Dance as a meeting policy with people and places

Abstract

This research report aims to share the experience in the project “Cartographies of the body in the city”, conducted by Núcleo de Pesquisa, Estudos e Encontros em Dança of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Núcleo uses cartography as a methodological compass to map intensive experiences in the city in which the vibrating dimension of the bodies is triggered. In this article, we highlighted the experience in the processes of wandering and affective occupation in the port region of Rio de Janeiro and the realization of dance propositions in political resistance movements in the year 2016 as a re-existence artistic practice. By investigating the friction between art and life, we expand the understanding of what can dance do when it emerges from the encountering with people and places.

Keywords:
dance; city; policy