OVERVIEW

The course gives students the basic instruments to understand the institutional aspects, the economic context, the cultural policies and the management practices of the performing arts (notably, spoken theatre) in Italy.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Aim of the course is to provide students with the tools to identify and understand, from a historical point of view, the main institutional, organizational and managerial aspects that characterize Italian prose theater.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

For 6 CFU students:

• Capacity to understand and analyse theatrical events according to an economic-organisational perspective;
• Knowledge of the main productive and distributive set-ups in Italy (with regard also to their historical shaping);
• Understanding of the issues of economic sustainability of theatre enterprises.

In addition, for 9 CFU students:

• Ability to write and to present a research paper;
• Ability to take part in a scientific discussion.

PREREQUISITES

Although it is not compulsary, students are advised to have taken History of theatre before attending to this course.

TEACHING METHODS

Class lectures during the first two modules. Active participation is required in the third module : students will be engaged with field-research (at Teatro Akropolis and at the festival venues). At the end of the course, students will present a paper to the class and discuss it. The paper will also be evaluated using the peer review method.

Subscription to Aulaweb is mandatory for all students.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students taking the course for 6 CFU (= 40 hours class lessons)

Theoretical and historical basics

The first two modules will sketch the main outlines of the history of the Italian spoken "theatre system", with particular regard to organisational, political and economic aspects.

Programme for students taking the course for 9 CFU (= 60 hours class lessons)

Case study: the festival Testimonianze Ricerca Azioni

The third module will focus on the 15th edition of the festival Testimonianze Ricerca Azioni (TRA 2024), organized by Teatro Akropolis in November. Students will conduct a research on the festival, focusing on the dialectic between  artistic creation and organizational and institutional conditions. The module will combine theory and practice; the class, guided by the teacher and the staff of Teatro Akropolis, will be directly involved in the activities of the festival .

NB: check Aulaweb for updates and specifications

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography for Erasmus students taking 6 CFU (= attending 40 hours class lessons):

1. L. Cavaglieri, Il sistema teatrale. Breve storia dell'organizzazione, dell'economia e delle politiche del teatro in Italia, Roma, Dino Audino, 2021
2. Slides of the lessons published on Aulaweb

Bibliography for Erasmus students taking 9 CFU (= attending 60 hours class lessons):

Additional specific bibliography related to the case study, for ATTENDING STUDENTS

NOT ATTENDING students may choose an additional book amongst:

SPOKEN THEATRE

• E. Scarpellini, Organizzazione teatrale e politica del teatro nell’Italia fascista, LED, Milano 2004
• G. Pedullà, Il teatro italiano nel tempo del fascismo, Titivillus, Corazzano 2009

DANCE

• A. Pontremoli e G. Ventura, La danza: organizzare per creare. Scenari, specificità tecniche, pratiche, quadro normativo, pubblico, Franco Angeli, Milano 2019

OPERA

• J. Rosselli, L’impresario d’opera. Arte e affari nel teatro musicale italiano dell’Ottocento, Torino, EDT, 1985 (nuova edizione 2018)
• S. Baia Curioni, Mercanti dell’opera. Storie di Casa Ricordi, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2011
• G. Stefani, Sebastiano Ricci impresario d'opera a Venezia nel primo Settecento, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2015
• M. Paoletti, Savona e la sua scena. Il Teatro Chiabrera tra Risorgimento e Unità (1853-1883), Quaderni Franzoniani, XX (2007) [2017]

Erasmus students not proficient in Italian may request a substitutive bibliography, and take the examination in .English/French/German.

NB: check Aulaweb for updates and specifications

Erasmus students not proficient in Italian may request a substitutive bibliography, and take the examination in English or French or German.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

23 September 2024

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Attending students will take an oral examination on the topics discussed in the first two modules. For the third module they will present and discuss within the class a paper, that will be peer evaluated.

The exam for not attending students will be oral.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Students will be evaluated in their capacity of giving a clear account of the subjects; problematizing studied issues; debating with the colleagues and the istructor.

Students with disabilities or DSAs are reminded that in order to request adaptations in the exam, they must first enter their certification on the University website at servizionline.unige.it in the "Students" section. The documentation will be verified by the University's Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA Sector (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111). Subsequently, at least 10 days before the date of the exam, an e-mail must be sent to the teacher with whom you will take the exam, including in the knowledge copy both the School's Teacher Referent for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and with DSA (Prof. Elisabetta Colagrossi: elisabetta.colagrossi@unige.it) and the Sector indicated above. The e-mail should specify: the name of the teaching; the date of the call; the student's last name, first name and roll number; the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures deemed functional; and required.  The contact person will confirm to the lecturer that the applicant is entitled to apply for adaptations in the examination and that these adaptations must be agreed upon with the lecturer. The lecturer will respond by informing whether the requested adaptations can be used. Requests should be sent at least 10 days before the date of the call in order to allow the lecturer(s) to evaluate the content. In particular, in case you intend to make use of maps conceptual maps for the exam (which must be much more concise than the maps used for studying) if the submission does not meet the deadline there will not be the technical time needed to make any changes.