“O pessoal da dança” : o aprendizado do forró nas academias de João Pessoa

Abstract

This work seeks to present the social processes involving the teaching of forró dance in academies. For this purpose, it presents the process of transformation of forró along with the changes in dance by looking at three strands of this genre, “traditional” forró, electronic forró and university forró. In order to demonstrate this process, a bibliographical review is made of the historical process of forró in order to better address the phenomena related to this process, some social matters associated with the values and traditions present in forró are presented along with the learning process in different spaces and social groups involving the practice. This leads to the aim of this research, which is the process of teaching forró-dance in two-person dance academies, where the university dance style is taught. It describes the experience of the teachers, the socialization between the people who attend these classes, the dynamics of the parties and the experience of the researcher. Based on these points, the process of sociability in the dance school environment is presented.