Resumo:
This research investigates how poetry, as an ancestral and magical force, can traverse and transform creative practices in dance. Grounded in afropindoramic perspectives (Santos, 2015), it proposes an expansion of notions of body, time, and space, creating poetic ecosystems that summon collective and non-hegemonic knowledge. Presented in the format of an artist’s book, the research is structured through the form of the haiku and is activated by a unique methodology called haicai dramaturgy. This methodology interweaves gesture, word, harvest, fabulation, and image through collaborative practices developed across six artistic residencies. FOREST affirms creation in dance as an act of enchantment and poetic insurgency. Anchored in the thought of Nêgo Bispo, Leda Maria Martins, Ailton Krenak, Audre
Lorde, and others, the research celebrates ancestry as a field of force, sowing practices of reexistence that resonate through texts, images, exercises, and shared experiences. In doing so, FOREST points toward possibilities for a non-hegemonic dance, attuned to ancestral teachings and learnings, contemporary updates, and the relations among multiple forms of nature.
