A sobrevivência do sagrado nas danças circulares durante a pandemia: O mundo virtual na circularidade das telas

Abstract

This work, from the research line Transversal Studies in Theater, Dance and Art Direction, of the Master's Program in Performing Arts at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), consists of investigating the role of the sacred in Circular Dances in times of the Covid-19 pandemic, through online meetings. The proposal is justified by the fact that Sacred Circular Dance is an activity that has always privileged presence, the collective, holding hands, where the harmonization and attunement carried out before the dances open up space for access to the sacred. In this way, the main objective of this study is to understand how the sacred remains present in virtual meetings of Sacred Circular Dances. This is a qualitative study, using phenomenology and hermeneutics as its scientific method. The instruments used for data collection were: an interview with ten Sacred Circular Dances focalizers, who during the pandemic offered online courses and classes; a questionnaire with twentyfour dancers who participated in classes with the respective focalizers, through digital platforms; and observation. The bibliographic review is based on the theories of important thinkers in the field, including Mircea Eliade, Rudolf Otto, José Severino Croatto, Maria-Gabriele Wosien, Friedel Kloke, Nanni Kloke and Maria Cristina de Freitas Bonetti. To understand technology in this pandemic context, we sought support from Pierre Lévy. The two years of online experiences with Circular Dances, between 2020 and 2021, either as a participant or as a focalizer, served as motivation to investigate what this digital universe had to offer. The relevance of this research lies in the perception of the Sacred Circular Dances movement and the impacts and transformations that occurred during this time of living in virtuality.