Possibilities and Specificities of Choreographic Creation Process: The Relevance of Beings – A Case Study

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on part of the materials collected in the context of the Scientific Research and Technological Development Project entitled Choreographic Creation - Process, Registration and Analysis (IPL/2021/CC-PRA_ESD), which gave rise to the creation of the choreographic piece A Pertinência dos Seres, by Inês Pedruco and Margarida Belo Costa. With its premiere on June 20, 2022, at the António Silva Municipal Auditorium and a presentation on June 23, 2022, at Teatro Baltazar Dias, within the scope of the Funchal Dance Festival, this choreographic piece was stimulated by the literary work of Afonso Cruz A Contradição Humana. In the current context of contemporary choreographic creation, the way in which choreographic materials emerge and develop is often closely related to the possibility for performers to incorporate and take on the role of performer-creators. From the choreographic work and the systematized registration of its process, an analysis is proposed on how the materials, the processes involved and their relationship with the stimulus emerged.