Meu corpo ateliê: criatividade e autonomia cotidiana como processo de ensino e aprendizagem de dança na primeira infância

Abstract

This research recounts the professional journey based on the researcher's experiences with children and educators in school processes, through the work of the professional dance atelierist. Throughout the process, theresearcher sought to conduct a bibliographic survey regarding the Italian pedagogyof the city of Reggio Emilia and relate it to the experiences involving the arrival of this approach in Brazil. The methodological path, based on the concepts of “engaged research,” related the professional performance of the researcher, highlighting the importance of the atelierist professional, who is a dance specialist, who prioritizes body processes in childhood. The research is guided by a perspective of seeking the sensitive in the relationships of body and childhood, in dialogue with the children and adults who are always present in the environment of the Childhood Atelier School. In the research journey, the proposed sessions with children, pedagogical documentation, and training with adults were engaged in composing the technological production of photographs, videos, and small fragments of children's statements who make up the production of this research.