Feather/Pity: possible ballet as poetic unfolding

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573104532024e204

Keywords:

ballet, disability, creation, dance research

Abstract

This is a report on a trajectory that includes studies and professional performance at an international level. By addressing the relationship between classical dance, disability and poetics from the occurrence of a stroke. One arrives at the exposition of Possible Ballet, an investigation in the form of a post-doctorate that took practice based research for the methodological bias. A body practice proposal based on the principles of ballet movement in order to arrive at processes of scenic creation through improvisation. The creation of the work Feather/Pity is addressed, which brought up issues found in current authors who write about dance and disability, ballet technique and creation.

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Author Biographies

  • Silvia Susana Wolff, Federal University of Santa Maria

    Pós-doutorado pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Doutorado em Artes da Cena pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Mestrado em Artes/Dança pela New York University (NYU), Estados Unidos. Graduação em Comunicação Social pela Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). Profa. Adjunta na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).

  • Flávio Campos, Federal University of Santa Maria

    Doutorado e Mestrado em Artes da Cena pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Graduação – Bacharelado em Artes Cênicas pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Prof. Adjunto na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).

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Published

2024-12-18

How to Cite

Feather/Pity: possible ballet as poetic unfolding. Urdimento: Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, v. 4, n. 53, p. 1–15, 18 Dec.2024.