The dance that recreates itself: a study about the spectacle “Baile do Menino Deus” – popular tradition and contemporaneity
Key-words: Theater, Popular Tradition, Contemporaneity, Transculturality, Creating movement
Abstract
This research aims to investigate the theatrical play “Baile do Menino Deus”, performed annually since 2004 at open plaza Marco Zero, in Recife (state of Pernambuco), within the perspective of its creative connections linked to the dialogue between popular tradition and contemporaneity. For that purpose, this thesis is structured in three chapters: the first presents a short picture of some of the main cultural movements that took place in Recife during the 20th century; the second chapter is dedicated to the author/director’s creative references for the mentioned play, bringing to light his memories of a country childhood; while the third chapter presents perspectives on the creating movement of “Baile do Menino Deus” in the dynamics between popular tradition and contemporaneity. In this regard, the notions of popular matter transfiguration, of transculturality, of transcreation, of creating movement, of tradition and contemporaneity, are among the most relevant in the theoretical scope of this work. Thus, this thesis expects to contribute to the development of researches in the Performing Arts field, especially for theater studies that have popular traditions as creative references.