A reapropriação do corpo: significações culturais e simbólicas da hexis corporal no balé clássico

Abstract

This research investigates the networks of relationships between body/corporeality/subjectivity and the formative structures that constitute classical ballet. It analyzes how a dance rooted in European aristocracy shapes artistic practices and functions as a symbol of status and power, influencing the posture and behavior of dancers today, often situated in contexts of social vulnerability. Revisiting Pierre Bourdieu's (1980) concept of habitus, the study examines how the regimes of hexis (one of the dimensions of habitus) mediate the relationships between the forms of domination inherent in classical ballet practices and their implications for dancers' subjectivity. The research explores possible connections of continuity or rupture between structures, the field, and social agents (Bourdieu, 2009). It considers the Klauss Vianna Technique as a tool to understand the body as a social signum (Bourdieu, 2006) constantly undergoing composition, transformation, and reinvention, and thus as a counter-device fostering autonomy (Freire, 1996) in the dancing corporeality (Bernard, 2001). As the poet from Cuiabá aptly puts it: “Repeat, repeat – until it becomes different. Repetition is the gift of style.”