Research Group

Dance Studies

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About this Group

The Dance Studies Group conducts research in the areas of the body and digital technologies, dance education, improvisation, and social inclusion, with a particular emphasis on the Lusophone world. The group promotes the study of dance and sound as interconnected modes of expressive behavior, in collaboration with other research groups within INET-md. The Group is also involved in the archiving of multimedia documents in partnership with contemporary dance companies and choreographers.

Objectives

To foster an interdisciplinary approach in both theoretical and methodological frameworks within the fields of ethnochoreology and cultural dance studies;
To develop epistemologies that consider and question how the body leaves its mark on critical theory and performative practices;
To investigate the dynamics between the local and the global, the expressive modes of the “glocal,” the expressive plurality of identities, the emergence of new identities, new forms of cultural exchange, and the encounters and social conflicts that arise from them;
To explore new research strategies, taking into account postcolonial studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and gender studies.

Priorities

Transcultural processes in dance within colonial and postcolonial contexts of Lusophone countries and their respective diasporas;
Dance and digital technologies;
Dance heritage and its transmission processes;
Archiving documents focused on dance and performing arts, both in physical and digital formats;
Exploration of new ways to archive intangibility.

Dance Studies

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Scientific Production (2013 – 2018)

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