At the end of the course the student will have acquired a thorough knowledge of the discipline's historical, theoretical and methodological foundations. She/he will understand and interpret the most complex connections between dramaturgy, scenography, and the organization of the performance in relation to the actor and the audience in the historical context of reference. She/he will also have developed the main interpretive skills to make appropriate connections between the spectacular event and the relevant historical and cultural context. The course aims at the acquisition of skills introducing to professions related to the theatrical field.
The course aims to investigate the connections between dramaturgy, stage design and performance organization in the nineteenth-century context from a cross-cultural perspective. Aspects of lighting design peculiar to the stage culture of the period will be the focus of the course. The course will examine, first, the reflections on the artistic use of light in the theater between the 1770s and the beginning of the nineteenth century; secondly, it will turn to the new conceptions about the stage building, the practices for creating the effects of atmosphere and landscape with moving light, and the connections between painting, scene and landscape of the Romantic conception; and finally, it will bring attention to optical devices (panoramas, dioramas, shadow theaters ...), as a prelude to some turn-of-the-century innovative performances, such as Loïe Fuller's choreographies.
Contents of the examination: a) ATTENDING STUDENTS: lecture notes and specific books b) NON ATTENDING STUDENTS: specific books Students must consult professor web page to download the teaching material.
Erasmus students and students with PDP or PEI are invited to contact the teacher at the beginning of the courses.
