THE COURSE AIMS: A) TO REFLECT ON THE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AS PART OF WESTERN THEATRICAL DANCE, B) TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEMPORARY DANCE IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITY.
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TITLE: Europe / Russia. The art of dance from classical repertoire to new choreographies
The art of dance in Russia in comparison with the European dance theater, including:
a) Italian artists (teachers, dancers) in Russia;
b) the artistic construction of the dancer body in the Western theatre (XIX-XXI cent.);
c) the dance repertoire between philology and new international versions;
d) Russian folklore in "The Rite of Spring" and "Pétrouchka" (cor. Fokin). The sacred spring in Nijinsky's and Bausch's choreographies;
e) the artistic and choreographic avant-garde of the early Twentieth Century;
f) Apollo's Angels (teachers, dancers) from Europe to the States.
TEXTBOOKS
Concetta Lo Iacono, Terpsichore’s Flight. A History of Russian Ballet in Pictures, Massimiliano Piretti Editore, Bologna (in preparation: February, 2023)
REQUIRED VIDEOGRAPHY. Three videos (full version), to be chosen among the following:
1."Swan Lake", int. Maya Plisetskaya, cor. Ivanov-Petipa; "Swan Lake", cor. Matthew Bourne;
2. Giselle, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij (from Coralli-Perrot), with Galina Ulanova (London, 1956)
3. Sleeping Beauty, choreography Mats Ek (or La belle au bois dormant, choreography Marius Petipa, Mariinskij Theatre, Saint Petersburg)
4. Le Sacre du Printemps, choreography Vaslav Nijinsky. Pina Bausch’s integral version, with Malou Airaudo
5. Pétrouchka, choreography Michajl Fokin, with Nureyev (or Les Noces, choreography Bronislava Nijinska)
6. Romeo and Juliet, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij, with Galina Ulanova (or Romeo and Juliet, choreography MacMillan, with Alessandra Ferri)
The exam will be ORAL with a written paper. For additional information, please E-MAIL: concetta.loiacono@uniroma3.it
2023 SPRING SEMESTER
TEXTBOOKS AND REQUIRED VIDEOGRAPHY:
Concetta Lo Iacono, Terpsichore’s Flight. A History of Russian Ballet in Pictures, Massimiliano Piretti Editore, Bologna (in preparation: February, 2023)
Three videos (full version), to be chosen among the following:
1."Swan Lake", int. Maya Plisetskaya, cor. Ivanov-Petipa; "Swan Lake", cor. Matthew Bourne;
2. Giselle, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij (from Coralli-Perrot), with Galina Ulanova (London, 1956)
3. Sleeping Beauty, choreography Mats Ek (or La belle au bois dormant, choreography Marius Petipa, Mariinskij Theatre, Saint Petersburg)
4. Le Sacre du Printemps, choreography Vaslav Nijinsky. Pina Bausch’s integral version, with Malou Airaudo
5. Pétrouchka, choreography Michajl Fokin, with Nureyev (or Les Noces, choreography Bronislava Nijinska)
6. Romeo and Juliet, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij, with Galina Ulanova (or Romeo and Juliet, choreography MacMillan, with Alessandra Ferri)
TITLE: Europe / Russia. The art of dance from classical repertoire to new choreographies
The art of dance in Russia in comparison with the European dance theater, including:
a) Italian artists (teachers, dancers) in Russia;
b) the artistic construction of the dancer body in the Western theatre (XIX-XXI cent.);
c) the dance repertoire between philology and new international versions;
d) Russian folklore in "The Rite of Spring" and "Pétrouchka" (cor. Fokin). The sacred spring in Nijinsky's and Bausch's choreographies;
e) the artistic and choreographic avant-garde of the early Twentieth Century;
f) Apollo's Angels (teachers, dancers) from Europe to the States.
The exam will be ORAL with a written paper. For additional information, please E-MAIL: concetta.loiacono@uniroma3.it
2023 SPRING SEMESTER
Programme
Please, ALWAYS CHECK INFO ON MOODLE - DIPARTIMENTO FILOSOFIACOMUNICAZIONESPETTACOLO - LINEAMENTI DI STORIA DELLA DANZA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA (or Microsoft Teams) 2022/2023.TITLE: Europe / Russia. The art of dance from classical repertoire to new choreographies
The art of dance in Russia in comparison with the European dance theater, including:
a) Italian artists (teachers, dancers) in Russia;
b) the artistic construction of the dancer body in the Western theatre (XIX-XXI cent.);
c) the dance repertoire between philology and new international versions;
d) Russian folklore in "The Rite of Spring" and "Pétrouchka" (cor. Fokin). The sacred spring in Nijinsky's and Bausch's choreographies;
e) the artistic and choreographic avant-garde of the early Twentieth Century;
f) Apollo's Angels (teachers, dancers) from Europe to the States.
TEXTBOOKS
Concetta Lo Iacono, Terpsichore’s Flight. A History of Russian Ballet in Pictures, Massimiliano Piretti Editore, Bologna (in preparation: February, 2023)
REQUIRED VIDEOGRAPHY. Three videos (full version), to be chosen among the following:
1."Swan Lake", int. Maya Plisetskaya, cor. Ivanov-Petipa; "Swan Lake", cor. Matthew Bourne;
2. Giselle, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij (from Coralli-Perrot), with Galina Ulanova (London, 1956)
3. Sleeping Beauty, choreography Mats Ek (or La belle au bois dormant, choreography Marius Petipa, Mariinskij Theatre, Saint Petersburg)
4. Le Sacre du Printemps, choreography Vaslav Nijinsky. Pina Bausch’s integral version, with Malou Airaudo
5. Pétrouchka, choreography Michajl Fokin, with Nureyev (or Les Noces, choreography Bronislava Nijinska)
6. Romeo and Juliet, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij, with Galina Ulanova (or Romeo and Juliet, choreography MacMillan, with Alessandra Ferri)
The exam will be ORAL with a written paper. For additional information, please E-MAIL: concetta.loiacono@uniroma3.it
2023 SPRING SEMESTER
Core Documentation
Please, ALWAYS CHECK INFO ON MOODLE - DIPARTIMENTO FILOSOFIACOMUNICAZIONESPETTACOLO - LINEAMENTI DI STORIA DELLA DANZA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA (or Microsoft Teams) 2022/2023.TEXTBOOKS AND REQUIRED VIDEOGRAPHY:
Concetta Lo Iacono, Terpsichore’s Flight. A History of Russian Ballet in Pictures, Massimiliano Piretti Editore, Bologna (in preparation: February, 2023)
Three videos (full version), to be chosen among the following:
1."Swan Lake", int. Maya Plisetskaya, cor. Ivanov-Petipa; "Swan Lake", cor. Matthew Bourne;
2. Giselle, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij (from Coralli-Perrot), with Galina Ulanova (London, 1956)
3. Sleeping Beauty, choreography Mats Ek (or La belle au bois dormant, choreography Marius Petipa, Mariinskij Theatre, Saint Petersburg)
4. Le Sacre du Printemps, choreography Vaslav Nijinsky. Pina Bausch’s integral version, with Malou Airaudo
5. Pétrouchka, choreography Michajl Fokin, with Nureyev (or Les Noces, choreography Bronislava Nijinska)
6. Romeo and Juliet, choreography Leonid Lavrovskij, with Galina Ulanova (or Romeo and Juliet, choreography MacMillan, with Alessandra Ferri)
TITLE: Europe / Russia. The art of dance from classical repertoire to new choreographies
The art of dance in Russia in comparison with the European dance theater, including:
a) Italian artists (teachers, dancers) in Russia;
b) the artistic construction of the dancer body in the Western theatre (XIX-XXI cent.);
c) the dance repertoire between philology and new international versions;
d) Russian folklore in "The Rite of Spring" and "Pétrouchka" (cor. Fokin). The sacred spring in Nijinsky's and Bausch's choreographies;
e) the artistic and choreographic avant-garde of the early Twentieth Century;
f) Apollo's Angels (teachers, dancers) from Europe to the States.
The exam will be ORAL with a written paper. For additional information, please E-MAIL: concetta.loiacono@uniroma3.it
2023 SPRING SEMESTER
Type of delivery of the course
The exam will be oral WITH A WRITTEN PAPER: PLEASE, ALWAYS CHECK INFO ON MOODLE (UPDATED FILES). Lectures : Powerpoint Presentations with multimedia slides or Readings (see Textbooks ON MOODLE) RECORDINGS ARE SAVED ON MICROSOFT TEAMS - STREAMType of evaluation
2023 SPRING SEMESTER -ONLINE (MICROSOFT TEAMS). For additional information, please E-MAIL: concetta.loiacono@uniroma3.it Assessment Methods: The exam will be ORAL with a written paper: please, ALWAYS CHECK INFO ON MOODLE - DIPARTIMENTO FILOSOFIACOMUNICAZIONESPETTACOLO -> LINEAMENTI DI STORIA DELLA DANZA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA, - OR MICROSOFT TEAMS , "LINEAMENTI DI STORIA DELLA DANZA MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA 2022-23" . CONDUCT OF THE ORAL EXAMINATION The interview will focus on the texts and videos required to be viewed in full (not limited to some extracts on the web). The knowledge of the choreographies indicated above (available not only on Youtube but also in our Library, via Ostiense 139) will be verified through the mentioned interview. We recommend the wise use of internet sources for research (or ask our librarians about databases, official sites, specific journals) finding only the ones that are reliable and useful, and with good bibliographies. The use of summaries and notes on the web might be actually misleading to students. The punctual connections between the texts and the choreographies (videos, films or theatre performances) are instead well appreciated. Finally, we recommend to check on the web the exact pronunciation of the proper names and the ballets titles in the original language; otherwise, the Italian translation is preferable.