Teaching code

4S008068

Teacher

Nicola Pasqualicchio

Coordinator

Nicola Pasqualicchio

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ART/05 - PERFORMING ARTS

Period

CuCi 1 A, CuCi 1 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course aims to present the theories and to provide the tools for the study of the relationship between performing arts and media, that is to say the technologies used to construct, fix, transmit, enjoy and comment one single performance or more and all its various components from the antiquity to the digital age. At the end of the course the students will be able to understand the many possible interactions between media and performing arts; analyse the cultural, social, and ideological aspects underneath them; compose on their own short written papers on a piece of performance; acquire the ability to improve their knowledge in time.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites

Program

Course title: The song as performance and as show. The course intends to analyze, from different points of view, the song as a “singing performance”, with reference not only to the vocal performance, but also to the role and meaning that the singer’s corporeality plays in the interpretation of the song: gestures, expressiveness, rhythm, clothing, relationship with space, relationship with the microphone and instruments, relationship with the lights and any scenography, relationship with the audience, reference to a broader context (festival, concert, television program). The analysis will be divided into 3 moments, each with its own focus: 1) the evolution of the performative aspect of the Italian song from the 1950s to today, drawing as a main source on television programs and in particular the Sanremo festival; 2) the characterizing aspects of that particular genre of song that explicitly and consciously assumes a theatrical dimension, from cabaret to song-theatre; 3) the live concert (pop or rock) as a specific form of show.
Both attending and non-attending students are advised to check the insertion of materials on the moodle platform. Erasmus students are requested to contact the teacher before starting the preparation for the exam.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The teaching will be based on lectures, during which the teacher will try to stimulate dialogue and active interaction with the students. Some lessons will make use of the vision of filmic passages and theatrical and musical videos.

Learning assessment procedures

Students' competences will be verified through an oral examination.

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation will take into account the following elements:
knowledge of the course contents;
ability to express oneself clearly, logically and using an appropriate terminology;
ability of personal re-elaboration of the topics;
ability of historical and aesthetic contextualization of the topics.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

single vote out of thirty

Exam language

italiano