Andanças: a trajetória de Vant Vaz na cultura Hip Hop e suas contribuições para a cena das danças urbanas em João Pessoa

Abstract

The present work aims to present a brief history of the life of Valmir Vaz, better known by his stage name: Vant Vaz. A multi-artist human being who devotes much of his time to various arts. His passion for dance emerged in the Hip Hop culture and his contributions are many in Paraiba's art scene. Through urban dance, Vant Vaz can contribute to a scene of Hip Hop culture in the collective Tribo Éthnos. Through personal testimonies, inspired by the methodology of Maria Isaura de Queiroz (1987) and with the writing that oscillates between stories of poetics and chapbooks, developed as bases of rap lyrics. In addition to contextualizing part of Vant Vaz's life, it was necessary to transmit the text important points that happened in the history of Hip Hop culture and urban finance that do not respect the city of João Pessoa. Thus, the influences of dancers and subsequent groups in the city are contextualized also through my vibrations lived over 18 years of acting in Hip Hop culture. It ends with a reflection focused on Elisa Gonçalves (2012), and we highlight the fruits generated in the professor/student relationship in dance throughout this time with Vant Vaz. For this qualitative, descriptive and bibliographic research, personal media files were collected, as well as interviews with Vant himself, family members and relevant people from the dance environment, who had moments of intertwining together.