The dancer and his professional context: a study about professional identity

The purpose of this study in the area of Social Memory is to discuss the concepts of identity, profession and art as work, with emphasis on the professional dancer. The term identity can only be understood by an interdisciplinary approach, in the crisscross of areas such as Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology and History. In this context, professional identity is understood as a continuous process linked to personal identity, also linked to the bonds and sense of belonging to a specific category or social group. The considerations raised about identity, profession, occupation, job and work, have the goal of contextualizing the main study that is trying to delineate an image and identity of the professional dancer, as well as to instigate further research in this subject