THE DANCE IN PERSPECTIVE CRITICAL-EMANCIPATED: ONE EXPERIENCE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CONTEXT

Abstract

This paper presents reflections derived from a study with young students in a public school. The aim is examine a proposal for teaching dance for High School, based on the critical-emancipated theory (KUNZ, 1991, 2001). This research was based on the principles of action-research as a form of knowledge production and intervention with the collaborators in this study. The results pointed to the importance of dance inclusion as the content of physical education in High School, understanding it as a possible link between the elements of youth culture and knowledge to be gained from this practice, by viewing one make in dance more conscious and critical.

Keywords: Dance. Physical Education. High School. Critical-Emancipated Theory