20705079 - HISTORY AND ART OF THE ACTOR

The course introduces the study of the actor in European theatrical cultures from the modern age to the twentieth century. In the first part, students will be provided with the necessary tools to identify and analyse the documentary sources of the art and the history of the actors. In the second part, the course will propose, through examples taken from the major experiences of theatres of the twentieth century, the processes of formation and creation of the principles of scenic life, with particular attention to the construction of the character and the composition of physical and vocal actions.

Curriculum

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Programme

The stories and practices of the actors will be analyzed and experimented through living relationships with the knowledge of theatres. In particular, the course addresses the actor’s creative processes, the character’s construction, the composition of physical and vocal actions.

Core Documentation

Lecture notes edited by the teacher, (available at the beginning of the course on the site https://sites.google.com/com/site/stefanogeraci1); V.Mejercol’d, L’attore biomeccanico, a.c. di F. Malcovati, Milano, Ubulibri, 1993 e succ. ed.
The non-attending students must add to the program one of the following books : Copeau, Artigiani di una tradizione vivente: l’attore e la pedagogia teatrale; a cura di Maria Ines Aliverti, La casa Usher, 2009; L. Jouvet, Lezioni su Molière, a cura di S.Geraci, Officina Edizioni, 2015.


Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lessons

Attendance

Permitted absences: thirty per cent

Type of evaluation

Oral examination Open-ended question

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Mutuazione: 20705079 STORIA E PRATICHE DELL'ATTORE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 N0 GERACI STEFANO

Programme

The stories and practices of the actors will be analyzed and experimented through living relationships with the knowledge of theatres. In particular, the course addresses the actor’s creative processes, the character’s construction, the composition of physical and vocal actions.

Core Documentation

Lecture notes edited by the teacher, (available at the beginning of the course on the site https://sites.google.com/com/site/stefanogeraci1); V.Mejercol’d, L’attore biomeccanico, a.c. di F. Malcovati, Milano, Ubulibri, 1993 e succ. ed.
The non-attending students must add to the program one of the following books : Copeau, Artigiani di una tradizione vivente: l’attore e la pedagogia teatrale; a cura di Maria Ines Aliverti, La casa Usher, 2009; L. Jouvet, Lezioni su Molière, a cura di S.Geraci, Officina Edizioni, 2015.


Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lessons

Attendance

Permitted absences: thirty per cent

Type of evaluation

Oral examination Open-ended question