La divulgación de la danza escénica del Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro y sus posibles imaginarios construidos a través de la prensa de 1939 a 1945

Abstract

This research sets a dialogue between the scenic dance of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (TMRJ) from 1939 to 1945 and its public dissemination in the Brazilian press, with the purpose of understanding how possible imageries were created around it, especially, during a time in which, it was intended to establish this artistic practice nationally. For this, the content of 214 journalistic articles published before the premiere of the dance performances and 369 posters located within A manhã and Jornal do Brasil newspapers from 1939 to 1945 were analyzed, classifying the information into the following three groups of thematic categories: TMRJ main dances, TMRJ lead dancers and offer-benefit of the TMRJ scenic dance performances. Using as a basis, an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that collaborated for the understanding of how these imageries could be constructed through social spaces such as those represented by the Brazilian press and its historical environment. As a result, possible imaginaries were found represented in the content of the journalistic notes published prior to the premiere of the TMRJ scenic dance performances, particularly, those related to the national, the foreign, the Russian, the traditional and modern, the distinction, and the hierarchy, in addition to the spectacular and artistic of the performances interdisciplinary nature, apparently, as a reflection of the bourgeois conservative desired cultural identity for the modern Brazilian society. Finally, it was observed how some of these imaginaries tend to resist the passage of the time beyond constant changes perceived in the current 21st-century scenic dance production and public dissemination, being, probably, the reason why these could be continuing considered as an important inference in the decisions that are made nowadays on this cultural practice of leisure.