ELEMENTS OF THEATRE AND LIVE ART PRODUCTION I

The course is part of the Master's Degree Program in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities that offers research methodologies and professional approaches to the management of the arts. It provides depth knowledge of theatre, dance, and live art by introducing students to the principal theories governing their production and reception.

Students will be able to situate theatre, dance, and live art productions in the wider context of arts and cultural heritage. They will also be able to apply some key concepts of the arts management to these fields. During the course, they will learn how to critically approach a theater performance, how to take notes both from the lessons and from the referral texts to fix the main concepts and develop their analysis and synthesis skills. Finally, students will be able to consciously use specialist vocabulary. The written exam will give students the opportunity to verify the knowledge they have acquired and their ability to contextualize it by relating it to what they have learned throughout the entire curriculum.

No prerequisites or basic knowledge of theatre are required to attend the course.

The course will provide a depth knowledge of contemporary theatre, dance, and live art as forms of cultural heritage. Students will be confronted with a wide range of theatrical theories and performance practices starting from a selection of video-recordings of theatre shows to analyze different genres, production processes and the mechanisms that regulate the reception of the audience. The specific terminology needed to understand the texts under scrutiny will be introduced and examined in class. Some lessons will be dedicated to the programming of contemporary dance and performance art in museums and art galleries with particular reference to the project supported by Creative Europe "Dancing Museums. The Democracy of Beings" (2018-2021) coordinated at Ca' Foscari by Susanne Franco. For students unable to attend, the program is the same but a meeting with the professor is strongly recommended to discuss the referral texts and to understand how to prepare for the final exam.

Christopher B. Balme, The Cambridge Introduction to Theater Studies, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11).

Patrice Pavis, The Routledge Dictionary of Performance and Contemporary Theatre, London, Routledge, 2016 (solo alcune voci) (https://books.google.it/books ? id=ryYRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=performance+studies+dictionary&source=bl&ots=fUaVN_eBlo&sig=ACfU3U3Vb6UcUT- 2g7vuXKMR0BtBJ9Sb9Q&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGlPOK1eroAhXLfMAKHcNXA0IQ6AEwBHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=performance%20studies%20dictio nary&f=false.)

Susanne Franco and Gabriella Giannachi (a cura di), Moving Spaces. Enacting Dance, Performance, and the Digital in the Museum, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, Venezia, 2021 (open access)
(3 chapters to discuss in class)

A selection of essays and videos is suggested on moodle (the password will be provided via email by Prof. Franco

The final exam is the same for both attending and non-attending students, and consists of a written assignment starting with 2 questions. To pass the exam students must answer both questions and make reference to the bibliography and the list of video in moodle. Each answer must be about 15-20 lines long. The time available is two hours.

The course is structured around a series of lectures with screenings of images and videos, and of meetings with artists and professionals. The course is linked to an e-learning platform (moodle.unive.it) where the students can find information about readings and links to the videos presented during the classes.

English

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development