Festival Rio H2K: uma análise da aproximação entre Danças Urbanas e Dança Contemporânea no evento

Abstract

The present work derives from a study interested about the phenomenon of approximation between Urban Dances and Contemporary Dance, which has been shown to be a feature of the production in Dance today. Therefore, this research analyzes the development of the Festival Rio H2K editions: an event that originally acts promoting the area of Urban Dances, but which has developed an interest in covering and contemplating actions that go beyond this area - among them, Contemporary Dance. From them on, in order to understand these established approaches, the research sheds light on the way in which this event articulates an encounter between the two dances. And for such understanding, the research will focus on the following actions performed by the festival: pedagogical actions, shows, curatorship and artistic direction. This research has an essentially qualitative approach and uses procedures such as bibliographical and documentary review (programs, websites, photographic and videographic records, journalistic materials, social medias, etc.) and case study, explaining questions about how this approach has given at the festival, as well as possible consequences of/on this phenomenon.