(Con)vivenciando e investigando o Corpo Brincante e suas
Figuras em manifestações tradicionais do Rio Grande do Norte.
Playing Body, Communities, Game, Art, Education.
The master's thesis “(Con)experiencing and investigating the Corpo Brincante and its
figures in traditional manifestations of Rio Grande do Norte” proposes a research
investigation in art of masked figures of the Boi de Reis of Rio Grande do Norte, which
in me, are guided by the masked man, in the playful body of Mateu, a character who
moves between traditional manifestations of Reisados and other cultural and
pedagogical manifestations where I walk. I point out and develop thoughts based on
bodily experiences traced both in my own paths, as well as in the tasks of the
Masteries, who taught me, and to this day, share their teachings with our
communities. With this, as a playful artist and educator, I propose a specific way of
being in the universe of play in dialogues with art and education, offering those who
are willing to discover a body in a state of presence, and play. The research carried out
through knowledge sharing involves some of our communities, especially those in the
northeast region of Brazil, with which I had the opportunity to live.