O corpo feminino afrobrasileiro e a dança samba: tensões entre aprendizagem, profissão e hipersexualização

Abstract

This work deals with the relationship between the Afro-Brazilian female body and dance, working on the association between the samba dance performed by passistas and the hypersexualization of the black female body, which is strongly marked in the imagination of Brazilian society. The research aims to reflect on the teaching-learning process of samba by passistas-show, as well as to make a brief historical survey about samba, reflecting how the female body of the passista is seen in this dance from the speech of the interviewees. The methodology used starts from the descriptive qualitative research under the bias of the case study. The research will also deal with the considered learning experiences of the interviewed samba dancers and my own experience as a show dancer.