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. Non-attending students a meeting with the professor is recommended before taking the exam..

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)

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) previously agreed upon with the professor. The paper, approximately 15 pages long (around 30,000 characters, including spaces), will be presented and discussed in a 15-20 minute oral interview, scheduled on the exam dates. The paper must be sent in WORD format as an intermediate draft (including the full bibliography and a proposed structure) at least 15 days before the exam date for revision and approval by the professor, and the final version must be submitted at least three days before the exam.

2) A written closed-book test (without access to devices or Wi-Fi) consisting of about five short questions (to be answered in one or two lines, aimed at verifying a minimum knowledge of the course material) and three questions to be answered with a length of either 8, 15, or 20 lines, as preferred. To pass the exam, students must answer at least two out of the three questions with responses of 15 and 20 lines.
The written test lasts 2 hours, and students must refer explicitly to the assigned readings and videos (available on Moodle) in their responses.

For both the essay and the written test, the evaluation criteria are based on the accuracy and breadth of knowledge of the topics covered in class and/or learned through the study of the required bibliography (50%); the correctness and appropriateness in the use of specific terminology (30%); and the quality of the written presentation (20%).
Grades in the 18-22 range correspond to a sufficient level; grades in the 23-26 range correspond to a satisfactory level; grades in the 27-30 range correspond to an excellent level, with honors awarded for outstanding work.

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