Josephine Baker and Mercedes Baptista: cases of the representations of Black women in dance

ABSTRACT Based on the analysis of trajectory two dancers, Josephine Baker and Mercedes Baptista, this article proposes a reflection concept stereotypes as per Stuart Hall. Being Black women, categories were applied to their movements without further depth: for Josephine, there was identification with primitive dances; Mercedes, lack recognition body in leading role classical dance. The ways which they dealt became agents bodies, marks left western society will be objects analysis.