Circo no pantanal: o ensino da arte em uma escola das águas

Abstract

The study aims to report and analyze the experience of taking circus art to students of a “escola das águas” in the Pantanal, from the extension project “The circus goes to escola das águas” developed at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). This is a qualitative research with ethnographic principles. Data collection was based on the field log book and recording of experiences through drawings made by the children. This field study was carried out between the months of June and November 2019, when 49 children aged between 05 and 12 years took part. The results indicate that the opportunity of experiencing circus activities expanded the students’ cultural collection, in a place that isolation is a main characteristic. We believe that the “magic of the circus” also contributes to body education by promoting a more attractive form of physical education, which values culture and, therefore, body and aesthetic education.