999) and a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Interpretation (1996) from UFRGS. She is currently researching processes of theatrical creation; artistic and somatic practices in thea-tre, dance and performance, with an emphasis on improvisation; and digital ar-chives. Actress and dancer.

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Published

2024-04-29

How to Cite

Tavares, L. C., & Silva, S. W. da. (2024). Dance Narratives by a Black Artist Mirroring the Knowledge and Concepts of Fe-male Black Authors. Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies, 14(2). Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/138206

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2024): Abr./Jun. 2024

Section

Performance and Gender I

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