78085 - Social Theatre (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will learn the basic historic and methodological articulations of the theatre appled to the school, prison, physical and mental disability, to marginalized areas and communities. In terms of skills, the knowledge acquired through the course will provide tools for a critical and operational approach to the diverse forms of a socially-inclusive theatre.

Course contents

Origins, present forms and variations of social theatre are the object of this course. Starting with a methodological and historigraphical basis that can enable the students to grasp the social function of art in its variations, we will go through specific theatre cases studies concerning the educational, the health and social contexts, and also extend the observation to the distinction between educational, community dance and dance therapy. We will finally focus on theatre and prison and look into the experience of the Compagnia della Fortezza.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Alessandro Pontremoli, Elementi di teatro educativo, sociale e di comunità, Utet, Torino, 2015.
2. Rossella Mazzaglia, Teatro e danza di interazione sociale, dispensa a.a. 2023-2024 (available on the virtuale course page at the beginning of the course).

Attending students will add the notes from class.

Non attending students will add: 

• In prospettiva. Dialoghi sul teatro # 12// Armando Punzo. Dialogo tra il regista e Cristina Valenti, introdotto da Rossella Mazzaglia all’interno del ciclo In prospettiva. Dialoghi sul teatro a cura di Gerardo Guccini, Claudio Longhi, Rossella Mazzaglia, prodotto da ERT e La Soffitta. The dialogue is availabe on YouTube.
• Arianna Frattali, “Santo Genet” da Genet per la Compagnia della Fortezza, ETS, Pisa, 2020

 

In order to qualify as attending, students can miss no more than two classes.

Teaching methods

Lectures and dialogues with researchers and operators.

Assessment methods

The assessment is based on an oral exam with open questions.

Students are requested to identify artists and themes and to connect them to their historical, cultural and aesthetic context. They should prove to be able to make connections between the various sources.

Proper language and the ability to critically speak about the texts content will lead to a good/excellent final grade.

Acceptable language and the ability to resume the texts content will lead to a sufficient/fair grade.

Insufficient linguistic proficiency and fragmentary knowledge of the books' content will lead to a failure in passing the exam.

Teaching tools

During the classes, audio-visual sources and primary written, oral and media sources will be used. The e-learning page will also serve as a platform to share material and communications.

Office hours

See the website of Rossella Nancy Maria Mazzaglia