Drama studies

Research topics of faculty members and researchers working in the Drama Studies section: a) history of the actor and performance techniques; b) material culture of theater; c) relationships between visual arts and theater; d) interaction between dramatic writing and scenic writing; e) history of dance and ballet;

f) methodological and epistemological questions; g) theatrical criticism; h) theaters of extra-western tradition; i) performing arts and new technologies; j) new theater and theater of social interaction; k) history and directing institutions; l) performance organization and economics.

Research groups
- Performing robots — Interdisciplinary Research Group
- Teorie e pratiche della danza italiana tra il Novecento e l'oggi

People

Margherita Bergamo

PhD Student

keywords: contemporary dance, digital art, virtual reality, body-based storytelling, embodiment

Beatrice Borelli

PhD Student

Matteo Casari

Associate Professor

keywords: Nō Theatre, Cultural marketing, Entertainment Management and Economy, Popular tradition, Folklore, Passage rites,

Elena Cervellati

Associate Professor

keywords: Ballet in the first half of the Nineteenth Century, Contemprary Dance in Italy (1970-today), Screendance, Relationships

Francesca Di Fazio

PhD Student

keywords: Puppet Theatre, New dramaturgies, Dramaturgical practices, Italian contemporary theater writing, French contemporary

Lorenzo Donati

Adjunct professor

Research fellow

keywords: Reality trend, Argentinian Theatre, Audience and reception studies, Audience studies, Performance and dance studies,

Shan Du

PhD Student

Silvia Garzarella

PhD Student

keywords: archives - repertoire - memories - nureev - Intangible Cultural Heritage - Virtual and augmented Reality - digitizazion

Gerardo Guccini

Associate Professor

Jovana Malinaric

PhD Student

Matteo Paoletti

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: opera staging, economics of the performing arts, theatrical impresario, theatrical networks

Enrico Pitozzi

Associate Professor

keywords: Perception, Corporeality, Presence, Virtual, Visualscape, Movement, Environment, Digital aesthetics, Soundscape,

Emanuele Regi

PhD Student

keywords: performative arts, landscape, theatrology, green, theatre nature, biodiversity, sustainability, MAB (Man and Biosphere)

Cristina Valenti

Associate Professor

keywords: The New Theatre, Applied Theatre, Theatre in Prison, The Living Theatre, Community Theatre, XX Century Theatre, XXI

Valeria Venturelli

PhD Student

Andrea Zardi

Research fellow

Drama studies

Research groups

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