The text examines the notion of dramatic dances in the work of Mário de Andrade and investigates the reasons bumba-meu-boi was extremely valued by the author. It analyzes the connections found in the use of an ethnographic perspective, a romantic view on popular culture, and the pursuit of authenticity in constructing aesthetical forms by the andradiano modernism, based on a contemporary anthropological perspective.
Mário de Andrade; Ethnography; Dramatic dances; Romanticism; Bumba-meu-boi