85122 - ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE SCENE (1) (LM)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge of the theoretical and critical reflections on the performing arts in Italy from the second half of the twentieth century to the first decade of the new millennium, with a particular focus on mise-en-scène and dance. Students will be capable of autonomously analysing critical, theoretical and poetic texts regarding the performing arts and will have acquired a series of tools for understanding pertinent iconographic and video documents.

Contenuti

What is performance? How is it related to its cultural and historical context? Which tools does its study provide to read the Italian contemporary culture?

The course provides an answer to these questions in regard to the history of the Italian Performance Scene since the Sixties. After a methodological introduction on diverse concepts and theories of performance, we will focus on the most relevant case studies of New Theatre with a focus on the most engaged forms of theatre, which allow for an introduction to the cultural, social and political changes that shaped the Italian history in between the Sixties and Seventies. We will then focus on relevant case studies in Applied and Social Theatre (theatre in prison, in health centers and with vulnerable communities).

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site [https://site/] .unibo.it/tudent-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

Testi/Bibliografia

Attending students:

• Rossella Mazzaglia (ed.), Italian Contemporary Performance: Methodology and case studies, 2024-2025, pp. 200 (reader available on the e-learning course page.).
• Notes/slides from class and extracts from primary sources shared in class. 

Non attending Students will add the study of the following text to the prior readings to be able to contextualize the case studies reported in the reader:

• Valentina Valentini, New Theatre in Italy (1963-2013), Routledge, London and New York, 2017.

Metodi didattici

Lectures carried out in presence.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Students will have to pass an oral exam, based on open questions aimed at testing both their ability in exposing the contents of the program with an appropriate language and their skills in making connections between the aesthetic forms and their cultural background.

Attending students will also be encouraged to prepare a powerpoint presentation to share during class time, which will contribute to their assessment, together with their active participation in class.

Assessment criteria:

Proper language and the ability to critically speak about the book and reader contents, as well as the capacity to make connections will lead to a good/excellent final grade.

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

Insufficient linguistic proficiency and fragmentary knowledge of the bibliographical material will lead to a failure in passing the exam.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Performances and artistic processes will be discussed in class with reference to a rich audio-visual documentation, primary and critical bibliography.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Rossella Nancy Maria Mazzaglia