Danças urbanas: um estilo documentado

Abstract

This experimental project aims to provide, through the realization of a documentary, an in-depth space so that members of the Hip-Hop culture, especially of Urban Dances, can manifest themselves, in an attempt to avoid stereotypes attributed to culture and reproduced by the hegemonic media. The documentary was recorded in the city of Santa Maria, RS, and had the theoretical support of the relationship between media and identity from Woodward (2000), Silveirinha (2002), Castells (2002), Kellner (1992) and Bauman Among the methodological authors, we use Jespers (1998), Nichols (1999), Rodrigues (2009) and Field (2001). As specific objectives of reflection of the product, we decided to reflect on the reality of Urban Dances presented by the documentary and to evaluate if the frames and the editing resources used collaborated in the dynamicity of the material and promoted the interaction of the interviewees with the spectators. The production showed us the importance of experiencing other ways of presenting Urban Dances, with a bias that refers to the study of urban culture and the representation of its identity. Throughout the work, we have noticed that from the onset of the Hip-Hop culture to the present times, there have been many changes in the dance culture, beginning with the styles of movement practiced that were adapting according to the context in which they were inserted. In addition, despite all the difficulties of gaining space and recognition, Urban Dances are increasingly in prominent positions, conquering several spaces that were not part of their reality as theaters.