Memórias da Dança no Instituto Municipal de Belas Artes – IMBA.

Abstract

Build the history of a civilization, institution and the subjects that form it is a way to keep them alive, preserving their memories, trajectories and experiences. Of a period so the history can be told, it is necessary a true digging work uniting several records, pictures, documents, testimonies and location of people. It is from such perspective that this research has as main goal the construction of the dance memories of the Municipal Institute of Arts – Professora Rita Jobim Vasconcellos, or simply IMBA as popularly known, located in Bagé/RS, as well as some considerations about IMBA's contribution to to design the precepts of gender at dance and analyze the process of the Classic Ballet not elitist in the city of Bagé within the IMBA. Nowadays, the Institute offers to the community the teaching of dance and music, to approximately thousand students. The research was developed having a theoretical-methodological reference the principles of the Oral History. In this way it was possible to verify that throughout the ninety-four years of existence IMBA develops a singular role in the universe of dance and music in Bagé and nearby regions, mainly in reason of being a public institution. The Institute can be conceived as a reference in the purpose of making music, contemporary dance and mainly Classic Ballet not elitist.