DANCE AS A THEME OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS IN BRAZILIAN JOURNALS

Abstract

This review study aimed to identify and analyze the publications of Brazilian journals, in the format of scientific articles, on dance as a theme of knowledge production in Physical Education. For such, a search was carried out for the studies published in each volume and issue of the journals from 2010 to 2021. Among the 200 studies investigated, most belonged to the Sociocultural subfield, in which the south-southeast axis stood out in terms of the institutional link of the main authors identified. In the international collaborations, publications with researchers from European Community countries predominated. It was concluded that, although dance is widely rich and there has been an increase in studies relative to the previous decade, it is necessary to add its ballast in the production of knowledge of the field, aiming at even more research that deepens its theoretical framework so as to contribute to its valorization as a legitimate field of knowledge in Physical Education.

Keywords:
Dancing; Physical Education; Scientific publication indicators.