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Currents of Knowledge: the Santo Daime bailado as decolonial dance

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: : Santo Daime, an ayahuasca religion of the Brazilian Amazon founded in 1930, has as one of its major practices a dance called the bailado that generates energetic currents through collective rocking. Practitioners take on roles of both audience and performer when dancing the bailado and engage in transcorporeal discourse with various beings. Drawing from Santo Daime hymns, participant observation and personal journal entries as a daimista, this paper argues that the bailado decolonizes dance in three ways: as part of a unique caboclo knowledge system; through cultivation of collective subjectivities by participants; and by challenging Eurocentric definitions of dance.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença

DOI: 10.1590/2237-2660128060vs02

Author: Ana Flecha

Institutions: Uppsala University, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California System, New York University

Language: English

Topic: Arts and Performance Studies

Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4382996389

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