Corpografía de los afectos como metodología de construcción en danza

Abstract

This research-creation project was developed in the Circular Knowledge and Dance Practices Research Group, where seven students participated as performer-creators, collaborating in a joint construction process. This process aimed to integrate emotional and personal experiences with tools provided by technology. Our research focus centered on the description of the methodology, considering it a fundamental tool for the development of methods in the creation and construction of academic dance. During the research group, we identified that the description of prior and personal knowledge served as the foundation for developing the creation method that guided each of the physical-emotional laboratories and the exercises proposed in the creative space. Through these laboratories, we discovered how our personal and emotional experiences not only facilitated but also enriched and inspired new forms of creation in our process. This realization led us to pose the question: Why is it crucial to describe the construction method in detail in a research and creative process in dance? As performer-creators, we aimed to clarify, highlight, and describe the methodology that emerged as appropriate for our research process, incorporating our personal experience. This resulted in an effective organization of emotions and choreographic products that emerged in each session, developed in parallel with the creation method proposed by three key authors: Jerzy Grotowski, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Pina Bausch, who explored the construction of the physical, emotional, and sensitive body of the performer for theater and dance.