Abstract
This study was prompted by the challenge of translating and analyzing an aesthetic experience, as an Elephant Protocol dance show spectator. The performance is part of the homonymous project by contemporary dance group Cena 11, dedicated to researching how the body is controlled, based on a body that is, at the same time, singular and collective. Using the image of the elephant, main of the show, we discuss the condition of homeless people and some of the tensions that emerge when their bodies encounter the city’s body. Through this aesthetic experience, we conclude that Elephant Protocol specifies the protocol violence that demeans life in various ways, as we see happen daily with homeless people living in the cities.
Keywords:
Body; Art; City; Homeless People; Social Psychology