MOVING BODIES ON DIASPORA: DANCE, IDENTITY AND REEXISTENCE
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The article aims to understand the aesthetic and political dimension that crosses the
contemporary art in its relation with the african diaspora, I approach some works and processes
of Brazilian artists, specifically black women that crossed the Atlantic towards the african
continente; artists who work in the context of body arts, especially dance and performance art.
The incursion into possible stories of crossing the Atlantic was due to a recent trip I did to the
African continent. In this written passage, the reflections are woven close to Paul Gilroy's
thinking in the Black Atlantic, especially considering the culturalist racism and the dramaturgy
of remembrance concepts discussed by him. Therefore my reflections are instigated in the
encounter with three black women artists who went to find their dramaturgies in Africa, to
compose a map of movement, articulated by affections in transit. Ana Pi, Luciane Ramos Silva
and Nadir Nóbrega, bodies moving on diáspora.
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