Media production studies and performing arts

Peter Brook playing by ear Peter Brook together with Beckett, the Living Theatre, Jerzy Grotowsky, Eugenio Barba and Bob Wilson revolutionised the stage in the second half of the 20th century. In Brook's work, theatre and cinema reverberate in each other, helping to trace a path to the heart of human experience. They tell a single story articulated between composition and experience, craftsmanship and freedom, roughness and sacredness that, like Shakespeare's famous metaphor, holds up a mirror to nature. However, the stages of this journey are not limited to a mere mimetic task, nor do they end with the search for the beautiful form. If we work in film and theatre "[...] we know," writes Brook, "that we must strive, with all our might, towards what the whole of Shakespeare's work shows: 'a carefully washed and polished mirror that, layer by layer, reveals what is hidden in the darkness until, for an instant, the light penetrates it and the mirror vanishes; there is no longer who sees and who is seen, and we are touched to the depths of ourselves; then human nature, to our keen amazement, is revealed and we and the mirror have become one'. Through the analysis of some performances and films, the course examines the stages of this progressive shift in Brook's interests from the figurative composition of the performance, towards the creation of a space in which the relationship between performance, actor and audience becomes the structuring element of his work. The course aims, through a case study, to train historical research methodologies in the field of contemporary theatre

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Bibliografia per l’esame Peter Brook, Lo spazio vuoto, Roma, Bulzoni. Peter Brook, La qualità del perdono, Roma, Audino. Peter Brook, La porta aperta, Torino, Einaudi. Peter Brook, Il punto in movimento, Roma, Audino. Peter Brook, Il segreto è il dettaglio, Roma, Audino. Guido Di Palma, Peter Brook e la scena: dallo spazio della composizione allo spazio di relazione, in “Culture Teatrali” a cura di Elena Tamburini, vol. 15, 2006 (http://www.lettere.uniroma1.it/view-m-didattici_all/367) Filmografia. Per l’esame è necessaria la visione di almeno tre dei seguenti film realizzati da Peter Brook: 1. Beggar’s Opera titolo italiano Il masnadiero, DVD. 2. Il signore delle mosche, DVD. 3. Moderato cantabile, DVD. 4. Mart/Sade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJc4I6pivqg). 5. Tell me lies, DVD. 6. Re Lear, DVD. 7. Incontri con uomini straordinari, DVD. 8. La tragédie de Carmen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5by1PD3Owo&t=36s) 9. Mahabarata, DVD. 10. La tragédie de Hamlet, DVD. 11. Don Giovanni DVD.

non-obligatory attendance

for those attending: presentation of the paper and collective discussion in the presence of all participants on the methodologies adopted. for non-attending students oral examination aimed at ascertaining the candidates' analytical and methodological skills

Timetable Classes start: Thursday 12 October 2022 Vetrerie Sciarra Classroom B Wednesday 16.00 - 18.00 Thursday 16.00 - 18.00 Teaching method Teaching is structured around oral lectures and workshops linked to the preparation of a dissertation.