20709722 - iconography of theater and dance

The course aims to study the lines of convergence between visual arts and documentary images as a representational ground for the performing arts, by focusing on factual episodes of the dialogue between photography and dance.
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Programme

The program examines several cases of collaboration and interaction between the performing arts and the visual arts. The study of the peculiarities of the individual experiences will be compared from time to time with the general problems presented by the representation of the scenic action in the various theatrical cultures. In cases of artistic collaboration, which go beyond mere documentation, mutual influences will be analyzed. The theme of the course will also be the identification of a method of study of dance images through the use of different association criteria.


Core Documentation

- Samantha Marenzi, Immagini di danza. Fotografia e arte del movimento nel primo Novecento, Editoria & Spettacolo, Spoleto 2018.
- I corpi del Butō. Fotografie di danza tra Oriente e Occidente, a cura di Samantha Marenzi, Postcart, Roma 2018 (catalogo mostra).
- Grafie del corpo. Atti del convegno sui rapporti tra fotografia e scena, a cura di Samantha Marenzi, Simona Silvestri, Francesca Pietrisanti, Giordana Citti
(volume in course of publication).
- Dossier. «The Mask». Strategie, battaglie e tecniche della «migliore rivista di teatro al mondo», a cura di Matteo Casari, Monica Cristini, Samantha Marenzi, Gabriele Sofia, «Teatro e Storia», n. 40, 2019 (free download - https://www.teatroestoria.it/indici.php?id_volume=105).


FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: La camera meravigliosa. Per un atlante della fotografia di danza, a cura di Samantha Marenzi, Simona Silvestri, Francesca Pietrisanti, “La Scena dei saperi”, vol. 2, Editoriale Idea, Roma 2020

Type of delivery of the course

In case of need and university directives, the course will take place remotely

Type of evaluation

Oral exam