The ‘Travelling Invention’: New Practices of an Ancient Trade in Pippo Delbono’s Theatre

digital

Articolo

rivista	COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI
fascicolo	COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI - 2020 - 3. Saving the Planet Bit by Bit: Environmental Communication in the Digital Age
titolo	The ‘Travelling Invention’: New Practices of an Ancient Trade in Pippo Delbono’s Theatre
Autore	Laura Peja
Editore	Vita e Pensiero
formato	Articolo \| Pdf
online da	01-2021
doi	10.26350/001200_000093
issn	0392-8667 (stampa) \| 1827-7969 (digitale)
Scrivi un commento per questo prodotto

€ 6,00

Ebook in formato Pdf leggibile su questi device:

Computer
con Software:
- Adobe PDF Reader
Android
iPhone/Ipad
con App:
- Adobe PDF Reader
E-Book Reader
Ibs Tolino
Kobo

Descrizione Commenti dei lettori
This article proposes a “diffraction reading” that tackles one of the most successful and interesting theatrical experiences of the last decades in Europe, Pippo Delbono’s work, using an evocative comparison with the professional way of life and trade of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte. There is no phylogenetic evolution from the old form, and Delbono’s performances are certainly not among the many contemporary works that found outright inspiration in what has become a‘mythical’ genre. Still, the contemporary troupe in its “inexhaustible wandering”, European identity and mutual solidarity between all its members, seems to collect some of the greatest legacies of those comici who were authentic foreigners that provoked and aroused disturbance in the public, attracting, bewildering and fomenting scandal. The comparative approach, centered on the core relationship between historical and contemporary scenes, seems also to give a contribution to the debate on contemporary theatre studies, placing present and past phenomena in a long-term perspective to avoid the risk of focusing solely on the present. keywords Contemporary theatre; professional theatre; Commedia dell’Arte; troupe’s life; performing arts social impact. Biografia dell'autore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan – laura.peja@unicatt.it. Inserisci un commento per The ‘Travelling Invention’: New Practices of an Ancient Trade in Pippo Delbono’s Theatre

Descrizione Commenti dei lettori

This article proposes a “diffraction reading” that tackles one of the most successful and interesting theatrical experiences of the last decades in Europe, Pippo Delbono’s work, using an evocative comparison with the professional way of life and trade of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte. There is no phylogenetic evolution from the old form, and Delbono’s performances are certainly not among the many contemporary works that found outright inspiration in what has become a‘mythical’ genre. Still, the contemporary troupe in its “inexhaustible wandering”, European identity and mutual solidarity between all its members, seems to collect some of the greatest legacies of those comici who were authentic foreigners that provoked and aroused disturbance in the public, attracting, bewildering and fomenting scandal. The comparative approach, centered on the core relationship between historical and contemporary scenes, seems also to give a contribution to the debate on contemporary theatre studies, placing present and past phenomena in a long-term perspective to avoid the risk of focusing solely on the present.