As linhas de frente das bandas marciais nas escolas do município de João Pessoa: perspectivas para a Educação Física

Abstract

The front lines of the martial bands have been growing and developing more and more in the city of João Pessoa. As an artistic manifestation and element of popular culture, it is inserted in the school context commonly as an extracurricular activity. Professionals who act as choreographers in schools need to prepare students with body and artistic work for the demands of movements performed in choreography. Given this, the objective of the present study investigated the methodological processes employed by the frontline choreographers of the marching bands. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The sample consisted of three graduates of the Physical Education course, who act as choreographers of the Martial Bands in João Pessoa. The variables investigated were: the class structuring methods; the processes of choreographic composition; the training systems used by Physical Education professionals and the conditions of physical and material structures. These were described by an interview script prepared by the researcher and a class observation journal. All bioethical procedures were followed according to the Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council and the data analyzed qualitatively through content analysis. From the analysis it was possible to understand how and gives the methodological approaches used by the physical education professionals in the frontline classes of the Martial Bands.