The course is designed: a) to deepen understanding of theories (i.e. Delsarte, Jaques-Dalcroze and Laban); b) to increase ability to observe dance - its movement, its compositional components - as well as stylistic codes and modes of expression.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The course includes, for attending students, an exercise of bibliographical recognition and biographical writing.
- Eugenia Casini Ropa, La danza e l'agitprop. I teatri non-teatrali nella cultura tedesca del
primo Novecento, Imola, Cue Press, 2015
- Butoh-fu. Dance and words, Dossier edited by Samantha Marenzi, in “Teatro e Storia”, 37/2016 (http://www.teatroestoria.it/indici.php?id_volume=102). If it is impossible to read in english: Matteo Casari, Elena Cervellati, (edited by), Butō. Prospettive europee e sguardi dal Giappone, Bologna, Dipartimento delle Arti e ALMADL, 2015, only chapters IV, V, VI, VII, IX, XI (http://amsacta.unibo.it/4352/)
Non-attending students will add corpi del Butō. Fotografie di danza tra Oriente e Occidente, a cura di Samantha Marenzi, Postcart, Roma 2018. (The volume will be available for online purchase starting from May 2020). In case of difficulty in finding write to the teacher from that date)
Programme
Butō and the legacy of european culture, theatrical anthropology and the identification of the actor's / dancer's art principles in different cultures, action and expression in german early-twentieth century dance.The course includes, for attending students, an exercise of bibliographical recognition and biographical writing.
Core Documentation
- Eugenio Barba, Nicola Savarese, L’arte segreta dell’attore, edizioni di pagina, Bari 2011- Eugenia Casini Ropa, La danza e l'agitprop. I teatri non-teatrali nella cultura tedesca del
primo Novecento, Imola, Cue Press, 2015
- Butoh-fu. Dance and words, Dossier edited by Samantha Marenzi, in “Teatro e Storia”, 37/2016 (http://www.teatroestoria.it/indici.php?id_volume=102). If it is impossible to read in english: Matteo Casari, Elena Cervellati, (edited by), Butō. Prospettive europee e sguardi dal Giappone, Bologna, Dipartimento delle Arti e ALMADL, 2015, only chapters IV, V, VI, VII, IX, XI (http://amsacta.unibo.it/4352/)
Non-attending students will add corpi del Butō. Fotografie di danza tra Oriente e Occidente, a cura di Samantha Marenzi, Postcart, Roma 2018. (The volume will be available for online purchase starting from May 2020). In case of difficulty in finding write to the teacher from that date)
Type of delivery of the course
Inglese The course includes lectures including the analysis of iconographic and audiovisual materials.Type of evaluation
Oral exam