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Since the second half of the XVIII Century acting became a real “art”, as poetry, painting, architecture, etc. The debate on the brand new form of art and its theories grew in all the main european countries, especially Germany and France, developing the path that will lead – at the beginning of the XX Century – to the birth of the schooling of the actor. The course will analyze the main steps of this path to the birth of methods and trainings for the actor. The course will be divided in three sections: the first 10 hours will be dedicated to the path that led to the birth of the debate on the art of acting in the XVIII century. The second, 26 hours, will analyze the main trends that would develop in theoretical elaborations, for example emotionalist and non-emotionalist, and their repercussions on stage acting, and the theories of Stanislavski, Mejerchol'd and Brecht. The third section, 12 hours, will provide, the screening (follow by a discussion in the class), of the main acting training, adressed during the course

Targeted to students of II and III year. It represent a follow-up to a specific aspect of the history of western theatre – i.e. the development of the craft and the art of acting. It requires the knowledge of basic elements of theatre history in Europe, from renaissance to the XX Century.

C. Vicentini: La teoria della recitazione dall'antichità al Settecento, Marsilio, Venezia 2012 (ultima ristampa: 2016). D. Diderot: Il Paradosso sull'attore (a cura di P. Degli Esposti), Dino Audino, Roma 2014. P. Degli Esposti: L'attore nell'Ottocento europeo. La prassi e la teoria, Dino Audino, Roma 2021. L. Allegri: L'artificio e l'Emozione. L'attore nel Teatro del Novecento, Laterza, Bari 2009

Attendance is strongly recommended and will be biweekly, with meetings lasting two hours each.

The main method of teaching will be through lectures, supported by screenings, particularly in the last 12 hours of the course. . Some pratical examples of the acting theories will be shown, and students will be asked to discuss about them in class. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly recommended.

Since the second half of the XVIII Century acting became a real “art”, as poetry, painting, architecture, etc. The debate on the brand new form of art and its theories grew in all the main european countries, especially Germany and France, developing the path that will lead – at the beginning of the XX Century – to the birth of the schooling of the actor. The course will analyze the main steps of this path to the birth of methods and trainings for the actor. The course will be divided in three sections: the first 10 hours will be dedicated to the path that led to the birth of the debate on the art of acting in the XVIII century. The second, 26 hours, will analyze the main trends that would develop in theoretical elaborations, for example emotionalist and non-emotionalist, and their repercussions on stage acting, and the theories of Stanislavski, Mejerchol'd and Brecht. The third section, 12 hours, will provide, the screening (follow by a discussion in the class), of the main acting training, adressed during the course

Targeted to students of II and III year. It represent a follow-up to a specific aspect of the history of western theatre – i.e. the development of the craft and the art of acting. It requires the knowledge of basic elements of theatre history in Europe, from renaissance to the XX Century.

C. Vicentini: La teoria della recitazione dall'antichità al Settecento, Marsilio, Venezia 2012 (ultima ristampa: 2016). D. Diderot: Il Paradosso sull'attore (a cura di P. Degli Esposti), Dino Audino, Roma 2014. P. Degli Esposti: L'attore nell'Ottocento europeo. La prassi e la teoria, Dino Audino, Roma 2021. L. Allegri: L'artificio e l'Emozione. L'attore nel Teatro del Novecento, Laterza, Bari 2009

Attendance is strongly recommended and will be biweekly, with meetings lasting two hours each.

The main method of teaching will be through lectures, supported by screenings, particularly in the last 12 hours of the course. . Some pratical examples of the acting theories will be shown, and students will be asked to discuss about them in class. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly recommended.