Dançando na Vila: Arte/educação e Dança Criativa no Museu da Vila

Abstract

As a space for studies and interventions of this work, we chose the Vila Museum, created with and for the community of Coqueiro Beach neighborhood, in Luís Correia, one of the ten municipalities that make up the Delta do Parnaíba Environmental Protection Area, Middle North of Brazil , namely on the North Coast of the State of Piauí. It is a pioneering research in this region, in art/ education and creative dance, with an emphasis on the practice of communication and expression through movement. The objective

was to contribute to the training process of 8 children and tee- nagers, aged between 7 and 15 years, residents and mediators of

the Vila Museum. We used the interfaces between art/education, creative dance and cultural heritage, in order to strengthen the cultural educational processes in progress in the territory since

2015, in the context of the Matriz Project “Parnaíba Delta Ecomu- seum: a network of territory museums”, with objectives research,

documentation, education and safeguarding the rich and complex

cultural heritage. The Matriz Project was created and is coordina- ted by Professors Áurea da Paz Pinheiro and Rita de Cássia Moura

Carvalho from the Postgraduate Program, Professional Masters,

in Arts, Heritage and Museology. The Matriz Project was crea- ted and is coordinated by Professors Áurea da Paz Pinheiro and

Rita de Cássia Moura Carvalho from the Postgraduate Program, Professional Master’s Degree in Arts, Heritage and Museology. This work is the result of this macro project which integrates the Museological Plan of the Vila Museum, the first of Parnaíba Delta Ecomuseum network, Cultural Educational Program in which we propose to mediate and build, in a collaborative and participatory way, a creative dance show, enhancing reflection and awareness about oneself, about the others and about local heritage. This work is configured as an applied social research of a participatory and collaborative nature, with an emphasis on action research and participatory research, directly involving children, adolescents

and their families. The work was carried out in a context of adver- sity, caused by a global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,

which required the application of protocols established by the health authorities. In April 2021, following all current protocols, we returned to face-to-face activities to enhance abilities, talents and develop skills for a critical understanding of contemporary

social reality, promoting actions for the recognition of local heri- tages and for the training of future managers of these heritages.