A musicalidade no movimento ballroom: investigando o contexto da cena 007 em Sobral - CE.

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis addresses musicality within the Ballroom scene in Sobral. The choice of this topic stems from an interest in deepening and expanding investigations that connect music and Ballroom culture, highlighting its potential and its contributions to the lives of diverse corporealities, whether or not they are directly involved in this cultural context. The general objective of this study is to investigate how 007 artists relate to music within the Ballroom scene. Additionally, the specific objectives are to describe how 007 artists within the Ballroom scene engage with the local culture and to understand the modes of teaching and performative knowledge-sharing within the Ballroom community in the city of Sobral. To this end, an ethnographic immersion was conducted in the Ballroom scene established in the city of Sobral, in the state of Ceará, Brazil, allowing for direct engagement with its practices, dynamics, and cultural productions. As a main finding, the study concludes that musicality in the Ballroom scene cannot be dissociated from the social, cultural, and political experiences lived by artists within the 007 scene. The observed practices of musicking were interpreted as spaces of symbolic elaboration in which bodies produce their own narratives and construct alternative forms of sociability. Furthermore, this research constitutes a pioneering initiative in the field of Music Education, as it seeks to address the scarcity of bibliographic material that articulates music and Ballroom culture, offering theoretical contributions and references for future studies.