Le celebrazioni del mondo contadino e le pratiche del teatro in ambiente naturale: un confronto

This paper develops a chapter of my dissertation, L’arte del percepire: esperienze contemporanee di Teatro nella Natura in Italia (The art of perception: contemporary Italian experiences of Theatre in theNature). I propose a particular point of view over these theatre practices: I claim that they...

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Main Author: Anna Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Parma 2013-03-01
Series:Ricerche di S/Confine
Online Access:http://www.ricerchedisconfine.info/dossier-1/BIANCHI.htm
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Summary:This paper develops a chapter of my dissertation, L’arte del percepire: esperienze contemporanee di Teatro nella Natura in Italia (The art of perception: contemporary Italian experiences of Theatre in theNature). I propose a particular point of view over these theatre practices: I claim that they can beapproached and analytically compared to some features of rural teatrality and rituality, such asidentified by Paolo Toschi in his classical book, Le origini del teatro italiano, a ground study for understanding the connections between theatre and folklore. Actually we can identify long-lastingdevices (procession, singing, storytelling, dance, ritual) which were typical of rural teatrality andrituality, and which occur, as well, in contemporary theatre practices in the nature, despite the radicaldifferences that separate popular tradition from contemporary theatre research
ISSN:2038-8411
2038-8411