Ritmos de Cuidado: Tessituras Somático- Performativa de Campos Relacionais

Abstract

Care has been and is the subject of much research, mainly in the areas of health, philosophy and social science. This research brings another perspective, the artistic experience as a guide and integration of practices and meaning of care. A somatic-performative understanding of care was constructed by integrating practices and knowledge from Somatic-Performative Research - PSP, the Gestalt Approach (AG) and the Movement for Life (MFL). The methodology used was Somatic-Performative Research, a Practice as Research that bases the construction of knowledge on embodied artistic practice. To this end, performances were carried out with the Coletivo A-Feto de Dança-Teatro of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), with the participation of the Performance Laboratory, both under the direction and conduction of Ciane Fernandes, elaboration of workshops, personal, artistic experiences and somatic-performative records. Seven Rhythms of Care - RC were woven, which had as unifying aspects of the seven rhythms proposed by Gisela Rocha in Movement for Life, based on her practice with Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms®. They are: Rhythms of Care Receptive, RC Flow, RC Stacatto, RC Chaos, RC Lyrical, RC Adagio Legato and RC Stillness. These rhythms were revisited from the perspective of care and expanded in conjunction with the principles of Somatic-Performative Research and the Contact Cycle proposed by Jorge Ponciano Ribeiro, together with adjacent concepts of the Gestaltic Approach. Care is then configured as a creative-caring spatial pulsing that takes place in a relational field with freedom and horizontality. It encourages us to construct transformative meanings, the fruits of the encounter, whether with me, with another person and/or with the world. A transformation that makes us increasingly ourselves, with authenticity, somatic wisdom, with consideration and respect for everything that exists in this totality of which we are part.