La clase de ballet a ritmo colombiano

Abstract

This is a research and creation project within the Dance Art curricular project of the ASAB Faculty of Arts, of the Francisco José de Caldas District University. The proposal is to generate a dialogue between our cultural tradition and ballet, which is a centuries-old and Eurocentric practice, with codes of movement and relationships in time and space that, although they are very relevant in the training of professional dancers, are also associated with stereotypes with which we do not feel identified. Thus, we seek to explore approaches that allow this technique to provide aesthetic and sensitive experiences of enjoyment, experimentation, personal growth and creation from our uniqueness. To generate a situated relationship that contemplates our cultural and sound heritage, master ballet musicians, traditional dance musicians and classical dance musicians from the ASAB have developed a didactic tool for the ballet teaching-learning process, presenting 30 original pieces of music for ballet class that responds to all the characteristics of a classical dance class, but with rhythms and harmonies inspired by the Colombian musical tradition.