CONFERENCE OPENING
CAROLINA POTIGUARA, PACARI PATAXÓ AND
EDUARDO FLYDJWA
ACCOMPANIED BY RELATIVES
INVITE TO THE INTERACTIVE RITUAL
TORÉ
Present in the cultural manifestations of various indigenous peoples living in the Northeast of Brazil, the Toré is a ritual that combines dance, religion, struggle, and play! Beyond a dance, it is a sacred ritual that reveals conceptions about body transformations, where the Tupi-Guarani cosmological and sociological vision is present.
In a sociopolitical context, where indigenous issues of transculturality and sustainability arouse strong interest in urban areas, valuing the different symbolic and aesthetic manifestations of indigenous peoples allows us to understand our ancestry, Brazilian identity, our values, and above all, our culture.
Carolina Potiguara is an Indigenous woman of Potiguara ancestry from Paraíba who currently lives in an urban context, in the city of Niterói. She holds a Bachelor's degree in History from UFF-Rio and completed her Professional Master's degree at the National Museum - UFRJ, in the Department of Linguistics (PROFLLIND – UFRJ) in 2020. Her academic research addresses the following themes: linguistic policies, ethnic identities, cultural territories, self-affirmation processes and indigenous women's rights, identity reconstruction processes, linguistics, sustainability, knowledge of indigenous peoples, bioclimatic construction methods, and Brazilian indigenous arts, among others. She also works as a storyteller and art educator, offering workshops and lectures on indigenous art, developing the activities of the Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Education Project, and participating in the cultural circuit at craft fairs held in different cities. She is a member of the Management Council for Indigenous Policies (REDE CEDIND RJ), the Grumim Network, and AIAM. She currently works as an Advisor to the Coordination of Racial Equality and Ethnicities at the Maricá Department of Culture - SEC-CULT Maricá, and is a Counselor and representative of indigenous peoples at COMPLIR-RJ 2023 in the Religious Diversity Council of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro.
Pacari Pataxó is a reference as an indigenous art educator. He was born in the village of Barra Velha, the first village of the Pataxó people, in the extreme south of Bahia. Raised in his culture as a Pataxó native, with ancestral customs and traditions, he preserves the knowledge and respect for his ancestors and nature, the source of life and sustenance. He came to Rio de Janeiro in 2007, where he met various Brazilian indigenous ethnicities and stood out as a leader, becoming part of a history of resistance. As a representative of indigenous peoples, he fought for rights and influenced current public policy debates. Since 2009, he has brought his people's culture and knowledge to various schools and institutions across Brazil. In 2023, Pacari Pataxó received an Honorary Master of Knowledge from FACETEN and FACTEFERJ, in recognition of his work as an art educator. Sesc, Museum of Tomorrow, Museum of the Republic, CCBB RJ, Fundição Progresso, Urussumirim KarioKa Fair, and Parque Lage are some of the numerous institutions with which he develops educational projects and works.
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERSATIONS
WHEN DISCUSSING INTERDISCIPLINARITY, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY REFERRING TO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO OR MORE DISCIPLINES OR FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE. THE CONFERENCE INVITED ARTISTS AND RESEARCHERS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS TO PRESENT TOPICS OF INTEREST FOR MOVEMENT STUDIES, AIMING TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE, FUEL DEBATES, PROVOKE INTERSECTIONS, AND MOTIVATE CONNECTIONS AMONG CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, WHO CAN ENGAGE IN THIS ACTIVITY EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
August, 1st
4h30 to 6h pm
Conference Room
Choreographic Center of the
City of Rio de Janeiro
Close to the event, an online link will be sent for registered conference participants.
Profa. Dra.
Branca Telles Ribeiro
Sociolinguist
THE HERE AND NOW OF COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL INTERACTIONS What can everyday conversations and interactions tell us about the participants or about their relationships (power dynamics, friendship, seduction, etc.)? How do conversations between friends, colleagues, or professionals produce a system that reveals what happens in these interactions from a sociolinguistic perspective? And how, also looking at conversations and interactions, can we better understand social life and the world we live in? How have sociolinguists analyzed the structures and functions of shared conversations in everyday life and face-to-face interaction? Our meeting aims to discuss some of these questions. Through segments of videos and transcriptions, we will observe the possibility of conducting a meticulous and detailed analysis, methodologically supported and theoretically grounded in the emergence of conversational exchanges in various instances of everyday life. Prof. Dr. Branca Telles Ribeiro: Emeritus Professor at Lesley University (Cambridge, MA) and Adjunct Professor at UFRJ (Applied Linguistics/Psychiatry-IPUB). Coordinator of research in Language, Communication, and Mental Health (CNPq). In the USA, she coordinated interdisciplinary research in the area of Communication, Identity, and Clinic, and both in Brazil and abroad, she has extensively published in the areas of Interactional Sociolinguistics, Communication in Mental Health, Intercultural Communication (gender, ethnicity, social class issues), and topics related to identity performance in social interaction. Branca holds a Bachelor degree from PUC Rio, with a Master in Linguistics from PUC Rio, a Master in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University, a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University, and a Post-doctorate in Social Psychology from Harvard University.
Profa. Dra.
Dinah Papi Guimaraens
Architect and Anthropologist
TRANSCULTURAL LANDSCAPES: NOTES ON DECOLONIALISM, ECOFEMINISM, AND CONTEMPORARY CYBORG BODIES Ecofeminism and Decolonial Ecology as movements of civil disobedience and struggle against ecological collapse. New ways of imagining the future, including reacting against ideological and chemical toxicities, as well as against Racism, Patriarchy, and Speciesism. Concepts of Sustainism in Architecture/Design incorporated into critical stances on paradigms of Race and Gender in Western society. Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" as inspiration for Cyberfeminisms. Body Interventions for the construction of the Transsexual, Transvestite, and Transgender Cyborg Body. Body as an identity marker and its relationship with the natural and the non-natural. Notion of resistance to power that seeks to control the lives of populations through the body or Biopower, in the Foucauldian sense, by questioning traditional modes of existence of indigenous communities and popular sectors. Prof. Dr. Dinah Tereza Papi de Guimaraens: Adjunct Professor of Architecture/Urbanism at the Federal Fluminense University, UFF, graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Santa Úrsula University, USU, with a Master's and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, and Post-doctorate at the University of New Mexico, USA. With extensive practical-theoretical experience in indigenous, Afro-Brazilian, and popular cultures in the areas of interdisciplinary studies of performance/dance, visual arts, museums, music, anthropology, education, and social communication, Dinah published Continuous City: Urban Digital Transcultural Logics (2019) and, with Lauro Cavalcanti, Suburban and Rural Kitsch Architecture (1979, 2006) and Carioca Motel Architecture: Space and Social Organization (1980, 2007). She organized the books Transcultural Aesthetics in the Latin American University (2016) and Museum of Arts and Origins: Map of Guarani Living Cultures (2003).
August, 2st
4h30 to 6h pm
Conference Room
Choreographic Center of the
City of Rio de Janeiro
Close to the event, an online link will be sent for registered conference participants.
Prof. Dr.
Guido Conrado
WHEN THE WORD BECOMES FLESH - QUESTIONS ABOUT BODY, LANGUAGE, AND POLITICS Contrary to what is predicted by classical physics, politics have always been a place where two bodies could occupy the same space at the same time. Nowadays, amidst the logic of configurations of public forms of existence that have come to be known as the “multitude” - as opposed to the unitary idea of “the people” - we are challenged to think that not only bodies but also "entire worlds" that are incompatible can coexist in the same place. The fact that the word people needs to be replaced by the word multitude to designate the forms of public existence of the "many," and the fact that we can consent to the "simultaneous existence of incompatible worlds" reflect - indeed - transformations of language. But let us not be mistaken, we are not dealing here with forms of communication configuration; we are talking about contemporary modes of language incarnation. In general terms, this will be the set of questions we will offer as an occasion for proposing our dialogue on "body, language, and politics." Prof. Dr. Guido Conrado: Theorist and researcher of arts and fashion, holds a Master's and Ph.D. from the Graduate Program in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio. He is a member of the Resdesign Collective, with which he investigates the transpositions of resources from the visual languages of arts and design for innovation in services, processes, and products, and acts as a Specialist in Creative Processes at the Innovation Cell of Senac-RJ.
Profa. Dra.
Celina Bordallo Charlier
FLUTE AND MOVEMENT: A COLLECTIVE AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE PERFORMANCE IN REAL TIME Since 2001, directing and performing as a flutist in collaborative musical performances via the internet, this time I invite you to dance: to engage in gestures and postures in dialogue with the musical stimulus of flutes of various sonorities, to explore together the possibilities of a collective online performance in real time. In a musical performance, we usually explore three possibilities of sound-space interaction: adapting the way of playing so that the music sounds the same in different spaces, creating music specifically for a particular space, or keeping the performance constant and letting the interaction with different spaces transform the sound. In online performance, we add the delay between the sound emitted and the sound heard, the delay in the image, and the delimitation of individual spaces on the screen. In attempting to create a dialogue that integrates the characteristics of the medium, we can perceive how each participant's performance contributes to the moving mosaic and explore our creative possibilities in a performance that aims to be collaborative in real time (or real times?) and virtual space. Prof. Dr. Celina Bordallo Charlier: Based in New York for 25 years, flutist Celina Charlier has developed an international career as a performer, conductor, teacher, and arranger. Educated at the Municipal School of Music of São Paulo, she holds a Bachelor's degree from UNESP and a Master's and Ph.D. from New York University (NYU), where she taught for 18 years. She founded and led the Music Department at NYU Abu Dhabi, with faculty and students from over 100 countries. She performs in numerous countries and is especially involved in online interdisciplinary performances, including leading the "Online Orchestra Celina Charlier" with musicians from four continents. Additionally, she teaches flute and music history at American universities, including Maryville University and Tulane University.
Coordination
Regina Miranda
MSc., CMA
SONGS WITH THE MARAKANA VILLAGE
(Rio de Janeiro)
August 2nd at 12:30 PM
THE FOLKLORIC COMPANY OF RIO-UFRJ
August 2nd at 6 PM
Was founded in 1987 by Professor Eleonora Gabriel, at the School of Physical Education and Sports (EEFD). It is an artistic group focused on research and the promotion of Brazilian popular culture, consisting of professors, staff, and students from various units of UFRJ. The group produces shows featuring Brazilian music, dances, and festivities, and promotes scientific and cultural activities and events, as well as extension courses and continuing education. In this way, the appreciation of intangible heritage is distributed across various professional training courses at UFRJ and for the general public.
GENERAL COORDINATION: Eleonora Gabriel and Frank Wilson.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Eleonora Gabriel.
MUSICAL DIRECTION: Luciano Camara.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Xandy Carvalho.
DANCERS: Alexandre Scherr, Alice Magaldi, Anna Clara, Daniel Zappa, Elaine Aristóteles, Fabrício de Assis, Frank Wilson, Giselle Lucy, Gutemberg Venus, Jacqueline Barbosa, Letty Amirah, Marcinha Cassaro, Matheus Rodrigues, Mônica Luquett, Rita Alves, Roberto Barboza, and Rodrigo Magalhães.
MUSICIANS: André Aladê, Eleonora Gabriel, Flávia Castilho, Giovane Padula, Isadora Santos, Luciano Camara, Rita Alves, and Xandy Carvalho.
PANEL DISCUSSION
SHAPING SOUTHERN
SHIFTS IN LBMS
Marié-Heleen Coetzee
University of Pretoria
Dr Marié-Heleen Coetzee is an associate professor at the School of Arts: Drama at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (New Pathways Programme). She has also completed the introductory intensive programme at LIMS, NY in 1993. Her research centres on the use of drama and theatre-based methodologies in cross-disciplinary contexts, socially engaged performance and embodied pedagogies in performance praxis. She presents guest lectures, as well as scholarly and creative work on varied platforms and acts as an examiner for various institutions and as reviewer for a range of scholarly publications. She co-edited the book Applied drama/theatre in conflict and post-conflict contexts (Rodopi 2014), co-edited the special edition of the South African Theatre Journal on ‘Physical theatre and the physicality of theatre’ (2010) and edited the special issue of the South African Theatre Journal on ‘Embodied knowledges and pedagogies in/and performance’ (2018).
Marth Munro
Is a researcher, educator, coach, scholar and artist. Her PhD investigated the acoustic properties of Lessac’s Tonal NRG and the “Actor’s formant” in the female performer’s voice. She is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst™ (USA), a Master Teacher in Lessac Kinesensics (Voice and Movement)® (USA). She has also qualified as a Hatha Yoga Teacher (SA), a Bio- and Neurofeedback practitioner (SA), a NBI Whole brain practitioner™, a Sound Therapist (SA) and a qualified NLP-based Executive, Business and Personal Coach (SA). She was a NRF rated researcher (2006-2011; 2013-2018). Munro acts as a supervisor for several M and D students. She was editor-in-chief of Collective Writings on the Lessac Voice and Body Work: a Festschrift which appeared in 2009, and co-editor of the 2010 special edition on Physical Theatre of the SATJ. She was an associate editor for several Voice and Speech Reviews. Munro taught various subjects in the fields of performer’s voice, performer’s movement and acting at performing arts departments at universities in South Africa. She applies these skills when guiding clients towards acquiring skills regarding effective business communication, emotional competency and stress resilience.
Anchen Froneman
University of the Free State
Dr Anchen Froneman is a senior lecturer at the Odeion School of Music, University of the Free State. She completed an MMus dissertation on Schenker Analysis as an analytical strategy for memorizing music and a PhD on Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies as strategy toward embodied piano performance. She teaches music theory modules and embodied practices especially in the Opera Studies programmes. She is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst in and served on the African Faculty of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies New Pathways programme since 2021. Her published research relates to embodied musical performance practice and pedagogies. She is currently also a UFS Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellow where she aims to contribute towards inclusion of more embodied and contemplative approaches to enrich learning in performance orientated music modules.
Kristina Johnstone
Is a Belgian South African dance practitioner and teacher, and currently Chair of Drama at the University of Pretoria, School of the Arts in South Africa. She holds a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) and is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies. She has lectured part-time at the University of Cape Town and the Makerere University Department of Performing Arts and Film (Kampala, Uganda). Kristina’s interest in the body and somatic practices arises from the ways in which she views and experiences the world as a multi-racial South African born under the exclusionary laws of Apartheid. This mixed background and the sense of falling between the categorisations that typify South African society offer a vantage point from which to consider the fault lines of identity in body-based performance and practice. Her research stems from a desire to trouble colonial practices and epistemologies in performance and movement education, and to challenge orientations towards humanism, universalism and whiteness in her own work, while seeking to engage possibilities for a decolonial choreographic and artistic praxis. She is a co-author of the book Post-Apartheid Dance: Many Bodies, Many Voices, Many Stories (2012) and has published articles and papers in a number of journals and conference proceedings. She currently serves as a Board Member for the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices.
The work and contributions of Rudolf Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff have been studied, documented and applied in varied transcultural contexts and transdisciplinary domains. Historically, training and the development of training materials have been predominantly driven from within primarily European countries and the USA and similarly, scholarship pertaining to the framework. In a climate where the need for historical redress and cultural equity is acknowledged, questions as to the ways in which knowledge and expertise related to LBMS have historically been constructed and disseminated becomes pertinent.
Moreover, the increased mobility of LBSM over the past two decades saw it translocate beyond the Global North to, amongst others, Brazil, China, Israel and South Africa – possibly expanding, re-focusing and recontextualizing the framework and its applications. This translocation and translation surface questions pertaining to the historical locus of enunciation of the approach and how it might impact on onto-epistemologies in different historical, geographical, political, and ideological contexts. This panel raises questions about what knowledges, meanings and understandings about LBMS might surface from Southern voices in their ‘translation’ of LBMS to Southern contexts.
FORUM OF THE BRAZILIAN LABAN FIELD IN HIGHER EDUCATION
August, 2th
6h30 to 8h30 pm
Loft
Choreographic Center of the
City of Rio de Janeiro
PARTICIPANTES CONFIRMADAS Profa. Dra. Adriana Bonfatti (UNIRIO) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Ms. Ana Bevilaqua (FAV) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Ciane Fernandes (UFBA) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Cibele Sastre (UFRGS) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Denise Zenicola (UFF) Profa. Dra. Elisa Abrão (UFG) Especialista em Sistema Laban/Bartenieff (FAV/LABAN Rio) Profa. Dra. Flávia Valle (UFRGS) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Jacyan Castilho (UFRJ) Profa. Dra. Júlia Franca CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Lígia Tourinho (UFRJ) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Lilian Vilela (UNESP) Especialista em Sistema Laban/Bartenieff (FAV/LABAN Rio) Profa. Luciana Bicalho (CAL) Prof. Dr. Marcílio Vieira (UFRN) Especialista em Sistema Laban/Bartenieff (FAV/LABAN Rio) Prof. Dr. Marcus Vinícius Machado (UFRJ) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Ms. Marina Salomon (Cal) Hon.CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Marisa Lambert (UNICAMP) CMA - LIMS New York Dra. Marisa Naspolini CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Neila Baldi (UFSM) Especialista em Sistema Laban/Bartenieff (FAV/LABAN Rio) Profa. Ms. Regina Miranda (FAV) CMA - LIMS New York Profa. Dra. Vivian Vieira (UFU)
Coordination
Ligia Tourinho
PhD, CMA
REHEARSING A CARTOGRAPHY OF THE LABANIAN FIELD IN HIGHER ARTS EDUCATION IN BRAZIL, REVIEWS WILL BE SHARED ON HOW THE FIELD HAS EVOLVED, CULMINATING IN A BROAD DEBATE BETWEEN THE INVITED PEOPLE AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS.