OVERVIEW

The teaching approaches the topic of theatrical organization from the reflection on the role of theatre in today’s society. For this reason, it combines the themes of anthropology and those of organization: it investigates theatre as a moment in which a community gathers and mirrors itself, opening itself to the hospitality of the other, and then asks how and what it means to organize the theatrical event. From this perspective, the teaching provides a basic orientation about the institutional, economic, organizational, and cultural policy aspects that have historically and currently characterized live performance and prompts reflection around the existing and potential forms of interaction between live performance and tourism.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The theater, both in the places (from the oldest settlements, Roman theaters, historical theaters, to conventional spaces and the use of monumental or landscaping) as well as the typologies (folklore, sacred representations, stable programming, festivals and events) Leaves on the territory the signs of a presence that is always the form of the community, of a socialization of problems and perspectives; On the other hand a concept of entertainment endowed with end-to-end consumption has no historical impact on the life of the territory.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Ability to read theatrical phenomena according to socio-anthropological and economic-organizational perspectives, combining the dimension of generating cultural value with that of good management and the production of economic value;
- Knowledge of the main production, distribution, and promotional structures of the performing arts;
- Ability to understand the role and importance of live performance in the context of tourism, grasping its potential and foreshadowing its developments.

TEACHING METHODS

Face-to-face lectures, with the aid of audiovisual materials.

Due to the health measures imposed by the so-called “Phase 3”, detailed information regarding teaching activities and exams will be provided through Aulaweb.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The lectures will be structured around the following themes:

1) relationship and interaction between live performance and tourism;
2) elements of economics and management of culture, with reference to live performance;
3) elements of cultural project management applied to live performance: conception, activation, execution, completion and evaluation;
4) current structure of the Italian theatre system: production landscape, programming, distribution;
5) theatre policies and funding for live performance activities between the public and private sectors.
Meetings with live performance and cultural design practitioners are scheduled alongside the lectures.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Attending students
1) A text by choice between:
- Livia Cavaglieri, Il sistema teatrale, Roma, Dino Audino, 2021;
- Mimma Gallina, Ri-organizzare teatro. Produzione, distribuzione, gestione, Franco Angeli, 2016 (2a ed.).
2) Lesson’s drafts.
3) Documents published on Aulaweb.

Non attending students
1) Livia Cavaglieri, Il sistema teatrale, Roma, Dino Audino, 2021.
2) Peter Brook, Lo spazio vuoto [1968], Roma, Bulzoni, 1996.
3) Documents published on Aulaweb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FABIO CONTU (President)

DANIELA AMBROSINO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

6 th october 2022
CLASS SCHEDULE
Thursday morning, 12 noon to 2 p.m.;
Thursday afternoon, 2 to 4 p.m.

Class schedule

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THEATER

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oral

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral examination: the assessment will focus in equal parts (3/3)

a) on the learning of the information contents of the prescribed texts, b) on the critical processing ability of their content, and c) on the initiative of personal deepening.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION