- Docente: Massimo Carosi
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Music and Theatre Studies (cod. 8837)
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from Sep 15, 2025 to Oct 21, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the workshop the student acquires general skills on performance events occurring in extra-theatrical contexts and specific know-how on the planning, production and promotion of dance events in the landscape.
Course contents
Workshop on Designing Performative Events in Public Space and Landscape
(curated by the cultural association DANZA URBANA ETS)
The workshop aims to provide the necessary tools for conceiving, designing, and organizing performative events in non-theatrical spaces and contexts. It begins with a theoretical introduction on the relationship between public space, landscape, and performance, followed by: context analysis, definition of an artistic program and financial plan; production planning; and development of a tailored promotion and communication strategy. These skills will be acquired and tested through fieldwork, culminating in the creation of an individual or collective curatorial proposal for performative events in the urban area of Bologna.
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes and a book of your choice from the following:
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Massimo Carosi (a cura di), Movimenti Urbani – La danza nei luoghi del quotidiano in Italia, Editoria & Spettacolo, Spoleto, 2011
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Rossella Mazzaglia, Roberta Paltrinieri, Alessandro Pontremoli (a cura di), Danzare la città. La partecipazione culturale dei giovani al Bologna Portici Festival, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2024
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Rossella Mazzaglia, Teatri altri. Dallo spazio al paesaggio della scena italiana, Cue Press, 2024
Teaching methods
Classes are held in mixed modality: lectures and seminars, supported by audiovisual material, guided analysis of urban contexts, individual and collective practical exercises. Site inspections and peripatetic itineraries for the analysis of the locations, and meetings with choreographers are foreseen.
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Assessment methods
Learning is assessed during the lessons based on students’ active participation and includes the development of a curatorial project related to dance in the landscape. The project must be agreed upon with the instructor, shared and refined during class, and submitted within the week following the end of the course.
Teaching tools
Audiovisual material, platforms and websites.
Office hours
See the website of Massimo Carosi