A dança da Libertação: um estudo sobra a Dança Africana de Tefé(AM)

Abstract

In the city of Tefé - AM the African Dance is considered a “folk” dance and “Traditional” within a cultural context, mainly because it is one of the most main dances to participate in the Tefé Folk Festival. However dance does not it's just part of a show, it's a representation of Afro-Brazilian culture in a space where the indigenous and colonial matrices overlap. This study analyzed how the creation, construction and performance of the African Dance of Tefé (AM) (re) means culture and the black presence in this region. The main objective was unveil the meaning of dance for the social actors involved directly or indirectly, through their memories, narratives and choreographic creations. The data were collected during the years 2018 and 2019, during meetings, trials and presentations by the group of players, fans and supporters, whose analysis had as a reference and theoretical framework the debate on performance concepts. THE researcher is a member of the dance group, and recorded oral reports to reflect on dialogical way about the meanings woven in each stage of the preparation and execution of this collective performance that was elaborated in a context in which African roots hybridize with others, especially indigenous ones.