Italian Futurist Theatre, 1909-1944

TRAMA

Italian Futurist Theatre provides an overview of the theatrical activities of the Italian Futurist movement, headed by F. T. Marinetti. It analyses the theory and practice of Futurist performance, covers the theatre work of all leading artists and writers of the movement, and discusses the principal aims and achievements of their theatrical experiments. The main focus of the study is directed towards reconstructing the performance history of Futurist theatre. But it also incorporates aspects of dramatic writing, stage and costume design and theatre architecture, and is heavily illustrated. Although the significance of Futurism for the art and culture of this century is universally acknowledged today, relatively little research has been undertaken with regard to the form of expression that was dearest to the Futurists: theatre. No other art could better demonstrate the movement's concept of 'art as action', propagate its anti-traditionalist stance and demonstrate its modernist aims and aesthetics. Yet the myriads of Futurist experiments in the performing arts have been neglected by scholars, partly because documentation is not easily available, partly because of the inherent problems of reconstructing performances of the past. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Italian Futurist theatre in the English language. It is the result of a major research project, supported by the British Academy, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. This highly original book is predominantly based on documents discovered in the course of ten years of extensive investigations in Italian archives, libraries, and private collections.

SOMMARIO

1 - Futurist Theatre: A Preliminary Characterization2 - The State of Italian Theatre Before the Advent of Futurism3 - Marinetti's Early Writings and Aesthetics: A Prelude to Futurism4 - The Founding of the Futurist Movement and the First Manifestos1 - Political Action Theatre as a Performative Genre2 - The Beginnings of a Futurist Performance Art: The Early serate3 - Futurist Dramatic Theory: The Early Manifestos4 - Futurism and the Professional Theatre: The First Companies Touring with a Futurist Repertoire5 - Theatre Performances in Art Galleries6 - The Stage Works of Giacomo Balla7 - Enrico Prampolini's Early Futurist Career8 - Fortunato Depero's Theatrical Experiments of the 1910s1 - Futurism Under the Fascist Regime2 - The Revival of Futurist Theatre in the 1920s3 - Futurist Cabaret, Artists' Festivals, and Banquets4 - From the Religion of Speed to the Cult of the Machine5 - The machine Art of Vinicio Paladini and Ivo Pannaggi6 - Fillia's Theatrical Experiments in the 1920s7 - Enrico Prampolini's Theatrical Career in the 1920s8 - Fortunato Depero's Contribution to a Futurist Mechanical Theatre9 - Fedele Azario and Futurist Aerial Theatre10 - Vasari's Apocalyptic Vision of the Futurist Machine Age1 - Futurism Tied to the Procustrean Bed of the Fascist State2 - The Last Signs of Life in Futurist Theatre

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198158981
• Dimensioni: 242 x 39.0 x 163 mm Ø 1215 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: black and white illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 610