Dança contemporânea na escola: uma prática pedagógica para a construção corporal, autonomia de movimento e expressividade do aluno.

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to apply contemporary dance as a pedagogical strategy to stimulate awareness, autonomy and expressiveness of student’s body movement in the school environment of the municipality of Coari/Am. The present study contributes to the improvement of intellectual knowledge and learning, being relevant for dance professionals working in the municipality and for students who will be submitted to the research, who may have a different perspective from the current one about dance and experience new experiences that will contribute to body construction, autonomy of movement and expressiveness, in addition to enabling a critical look in relation to it. For the academic public, who will realize that despite the growth of the art of dance in recent times in our state, there are still places with a limited idea of what Dance is and its role as an area of knowledge and training of the individual. This research, according to its nature, is classified as Applied Research and, regarding its approach, it is defined as qualitative. Therefore, it is concluded that the students' contact with contemporary dance as a pedagogical practice, even if in a short time, contributed to their bodily construction, their autonomy of movement and their authentic expressiveness, so that they valued their bodily experiences that this phase provides.