27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G. E)

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Music and Theatre Studies (cod. 8837)

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 planning and production of dance events in the landscape

(by the cultural association DANZA URBANA ETS)


The workshop offers the necessary tools for the conception, planning and organization of a dance event, or of any live performing art event, in non-theatrical contexts. It includes a theoretical introduction on the relationship between public space, landscape and performance, followed by: context analysis, definition of an artistic program and economic plan; production planning; construction of a specific promotion and communication plan. The students will learn by doing both individually and collectively by developing a project field work of a dance/performative event, specifically conceived for the urban area Scalo Malvasia, which is currently undergoing a process of urban regeneration.


Readings/Bibliography

  • Massimo Carosi (a cura di), Movimenti Urbani – La danza nei luoghi del quotidiano in Italia, Editoria & Spettacolo, Spoleto, 2011

  • Massimo Carosi (a cura di), Per una progettazione di eventi performativi nello spazio pubblico. Reader, a.a. 2022-2023 (available at the beginning of the course).

  • Lecture notes.

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.


Assessment methods

Students will be assessed during the lessons, based on their active participation. Students will be requested to prepare a curatorial project of dance in the landscape after prior agreement with the teacher. The individual project will be shared and perfected in class and delivered within the week after the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Audiovisual material, platforms and websites.

Office hours

See the website of Massimo Carosi