ABSTRACT
In this article, I intend to show the intrinsic relationship between musical perception and body agency developed in the practice of belly dance, using ethnomusicology and anthropology as theoretical instruments. Then, I try to think about how the experience of listening to music in belly dancing, which involves the body as a whole, develops and produces effects among dance practitioners. These reflections are preceded by a brief reflection that situates the bodies involved in a specific scene - the city of São Paulo - demonstrating the extent to which this location particularizes the dance process in comparison to other places in the world where it is disseminated.
KEYWORDS:
Belly dance; ethnomusicology; dance anthropology; sensitivity; embodyment
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