Simbora, negonas! a potência do matriarcado nas produções artísticas em dança do grupo de música e dança afro-sul e bloco afro Ilê Aiyê

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the role of black matriarchy in artistic processes in dance performance - The Sacred Feminine: A descendant look at African Mythology of the Afro-Sul Music and Dance Group (RS) and the Black Beauty Night event of Bloco Afro Ilê Aiyê (BA), reflecting on how this knowledge/practices are present in the creation methodologies, body techniques and aesthetic construction of the Black Dances developed by these groups. Based on the knowledge of African women and the love they nurtured and sowed in the Afro-Brazilian diaspora. Based on their painful Atlantic crossings, the research highlights how these territories develop and organize themselves anchored in the ways of life that they structure and that, as a community, created survival strategies to continue strengthening black culture. The territories presented are part of my process of recognition and affirmation as a black woman and artist and how my experiences in these groups enhanced this process. Writing, as well as the actions of knowing, listening, seeing and learning are part of the methodological choices, understanding that the connection between such choices underlies the field of Afro-referenced research, relocating black knowledge to its place of centrality in the experiences of a black body, where the proposed discussions are held. This study is expected to highlight the importance of the ways of existing, work and knowledge of black women in promoting the artistic scene in which the groups are inserted, enhancing discussions about how their bodies politicize the debate on the black arts, being agents in the creation of cultural institutions that promote reparatory policies for the black population in Brazil.