(RE)Montada: dança, audiovisual, bixa, acadêmica, de Salvador, nas redes sociais

Abstract

This research, titled "(RE)Dressed: Dance, audiovisual, Bixa, academic, fromSalvador, on social media," investigates the processes of constructionandexpression of the Bixa identity in the Soteropolitano context (Salvador-BA, Brazil), focusing on the intersection between Dance, audiovisual production, andtheappropriation of social media as spaces of (re)existence and visibility. TheBricolage methodology (Denzin; Lincoln, 2006 apud Rocha, 2019) underpinstheweaving together of personal narrative, cultural analysis, and artistic creation. Drawing from an Autoethnographic perspective (Macedo; Sá, 2018) andPracticeas Research (Fernandes; Scialom, 2022), the study aims to analyze howdissident bodies (re)dress their narratives and performances, challenging gender normsandcolonial power structures, while simultaneously exploring the potentialitiesandcontradictions of the digital environment. The research delves into theauthor'smemories and experiences, from a childhood marked by inadequacy in relationtomasculinity expectations, to their academic and artistic trajectory as aBixawhodances. The theoretical foundation for discussing gender and sexualityissuesarticulates the authors (Vidarte, 2019; Butler, 1990; Pelúcio, 2014; Halberstam, 2018). The definition of body is supported by Corpomedia Theory (Katz; Greiner, 2004), and reflections on Dance and audiovisual engage with (Pimentel, 2000). The research discusses gender violence, performativity, the influenceof colonialism in the construction of identities, and the work of artists and collectivessuch as Afrobapho and Fervu Profanu, who use art as an instrument of resistanceand social transformation in Salvador/Ba. As a practical and central outcomeof the investigation, the artistic projects "Montação no Capão", "Re-montado", and"Corpa Montada" are presented. These works explore audiovisual language, dragperformance (through the persona La Benina), and Dance as ways toquestiongender binarisms, re-signify symbols, and construct Bixa poetics.