Mapeamento sentimento-emocional da obra Cinzas ao solo: urdiduras de uma criação em dança

Abstract

The text presented here is the result of the theoretical-practical research of a master's thesis with the title Sentiment-Emotional Mapping of the Ashes to the Ground work: warps of a creation in dance. From the recurrent discussion of the performance of the emotions and their expressions in the Western scene, especially in contemporary times, it brings to light concepts derived from the cognitive sciences about emotion, feeling, and emotional feelings, addressed by scholars such as Antonio Damásio (2011) and Paul Ekman (2011). The purpose is to point out how the understanding proposed by these authors can configure the construction of contemporary dance works and discuss possible tools for the recovery of emotional states for the performance of the work investigated through mapping the feelings of emotions. This research has as methodology the qualitative and procedural analysis of the creation of Ashes to the Ground, a solo work presented by the author. The text is arranged as follows: a first introductory chapter to the theme of emotions and feelings treated in the arts of the scene, more specifically in dance, from the looks thrown to the own emotions and feelings by researchers of the sciences of the mind. Then the research object is presented: The investigation into the way the emotions and not only their expressions operated in a process of creation in dance. Therefore, the methodological path that we go through throughout the writing is exposed so that the concepts of emotions and feelings can be announced in a more detailed way already in operation in chapter II. In the last chapter it is described how the game of the emotions occurred during the creation of the Ashes to the Ground work, which comprises the moments of Respite, that are the final instants in which there are the public presentations of the work under study. Finally, we bring the final considerations, woven together with the reflection generated by the totality of the artistic-academic research experience. Our desire is that this written path can contribute to the work and reflection of other artists, since we try, during the entire investigative course, to shed light on some of the aspects that we consider most important in the making of the scenic dance: emotions and feelings. For surely, the more consciousness of the functioning of these mechanisms present in the body, the better we can sail in the endless landscapes of creation.