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.
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Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R A - L MARENZI SAMANTHA
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- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R M - Z SOFIA GABRIELE
Programme
The course will focus on the following topics:- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
Core Documentation
Examination Readings for Attending Students:- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Type of evaluation
Oral exam