Por uma poética da audiodescrição de dança: uma proposta para a cena da obra Pequetitas coisas entre nós mesmos

Abstract

The present research presents the audio description of a dance spectacle aiming the adult audience. This is a qualitative study on the translation of dance images for blind and visually impaired adults. Audio description (AD) for dance is both a form of intersemiotic translation and an art which aim is to transform visual information into words as an accessibility resource. The research raises from the urgency to instigate the quest for a Poetics of Dance Audio Description, which seeks as inspiration for writing the script the recreation / transcreation concepts of Campos (1992), as dance presents no, or almost none, resonant verbal codes for the viewer to understand the work. The study also suggests the comprehension of "change of imagery", brought to life through the Southern Epistemology in Santos (2002), regarding the questioning on the International Standards for Audio Description. Based on a scene of the dance work Pequetitas Coisas Entre Nós Mesmos (2011) performed by the Group X of Dance Improvisation, we have started to define the first parameters on the script co-creation with the target audience. Our goal was to outline the first steps that can add to the field of audio description for dance starting from the making of a dance work as a partnership with people with visual impairments. Concerning both to the academic field as to the social impact of it, the research is justified by the contribution to the understanding of dance as a knowledge promoting area and by stimulating the spaces of art / culture to face audio description as something important and obligatory, since it is now assured by Brazilian law. The parameters used in the script were outlined through Rengel’s “Laban Dictionary”(2003) that being: movement (Movement Factors), basic bodily actions and verbs of combining ideas; dancing bodies (bodily form and costumes of the dancers); levels; rhythm - pace and space (spatial direction and scenic space). 20 adults from ABC (Bahian Association of the Blind) research site in Salvador were invited to take part in this study. There were also some participants from CAP (Center for pedagogical Support Service for people with Visual Impairment). Three different instruments for data collection were used for the three phases of the methodological procedures: group discussion interviews (gathering for shared interviews after each workshop and presentation of the audiodescribed scene), observations made during or after the workshops, field journal notes, triggering questions during the workshops and observations during the co-creation of the audio description script of the selected scene. It was possible to take photos and make audio recordings, which allowed a more precise analysis of the facts. The recreation has proven to be valid on the imagery construction process. The co-creation, for it potentializes bodily skills, is a fundamental knowledge aspect for the target audience. The parameters are believed to widen the dance audio description scenery, such parameters can be applied and renewed according to each dance context, as well as being implemented on the curriculum of audio description courses.