The course aims to provide students with the tools for both historical and theoretical knowledge of the artistic, material, social and relational aspects of theatre, also understood in the broader sense of the performative dimensions of human behaviour. The central objective is a broad and documented knowledge of the present and the past of the performing arts, oriented to enable the student to activate research processes, reconnaissance initiatives and practical organisation in the creative sphere of the performing arts. The first part of the course consists of the study of texts, phenomena, profiles and processes that in the 20th century have expanded the notion of theatre and transformed traditions, crafts, values, concepts and terms of theatre-making. In the final part, documentary materials on contemporary theatre are shared and meetings are organised to orientate the student in the contemporary practices of his/her cultural context.
teacher profile teaching materials
One part of the course focuses on to the reading of a play and the reinterpretations that take it from antiquity to the heart of the 20th century: Sophocles' Antigone will be read in its original and Brecht's version. Finally, the course will focus on some books that have inspired 20th century theatre culture, transforming the relationship between text and performance and between theory and practice. In this perspective, the experiences of Artaud, Grotowski and the Living Theatre will be examined.
Cristina Valenti, Storia del Living Theatre: conversazione con Judith Malina, Titivillus, Pisa
Antonin Artaud, Il teatro e il suo doppio, Einaudi, Torino
Jerzy Grotowski, Per un teatro povero, Bulzoni, Roma
Dossier Antigone, dispense a cura della docente (disponibili sul canale Teams del corso)
Non-attending students will add a text to be agreed with the lecturer
Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R A - L MARENZI SAMANTHA
Programme
The course offers an insight into the meaning of theatre-making and the dialogue between writing and practices through some salient cases characterising that characterise the 20th century European scene and its look at theatrical cultures of the past.One part of the course focuses on to the reading of a play and the reinterpretations that take it from antiquity to the heart of the 20th century: Sophocles' Antigone will be read in its original and Brecht's version. Finally, the course will focus on some books that have inspired 20th century theatre culture, transforming the relationship between text and performance and between theory and practice. In this perspective, the experiences of Artaud, Grotowski and the Living Theatre will be examined.
Core Documentation
Antigone. Variazioni sul mito, a cura di Maria Grazia Ciani, Marsilio, Venezia (o in nuova edizione Feltrinelli, Milano)Cristina Valenti, Storia del Living Theatre: conversazione con Judith Malina, Titivillus, Pisa
Antonin Artaud, Il teatro e il suo doppio, Einaudi, Torino
Jerzy Grotowski, Per un teatro povero, Bulzoni, Roma
Dossier Antigone, dispense a cura della docente (disponibili sul canale Teams del corso)
Non-attending students will add a text to be agreed with the lecturer
Attendance
Attendance is recommended but not obligatoryType of evaluation
The examination is oral teacher profile teaching materials
Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri, Viella
Doriana Legge, Un Novecento scomodo. Il teatro di Emma Gramatica, Tatiana Pavlova e Anna Fougez, Bulzoni, 2022
Laura Mariani, Le attrici nel teatro italiano dell'Ottocento, Viella 2024
Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R M - Z SCHINO MIRELLA
Core Documentation
Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, CarocciMirella Schino, L’età dei maestri, Viella
Doriana Legge, Un Novecento scomodo. Il teatro di Emma Gramatica, Tatiana Pavlova e Anna Fougez, Bulzoni, 2022
Laura Mariani, Le attrici nel teatro italiano dell'Ottocento, Viella 2024
Attendance
Frequency is not mandatory