Poetics of the Diverse Body

Which body dances? Which body is allowed to dance? How can a body like mine make art? How can it be poetic? How can a diverse body be poetic? Bodily normativity leads us to believe that certain bodies do not belong in specific spaces, as if dancing, expressing oneself, and shining were privileges reserved for a few. Diverse bodies learn early to doubt their place, to postpone desire, to wait for an ideal body that never arrives. This work investigates how non-normative bodies inhabit movement and space, and how their mere presence disrupts the established order. Bodies that, through movement, unsettle, interrupt, shift the gaze, and dismantle the notion of spectacle to which they are often reduced. The proposal seeks to subvert this logic by occupying spaces not intended for diverse bodies, generating dialogue through movement with those who pass through them. The body thus emerges as a territory of rehearsal: trial and error, the search for rhythms, patterns, and one’s own timing. Occupying space becomes a political gesture. A way to break stereotypes, to tension preconceptions, to open dialogue, praise, or critique. The body in motion as political discourse.