A constituição da ginástica rítmica em Salvador como prática educativa

Abstract

O texto aqui apresentado aborda a Ginástica Rítmica (GR) e seu percurso como prática educativa e esportiva em Salvador, Bahia. Nossa questão de estudo é: como se deu a introdução e o desenvolvimento desta modalidade como prática esportiva e educativa em Salvador? De forma secundária, podemos também perguntar: quais foram os personagens atuantes nesse processo, e como se deram as experiências com a modalidade nos cursos superiores de Educação Física da Bahia? A partir das questões citadas, apontamos como hipótese, a compreensão de que o desenvolvimento da ginástica se deu atrelado à instalação da Educação Física, como curso superior na Bahia e isto, por permitir a formação de profissionais que assumiram relações profissionais com esta prática. Nessa conjuntura, nosso objetivo foi tecer um panorama explicativo sobre a experiência histórica da Ginástica Rítmica na década de 1970.

ABSTRACT The text presented here deals with Rhythmic Gymnastics (GR) and its course as an educational and sports practice in Salvador, Bahia. Our question of study is: how did the introduction and development of this modality take place as a sports and educational practice in Salvador? Secondarily, we can also ask: what were the characters that were active in this process, and how did the experiences with the modality take place in the higher courses of Physical Education in Bahia? Based on the aforementioned questions, we hypothesized that the development of gymnastics was linked to the establishment of Physical Education, as a higher education in Bahia, and this, because it allowed the formation of professionals who had professional relations with this practice. At this juncture, our objective was to provide an explanatory panorama about the historical experience of Rhythmic Gymnastics in the 1970s and, within that, to interpret the specific aspects of the modality, to better understand the expressions assumed in society over the years. The justification of the study is based on the value of sport itself, as a social dimension and more, because we believe in a double expression of practice. The methodology used was the New Cultural History and as sources we used documents, periodicals and interviews, within the temporal cut of the 1970s. As results we identified that GR developed in the city having schools as central space and so-called "schools" too were fundamental. The modality took shape from the formation of new professionals in Physical Education, always counting on characters and social spaces that acted directly with this sport in the city.