Corporeituras: literatura e dança em uma leitura de Água viva “Água viva - Para ler com o corpo inteiro”

Abstract

Seeking to explore the potential of uniting theoretical frameworks from different areas of art, we delve into the intersection between Dance and Literature, focusing on a collaborative reading between artistic languages to compose a form of aesthetic appreciation, termed Corporeading. Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology (2018), Helena Katz’s (2005) and Christine Greiner’s (2005) studies of the body, Roland Barthes’ (2004; 2012) and Umberto Eco’s (1979; 2016) reading analyses, as well as Leda Martins’ (2021) and Paul Zumthor’s notions of performance, alongside Clarice Lispector’s corporeal poetic prose in “Água Viva” (2020), we investigate how dance, as a phenomenological event, extends the perception of reading beyond the quest for meanings, becoming an experience of the world. Our aim is to demonstrate how a reader/dancer can engage in unconventional reading, utilizing their experiences and knowledge to not only interpret but also engage in an artistic creation process. Thus, we highlight the collaboration between artistic languages in the aesthetic experience, promoting a reading that is, in itself, an artistic creation stemming from the corporealities of a reader to explore the possibilities of readings.