The gesture of remembering

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.12135

Keywords:

Gesture, Memory, Quotation, Metaphor, Political performativity

Abstract

This article proposes a retrospective examination of the artistic research trajectories of choreographer Dani Lima regarding the concept of gesture, focusing on its ontology, emergences, and aesthetic, ethical, and political ramifications. The text traces some of the procedures experienced in the choreographer’s creative processes from 2008 to the present, and offers reflections on issues and concepts that have emerged in dialogue with her stage experiences and with the thought of authors such as Hubert Godard (2003), Giorgio Agamben (2007; 2018), Mark Johnson and George Lakoff  (2002), Isabelle Launay (2013) and André Lepecki (2010), such as the distinction between gesture and movement, pure mediality, political performativity, metaphor and cognition, quotation, memory, and reenactment.

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Author Biography

Dani Lima, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Dani Lima é artista e pesquisadora do corpo e das Artes da Cena, atuando há 40 anos na cena carioca. Desde 1997 dirige a Cia Dani Lima, com a qual realizou dezenas de espetáculos pelo Brasil e no mundo. É Mestre em Teatro pela Unirio, Doutora em Literatura, Cultura e Contemporaneidade pela PUC-Rio e Educadora do Movimento Somático pela abordagem Body-Mind CenteringSM. Publicou os livros Corpo, política e discurso na dança de Lia Rodrigues e Gesto: Práticas e Discursos (2007). Desde 2024 é Professora Adjunta do Instituto de Artes da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). http://www.ciadanilima.com.br

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Published

2026-07-03

How to Cite

Lima, D. (2026). The gesture of remembering. O Mosaico, 22(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.12135

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026): Revista O Mosaico No. 30

Section

Dossiê: As memórias dos gestos nas artes perfomativas - Bloco I: convidados

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