Corso di laurea in DAMS
Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo

The course aims at presenting and discussing – through a monographic approach – the distinctive characters and issues of the performing arts in the Asiatici traditions, with special attention to Western reception, and providing the tools needed for the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of theatrical and performative events according to their peculiarities, in order to implement the analysis and the study of specific historical cultural phenomena through enhanced interpretation skills and capabilities.

 

At the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge and learning and understanding capabilities on the distinctive characters and issues of the performing arts in the Asiatic traditions, as well as the ability to implement the analysis of theatrical and performative events. Their oral exposition of the course contents will have to show  independence of judgement and communication skills.

Frontal lesson (36 hs) aided by slide presentations and audiovisuals.

Lessons will be face-to face in attendance. The remote mode (recording and/or streaming) will be guaranteed for students who cannot attend the classroom, citing documented reasons of fragility, work and family. The Moodle platform will be used as an integrated learning environment, by uploading contributions that can be used asynchronously.

Teaching method may change in accordance with dispositions concerning the current pandemic crisis. In any case, remote teaching is guaranteed during the whole academic year.  Updates will be published on this webpage, to which it is recommended to refer.

Through regular whole-class discussions and final oral examination (an interview of approximately 30 min.; evaluation score in thirtieth) The competence will be judged as adequate if the students will show to have acquired theoretical and historical critical knowledge along with congrous communicational skills in verbal exposition and lexicall correctness, as well as abilities of understanding and applying their knowledge to the analysis of performative phenomena.

Students with SLD are invited to contact the teacher by mail in order to schedule an interview to define possible individual facilitations.

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The course will deal with the reception of the various expressions of Asiatic performing arts in Western theatrical culture, from the first avantgardes at the end of the 19th century to the late twentieth-century experiences. Through analyzing and discussing the writings on Asian performing arts by some relevant exponents of the 19th and 20th century stage (Craig, Yeats, Artaud, Brecht, Grotowski, Peter Brook, etc.), the course will be aimed at evaluate the actual influence of those practices on their own theories and practices and on the historical development of Western theatre and performing arts.