Dama de Paus: representações do homem contemporâneo na dança de salão

Abstract

This study aimed to process the construction of the male gender in ballroom dance, imbricated in patterns and behaviors that result in the gentleman's performance. When perceiving the existence of a hegemonic male performance, I trace the tensions’ mishaps in the face of deviant bodies, due to their gender performance, sexuality or artistic expression. The investigation is based on gender studies to analyze masculinities and their consequences in the context of ballroom dance in João Pessoa/PB. The ways of acting are correlated with the cultural aspect that influences the behavior of these bodies that dance and that are gendered. I propose, based on an analysis of gender, a social performance that I call “Lady of Wands”, who acts in the field when observing reality from a critical perspective and also for interfering in it from trials that reflect changes in performance behavior in the hall, acting as a way of investigation in part autobiographical, which has a nature of critical and qualitative study for reality analysis.