Jajekouro’a com os guarani: relações entre dança e a decolonialidade

Abstract

This final paper presents a study on a dance experience with the Guarani of the village Tekoá Ko'ẽju, situated in São Miguel das Missões, RS, around the show Som e Luz no Corpos, which is presented in the Historical Site of São Miguel Arcanjo, an action of the Dance Degree Course, executades by an Extension Project called “De Terra Seus Corpos”, from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Based on the approach and methodology of a/r/tography, this study seeks to articulate the relationships between dance and the decoloniality, having regard to the experience of art teacher of the Guarani as a context and practice motivation for a a decolonial dance proposition. This is a way to teach them and learn how to dance, with a focus on the of a shared creation, and in the meeting of different cultures and the different bodies who looks for learning together. Reflecting to take the dance from the colonial perspective, bringing scholars dialogues to contribute to a understanding of an artistic-pedagogical experience seen in this study and we can actually see in the teaching of art more broadly. Promoting a critical way on the existing pedagogies in our area, proposing some ways to start a change of ours colonial habits.