DANCE AND PERFORMANCE ART HISTORY

The course is part of two different Master’s Degree Courses: the Master's Degree Course in History of the Arts and Conservation of the Artistic Heritage (which aims to provide a broad and in-depth knowledge of artistic phenomena with a view to their full understanding and valorisation) and the Master's Degree Course in Economics and Management of the Arts and Cultural Activities (EGArt) (which provides an understanding of the nature and processes of cultural productions in order to connect the professional worlds of management and culture and to activate marketing processes).
The course provides knowledge of contemporary dance and performance art, bringing students closer bringing students closer to the artistic practices and theoretical discourses from the creative processes to production and reception.

Students will be able to contextualize a choreographic work and a performance in the field of contemporary arts and cultural heritage. They will also be able to apply some key management concepts to these artistic fields. During the course, students will learn to take notes from lectures and reference texts to identify and make the main concepts their own, developing synthesis skills and critical thinking. Finally, students will know how to use specialist vocabulary. The final paper and the related oral interview or the written assignment allow students to test the knowledge acquired during the course and relate it to what they have learnt throughout their entire study curriculum.

It is necessary to read English in order to understand some of the texts in the bibliography and to understand the videos of the performances / documentaries screened and discussed in class.

The course presents and analyses a selection of 20th and 21st-century choreographic and performance works by contextualizing them historically. The explanation and discussion of theoretical issues are based on the analysis of a series of texts on performance practices and the projection of video recordings of shows and performances. Discussing the characteristics of the different genres and creative and production processes is intertwined with the analysis mechanisms governing audience reception. Analysis of specific terminology essential for understanding the texts under consideration is an integral part of the course. Particular attention will be given to issues related to the documentation and archiving of performance and dance, and to the presence of performance and choreographic exhibitions i museums and art galleries. For non-attending students, there is an additional text to the syllabus (see "texts on the syllabus" section) and a meeting with the professor is recommended before taking the exam (see schedule on the dedicated page).

Catherine Wood, Performance in Contemporary Art, Tate Publishing, London, 2018
A selection of essays and videos is listed on the moodle platform (ask the professor for the access password)

Non-attending students must add also:
Performance + curatela, edited by Piersandra Di Matteo, Luca Sossella Editore, Roma, 2021.

The learning assessment is carried out through a test chosen by the student from among:

1) a written paper on a topic (and related bibliography) agreed in advance with the professor; the paper, approximately 15 pages long (corresponding to about 30,000 characters including spaces) is then presented and discussed during an oral interview of 15/20 minutes. The paper must be sent in word format in an intermediate form (with the complete bibliography and an outline of the structure) about 10 days before the roll call to be reviewed and approved by the professor 3 day before the exam.
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2) a written closed book exam. The examination lasts 2 hours. Students must refer to the bibliographic and video sources on the syllabus (see Moodle).

Lecture course using picture and video screenings. The course page (moodle.unive.it) provides information on the texts and videos discussed in class (the password is provided in class by the professor).

Italian

written and oral

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