The Playing of the Child Performer with Orixás: artistic and afro-referenced experimentations

ABSTRACT The Playing of the Child Performer with Orixás: artistic and afro-referenced experimentations – This article presents excerpts from a master’s dissertation in Performing Arts about performances of children’s playing bodies, in Early Childhood Education, based on the Orixás universe. It initially reveals the participating children (NEI/Cap/UFRN), dialoguing with author(s) such as Marina Marcondes Machado (2010a; 2010b; 2015). It develops intersections between performance and childhoods, articulating an afro-playful methodology with the children’s protagonism. The artistic, afro-referenced and performative narratives of the authors raise contemporary considerations, providing findings for this discussion.

摘要 《儿童表演者与奥里沙（Orixás）的游戏：艺术化与非洲文化参照实验》——本文摘选自一篇表演艺术硕士学位论文，探讨基于奥里沙宇宙观的幼儿教育场景中儿童游戏身体的表演实践。研究首先介绍了参与本次研究的儿童群体（NEI/Cap/UFRN），并与Marina Marcondes Machado（2010a、2010b、2015）等学者的研究成果展开学术对话。本文搭建了表演研究与童年研究的交叉维度，以儿童为主体，构建了非洲文化导向的游戏化研究方法。作者们的艺术化、以非洲文化为参照的表演性叙事引发了当代学术思考，为该议题的研讨提供了实证发现。