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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Revista Estud(i)os de Dança 2

Feeling of ‘group belonging’ in movement exploration processes: Experimental study with people who don’t usually dance and with higher education dance students

DOI
https://doi.org/10.53072/RED202302/00202

Abstract

This study arises from a research project[1] developed as part of the PhD in Performing Arts and Moving Image (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon) and supervised by Professor Madalena Xavier and Professor Jorge Ramos do Ó. In this project, a set of mediating devices for the exploration of movement was put into practice, aimed at describing, interpreting, and understanding how People Who Don't Usually Dance (PWDUD) experience ‘inclusive modalities of movement’. The aim of this research is to refine pedagogical practice, as well as to improve these devices. A circular relationship was thus established between the gathered information in the project and the pedagogical context, specifically the Superior School of Dance (ESD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (IPL). During the content analysis of the information collected, a series of trends emerged, one of which contains aspects related to ‘group belonging’, including the constant references that the PWDUD made about integration into the collective at the movement sessions. This emphasis on ‘group belonging’ led us to wonder whether the HSD students shared these aspects with the project's PWDUD. To answer this question, this article articulates and analyses information gathered about ‘group belonging’ in two contexts: 1. During the movement sessions with PWDUD; 2. in a discussion dynamized in a classroom context with ESD students.

[1] PhD thesis in progress (Faculty of Fine Arts /ULisbon, Institute of Education /ULisbon and Superior School of Dance /IPL), entitled: "Inclusive movement modalities for people who don't usually dance. An experimental study of movement exploration".

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