Resignificación de la imagen corporal en preadolescentes a través de la danza

Abstract

Given the dissatisfaction with their body that is observed in students of the Teatro Popular de Medellín School pre-youth group (preteens between 10 and 14 years old), that causes difficulties in their creative process, in addition to affecting their self-esteem and their relationship with other people, this Disciplinary Intervention Proposal aims to make a process of resignification of their body image through dance. Body image is understood as the set of perceptions, sensations, emotions, attitudes and ideas that a person has in relation to their body and that is mediated by their social and cultural environment. A strategy is proposed that allows the target audience to reflect on their body and through it, making use of the narrative and expressive possibilities that contemporary dance offers. The strategy includes a process of diagnosing students body image, through a body mapping and a focus group, an exploration and creation workshop in which participants build a one-person dance piece that relates their personal experience in relation to their own body and a final session in which we can identify if their body image has had any changes.