Educadança: trajectory of institutional and pedagogical consolidation of a university extension dance project

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https://doi.org/10.5212/Rev.Conexao.v.22.27107.041

Abstract

Educadança is a university extension event linked to the Dança UEPG na Comunidade extension project at the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), functioning as an instrument for the inseparability of teaching, research, and extension in initial Physical Education teacher training. This study analyzes the project's trajectory of institutional and pedagogical consolidation from 2017 to 2025. Drawing on a qualitative and documentary approach, with a corpus of 13 documents examined through Bardin's Content Analysis, the research highlights the transition from a technically oriented teaching model toward a practice grounded in student agency. The results demonstrate structural maturation, with a 900% expansion of the organizing team and a total audience of 6650 attendees across nine editions. It is concluded that the Educadança has consolidated itself as a space of resistance for dance within the university curriculum and of professional empowerment, transforming extension into a vital field for applying theoretical and practical knowledge.

Author Biographies

  • Carlos, State University of Ponta Grossa

    Undergraduate student in Physical Education at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) and certified in Teaching (2023). Member of NEMO (Multiprofessional Obesity Study Group) at the State University of Maringá (UEM) – Maringá, PR – and the Dance Research and Extension Project (GPED).

  • Gabriel, State University of Ponta Grossa

    Bachelor's degree student in Physical Education at the State University of Ponta Grossa.

  • Maria, State University of Ponta Grossa

    Undergraduate student in Physical Education (Teaching Licentiate program) at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG). Holds a technical qualification in Teacher Training (2023). Member of the "Dança UEPG na Comunidade" project.

  • Greice, State University of Ponta Grossa

    Faculty member in the Graduate Program in Physical Education at the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR). Holds a PhD in Physical Education from the State University of Maringá. Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG). Leader of the Multiprofessional Obesity Study Group (NEMO). Participant in the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO – CHEO) in Ottawa, Canada. Full member of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society) – United States. Member of the Canadian Obesity Network (CON).

  • Andrea

    PhD in Physical Activity Sciences. Researcher in Obesity, Physical Exercise, and Cardiometabolic Rehabilitation. Collaborator at the Viña Concha y Toro Center for Research and Innovation. Faculty member at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM). President of SOCHIKIMET (Chilean Society of Metabolic Kinesiology).

  • Silvia, State University of Ponta Grossa

    She holds a degree in Physical Education from the University of Mogi das Cruzes (1991), a Master's degree in Semiotics, Information Technologies, and Education from Braz Cubas University (2003), a Master's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Vale do Paraíba (2004), and a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Vale do Paraíba (2009). She has been a university faculty member since 2001; since 2015, she has been a permanent faculty member of the Physical Education program at the State University of Ponta Grossa, working in teaching, research, and extension activities focused on dance, performance, and health.

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Published

2026-10-09

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026): Publicação Continua

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ARTIGOS

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