GIRLS AND MARRIAGEABLE YOUNG WOMEN ON THE STAGES OF SÃO JOÃO DEL-REI, MG: EDUCATION OF THE SENSIBILITIES IN THEATER PERFORMANCES OF THE CLUB DRAMÁTICO ARTHUR AZEVEDO (1915-1916)|戏剧表演数据集|性别研究数据集

ABSTRACT: In São João del Rei / MG, between 1915 and 1916, girls and women, local elites daughters, acted in the performances of an amateur theater group, although the presence of women on stage was not favorably seen by most people belonging to these social groups. In order to understand the education of sensibilities that occurred during these presentations, we analyze the motivations of the amateur group in choosing the operettas presented and distributing the roles to the actors. The sources used were newspaper clippings, concert programs, operetta manuscripts, and books that belonged to the Clube Teatral Arthur Azevedo and to the amateur Antonio Guerra. We observed that girls and marriageable young women showed their skills during the performances, which can be understood as an extension of school and salons. They reinforced hegemonic sensibilities, ways of qualifying the world, to understand and experience gender relations.