O corpo negro negado na dança clássica: não vendi limão na feira! Vida conseguidado bailarino Luiz Bokanha

Abstract

Based on research, the theme introduced is racism of classic dancers in the Bahia Capital. From the author's point of view she writes, the biography and the history of the life of the ballet dancer Luis Bokanka. In the article the author explains the denial of acceptance of the black body in the 1970's, problematic racial issues. Analysis the structure of racism thru theory of the theme, Sueli Carneiro (2011), Grada Kilomba (2019), Antônio Sergio Guimarães (1999), Silvio Almeida (2019), Nadir Nóbrega (2007) e Fernando Ferraz (2012). The critical picture focus on the basic structure of racism. The perspective of protest of continuous discriminatory practice in our current society. It will be critically and analytically described passages in the life of the subject of this research from his training in dance, to his passage in folklore groups such as the Balu Dance Group, with master King, Ballet Brasileiro of Bahia- BBB, Frutos Tropicais, Municipal of São Paulo Dance Theater, Grand Theater of Geneve and Maurice Bejart Dance Company. The writing has a narrative and biographical tone, in dialogue with the methodology of oral history, documentary research and black feminist thought, by giving relevance to the lived experience as a criterion of meaning (COLLINS, 2019). In order to track moments in the artist's career and to overcome the obstacles brought by structural racism, this work understands that humanity is marked by diversity, and it is urgent to accept one another by giving a helping hand to others.