THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE HISTORY
(objectives)
This course aims to offer a general overview of theatrical forms from the ancient times to the present day, by means of the study of theatre venues, dramaturgical and acting models, and the actor-spectator relationship. Then, among the contemporary theatrical forms, the practice of English immersive theatre will be investigated, focusing in particular on the works of the Punchdrunk company. Expected learning outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be expected to: 1) Knowledge and understanding: To join the knowledge of the main historical events with an awareness of the different forms, meanings and functions that "theatre" and "performance" have assumed in ages, places and various cultures, and to understand their diachronic development; to be able to recognize and to comprehend the relationship established, time after time, between the primary textual/projectual component, whenever present, and the stage/performing one (the pragmatic dimension of the performance, which can be analyzed into its multiple elements: dramaturgy, actor and acting, stage space and scenery, actor-spectator relationship, etc.). 2) Applied knowledge and understanding: to be able to analyze the history of theatre and performance in its documentary forms and to carry out research on the sources examined through the sociosemiotic methodology adopted in the course. 3) Autonomy of judgement: to be able to provide autonomous judgements on the course topics. 4) Communication skills: to be able to appropriately communicate what has been learnt, presenting the results of one's own readings integrated also with one's own research and in-depth studies. 5) Ability to learn: to be able to fully understand and interpret performatic phenomena related to forms of theatre and performance, focusing in particular on the shift from dramatic to post-dramatic forms.
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Code
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15280 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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8
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-ART/05
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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BEATO MASSIMO ROBERTO
(syllabus)
Course title: Forms and Models of Theatre and Performance In class, students will address the following topics to be discussed in the final exam: 1) Definition of theatricality, performativity and performatic, dramatic and post-dramatic 2) Theatre as medium: towards a mediology of theatre and performance 3) Theatre of Ancient Greece and Middle Ages 4) Theatre of the 16th Century 5) The Commedia dell'Arte 6) Theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries 7) Theatre of the 19th century: from Romanticism to Naturalism 8) Theatre in the 20th century: the origin of directing and the historical Avant-gardes 9) Forms of contemporary theatre: the example of English immersive theatre 10) The evolution of the actor's figure in the theatre cultures: performatic corpospheres and rostrospheres 11) The role of the spectator: perception, participation and regimes of spectatorship 12) Theatrical forms (of experience) as ecological systems: the evolution of stage space 13) Environmental Theatre 14) Performatic Ecosystems: transformations, evolutions and hybridisations in theatre practices 15) Monstration and autopoietic enunciation in performatic practices
(reference books)
Basic bibliography (Attending and Not-Attending Students)
L. Allegri (ed), Storia del teatro. Le idee e le forme dello spettacolo dall’antichità a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2017 (handbook) V. Del Gaudio, Théatron. Verso una mediologia del teatro e della performance, Roma, Meltemi, 2021 (book)
Additionally, the full reading of the below plays, which will be analysed throughout the lectures, is recommended:
L. Pirandello, I giganti della montagna S. Beckett, L’ultimo nastro di Krapp
NON-attending students: Many of the topics addressed during the lectures will not be found in the basic bibliography. For this reason, the lectures' slides, provided by the lecturer, are an integral part of the exam material. However, in order to further examine the topics treated therein, non-attending students are also highly recommended to refer to:
M.R. Beato, Ecosistemi performátici: dalla frontalità all’immersività (e ritorno), Università di Bologna, 2023 (tesi di dottorato), scaricabile gratuitamente all’indirizzo http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10580/
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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