Journalism, Editorial Culture, Environmental and Multimedia Communication

Professor: - Roberta Pierangela GANDOLFI
Academic discipline: Discipline dello spettacolo (L-ART/05)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

30 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

To get competences re: theatre criticism,
performance criticism,
festival criticism

Prerequisites

None. It is necessary the pesence to the classes and also the to involve with at least 5 plays among the many scheduled by the three festivals

Course unit content

NARRATING THE FESTIVALS
A project of applied didactic, concering the criticism of plays and performances and practicing journalism, in form of reportage of cultural practices (theatre festivals).

The theatre festivals concerned are: Insolito Festival (MicroMacro, Parma, 30 august - 21 october) Periferico Festival (Collettivo Amigdala, Modena, 13-29 october), and Gender Bender (il Cassero, Bologna, 31 october- 15 november).

Full programme

It will be published at the beginning of the class

Bibliography

Sergio Lo Gatto, Abitare la battaglia. Critica teatrale e comunità virtuali, Bulzoni 2022

Giulia Taddeo, Festivaliana. Festival, culture e politiche di danza al tempo del "miracolo italiano" (Emil 2020)

Teaching methods

WE WILL ALTERNATE

FRONTAL LESSONS

SEMINARS OF ANALYSIS OF THE PLAYS

ENCOUNTERS WITH THE CURATORS OF THE THREE FESTIVALS

Assessment methods and criteria

WRITTEN

Reportage of one festival and criticism of one play

Other information

The time schedule of this course is two classes a week (no three) from september 18 to november 13, so to follow the festivals agenda

It is important to enrol on ELLY platform since the beginning of the course.

PERFORMING ARTS AND INFORMATION cod. 1010902