In this article, we discuss the question of the signification of emotions in the process of "dramatic organization of the psyche" and the social constitution of the subject in a historical-cultural perspective. Taking in particular the contributions of Vygotsky about emotion, signification, art and drama, we do an analytical exercise of the empirical material collected about the emotions in the actor's work. The process of emotion's signification is triggered and analyzed in a situation experienced by three actresses of a theater company, registered in video recording. Looking to give visibility to the aspects of the process we discuss: a) The significated emotions in the living experience; b) The Catharsis in the living experience: emotions in their (im)possibilities of transformation. We understand how human emotion, in addition to physical and physiological manifestations, is a subjective and signal process, impregnated with content or sense ideological and experiential.
emotions; meaning; drama; Vigotsky