Thematic programme

Semester

  Modules

ECTS

 Brief description

1

Research Seminar

6

Students’ self-evaluation, evaluation of

personal trajectories.

Testing of learning methodologies and applied research throughout the program.

Definition and discussion about the artistic creation as research.

1

Theory and Critique of Contemporary Performing Arts: analysis and models

6

Historiographic proposals for the study of the contemporary performing arts. Study of the history of the performing arts practice since the sixties. Theatricality and performativity. Interdisciplines. Body and visuality. Trends of contemporary European and non European performance practice. Methodologies for performance analysis. Criticism.

Current developments in the theory on the performing arts, introduction to the main methodological approaches, description of facilities and current research groups.

1/2

Audiovisual and digital practice

6

Reflection on audiovisual language. Shooting practices applied to the performance: documentary recording, closed circuits, editing for the performance. Introduction to Internet resources 2.0. Tools for development of creative work in Web and for using the web as an extension of the performance practice Interactive program proposals for work on stage.

1

 Laboratory 1

6

Approach to a conceptual framework for the development of an artistic collaborative work. Led by a one-artist of international renown, will consist of three intensive working sessions, one each quarter,

2

 Laboratory 2

6

This lab will give continuity to the work started during the first semester. It will include workshops on management and specific practices to support practical research.

1/2

Workshops on performative and relational practices

3

Practical workshops to experience body techniques used in contemporary practice; discussion about methodologies and aesthetic connotations of each of them. Exposition of methodologies and concrete experience by invited artists.

1

Performance space / Sound space

3

Introduction to the concepts of space in the contemporary stage. The physical space: flows, mobility, energy. Body and architecture. Building the space through sound, movement and presence.

2

Research Seminar 2

6

Research methodologies applied to the artistic creation. Artistic methodologies conceived as research processes.

Treatment of theoretical and methodological issues related specifically to the concerns raised by participants during Research Seminar 1. It includes the organization of and participation in workshops, conferences, meetings with artists or with participants in other partners masters programs, collaboration with partner institutions.

1/2

Collaboration project

18

Participation in a collaborative research project throughout the program.