30138 - History of Theatre and Show (LM)

Learning outcomes

• Acquisition of general theoretical lines about history of theatre and performance

• Identification of dramaturgic and performative criteria that are recurring both in the past and in the present

• Assimilation of specific methods of analysis and their application on well-defined investigation fields

Course contents

THE REDISCOVERY OF THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE

I Module (6 credits). First Half of XXe Century: The Actor as "Athlete of the heart". The origins of direction, rethéatralisation, theaters-studio, modern dance, corporeal mime

Start on October 2th, 2017

II Module (6 credits). Second Half of XXe Century: From Actor to Performer and back. Neo-avantgards, theaters-laboratory, physical theatre, dance-theatre, performance art

Start on November 13th, 2017

 

I+II Module (12 credits)

Start on October 2th, 2017

Seminar: guide to the study of the history of theatre handbook. The timetable will be communicated at the beginning of the lessons.

Readings/Bibliography

I Module (6 credits)

Program and Texts:

1) M. De Marinis, In cerca dell'attore. Un bilancio del Novecento teatrale, Roma, Bulzoni

2) lesson's notes

or

2bis) one book from the bottom list

 

II Module (6 credits)

Program and Texts:

1) M. De Marinis, Il teatro dopo l'età d'oro. Novecento e oltre, Roma, Bulzoni

2) Lesson's notes

or

2bis) one book in the list above

 

 

I Module + II Module

1) R. Alonge-F. Perrelli, Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, II ed., Torino, UTET, 2015 (only this edition)
2) M. De Marinis, In cerca dell'attore. Un bilancio del Novecento teatrale, Roma, Bulzoni

3) one book from this list:

- S. Banes, Tersicore in scarpe da tennis: la post-modern dance, Macerata, Ephemeria
- F. Cambria, Corpi all'opera: teatro e scrittura in A. Artaud, Milano, Jaca Book

- E. Decroux, Parole sul mimo, a cura di Clelia Falletti, Roma, Dino Audino Editore

- M. De Marinis, La danza alla rovescia di Artaud. Il II Teatro della Crudeltà (1945-1948), Roma, Bulzoni

- V. Di Bernardi, Cosa può la danza: saggio sul corpo, Roma, Bulzoni

- J. Grotowski, Per un teatro povero, Roma, Bulzoni

- J. Lecoq, Il corpo poetico, Milano, Ubulibri

- T. Macrì, Il corpo post-organico: sconfinamenti della performance, Genova, Costa & Nolan

- R. Mazzaglia, Judson Dance Theater: danza e controcultura nell'America degli anni Sessanta, Macerata, Ephemeria

- M. Monetta-G. Rocca, Mimo e maschera. Teoria, tecnica e pedagogia teatrale tra Mimo Corporeo e Commedia dell'Arte, Roma, Dino Audino Editore

- N. Savarese-E. Barba, L'arte segreta dell'attore. Dizionario di Antropologia Teatrale, Bari, Edizioni di Pagina

4) Lesson's notes

or another book from the above list

 

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with seminars.

Assessment methods

The final exam consists in a oral exam about the themes of the lessons and the bibliography of the course.
The oral exam aims to verify if the student has acquired the historical notions of the arguments of the course and the ability to orient him/herself within the bibliography and historical sources, being able to identify useful informations for describing themes and questions learned during the course, and connecting them together.
In particular, the exam will evaluate the capacity of: 1) orienting within the historical period defined at the course; 2) recognizing, analyzing and discussing appropriately historical documents (literary, iconographical, audio-visual) studied during the lessons; 3) acquiring an adequate use of language in relation with the metodological questions of the discipline; 4) developing autonomously a discourse which can contextualize events and experiences studied during the course.
The exam for non-attending students will verify the acquisition of: - a good knowledge of the books and other materials of the course (in particular those intended for them), - an adequate and specific use of language, - the ability to orient themselves within the historical period studied of the course, and in general through the time frame of the discipline.

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons with audiovisual supports

Office hours

See the website of Marco De Marinis