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A história da dança do ventre costuma ser atribuída às práticas ritualísticas da Antiguidade no Oriente Médio. Essa narrativa dificilmente sustenta-se como fato histórico. Entretanto, algumas imagens desempenham papel importante ao gerar sentidos sobre essa dança enquanto manifestação expressiva na atualidade. O objetivo do artigo é investigar os principais fatores relacionados ao movimentar-se presentes na dança do ventre, levando em conta seus aspectos simbólicos e expressivos, de forma a identificar os sentidos desta dança para bailarinas e bailarinos brasileiros. O estudo segue uma orientação fenomenológica que busca descrever as imagens sobre a dança do ventre reveladas em pesquisas de campo. Narrativas associadas ao feminino são recorrentes e sugerem uma elaboração potente, que dialoga com a ancestralidade e se atualiza de forma contemporânea. A dança ganha um sentido existencial e único para quem dança, mas revela um potencial expressivo que é universal.
The history of belly dancing is often attributed to ancient ritualistic practices in the Middle East. This narrative hardly holds up as a historical fact. However, some images are essential in generating meanings about this dance as an expressive manifestation today. The article's objective is to investigate the main factors related to movement present in belly dancing, taking into account its symbolic and expressive aspects, to identify the meanings of this dance for Brazilian dancers. The study follows a phenomenological orientation that seeks to describe the images of belly dancing revealed in field research. Narratives associated with the feminine are recurrent and suggest a powerful elaboration, which dialogues with ancestry and is updated in a contemporary way. The dance takes on an existential and unique meaning for those who dance but reveals a universal expressive potential.
La historia de la danza del vientre a menudo se atribuye a antiguas prácticas rituales femeninas en las sociedades del Medio Oriente. Históricamente, estas narraciones no se sostienen. Aun así, estas imágenes juegan un papel importante en la afirmación de un arquetipo femenino, generando significados sobre esta danza y su importancia como manifestación expresiva en la actualidad. Este estudio fenomenológico busca describir y profundizar en estas y otras imágenes reveladas en testimonios e investigaciones de campo. A partir de esto, buscamos comprender cómo la práctica de la danza del vientre transforma percepciones y sentidos sobre el cuerpo y el mundo de quien baila. Lo femenino de la danza parece fortalecerse colectivamente y sugiere una intención de cambio constante, a partir de experiencias corporales, en contacto con el mundo, desde un lenguaje propio: una práctica de negociación y elaboración de un femenino mucho más contemporáneo que el mito supone.
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Processing of contextual cues has been proposed to modulate the generation of automatic postural responses to unanticipated balance perturbations. In this investigation, we compared young and older individuals in responses to sudden rotations of the support base inducing either planti- or dorsiflexion of the ankles. Assessment was made in conditions resulting from the combination of visual directional cueing of the forthcoming platform rotation, and block versus random sequences of platform rotation directions. Results showed that, for both rotation directions, the block sequence led to reduced magnitude of activation of distal agonist muscles and direction-specific modulation of ground reaction forces to recover body balance. Visual directional cueing, conversely, failed to modulate either muscular responses or forces applied to the support base through the feet for balance recovery. Effects were similar between ages, suggesting that aging does not increase the influence of cognition on the generation of automatic postural responses, and that adaptation to repeated postural perturbations over trials is preserved in healthy older individuals.
