Arte Drag Queen em Maceió – AL: a historicidade, o Projeto Draglise e o desenvolvimento da persona Pandora Rhayla

Abstract

In this work, I seek to document the creation and events carried out by the Center for Studies on Drag Queen Aesthetics and Performance – DragLise, in the year 2023, promoted by the Degree in Theater course at Ufal. The research shows, documents and contextualizes the first events of drag queen art in the world, it also clarifies the term trangender and defines what it means to be a drag queen, and how the practice of mating was important for the culture of drag queen art over the years , including the emergence of new types and styles of Drag personas, citing Drag queens from Alagoas for example. DragLise is an extension project that sought, through various strategies, to disseminate local Drag queen art, in collaboration between Drag queen professionals, students and the entire community, in order to break paradigms and prejudices related to Drag queen art in Maceió-AL. The work also shares my process of creating my Drag queen, which is Pandora Rhayla, which is built within the Extension Project. Through this narrative, I empirically talk about my difficulties and ease in the act of transforming into a Drag persona, from choosing the personality, music and even choosing the wig, in addition to the experience in Drag performance, thus discovering how difficult and challenging it is to be a Drag queen and how important it is to preserve and value our Drag queens from Alagoas.