Excorporação: a dança como um encontro ancestral

Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical and practical investigation of dance as an encounter with ancestry, proposing the concept of excorporation, understood as an investigativeand creative process that seeks to access and express the movements that already inhabit the body. This experience report was developed from a qualitative approach, of an autobiographical and artistic-pedagogical nature, articulating experiences in the curricular components Brazilian Dances, Sergipe Dances, African Dances I and II of the Dance Degree course at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), and through ancestral Afro-Brazilian practices experienced in African-based religious. The relevance of this study stems from the need to recognize the body as a space of knowledge, memory, and ancestry, understanding dance as a language that transcends technical and aesthetic limits. The authors cite Rodrigues (1997), Rodrigues (2022), and Machado (2007) as theoretical contributions to the development of this experience report. As a result of the investigative process, it became evident that excorporation is a state of bodily availability that enhances creative, pedagogical, and artistic processes in dance, affirming it as a practice of resistance, identity, and ancestral connection.