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Theatre Design - Bachelor of Arts
The program aims to train a professional figure that works alongside the director, costume designer, light designer and craftspeople that create an artistic product. The program focuses on training the student for work that involves conceptual and creative preparation, but also demands practical sensibility and crafting ability. The combination of cultural-historical studies and practical work is enriched by the possibility to gain real experience in the field. This can only be possible in a city like Milan, which boasts two of the most famous theatres in the world: La Scala and the Piccolo Teatro.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES SUBJECTS
Within the area of Undergraduate courses the different subjects are divided into foundation subjects (B), specific subjects (C) and related subjects (A), according to the Ministry’s guidelines. A further classification has been introduced by NABA and it comprises a segmentation of subjects according to the school they refer to. The specific subjects of each School (CS) offer the theoretical-methodological basis of the educational program, while the Interschool subjects, divided into Interschool methodological subjects (CPI) and Interschool theoretical subjects (CTI), represent an area that allows to provide students with a common and interdisciplinary base. The subjects of "Project Methodology" and "Techniques, Material and Tools" are articulated in modules through which students can acquire a wide range of competencies.
CSAV VISUAL ART SUBJECTS
CSD DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSF FASHION AND TEXTILE DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSGD GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION SUBJECTS
CSM MEDIA DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSS THEATRE DESIGN SUBJECTS
CTI INTERSCHOOL THEORETICAL SUBJECTS
CPI INTERSCHOOL PROJECT AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
THEATRE DESIGN SUBJECTS (CSS)
DIRECTION
The course is aimed at a personal survey on who the figure of the director is in theatre and not only. The teaching methodology implies a concrete relationship with the main aspects of the discipline and of the director's profession. From a series of theoretical lessons (with the use of audiovisual materials and texts) on the various aspects related to the profession, the course is integrated with lab experiences in which students learn how to put on stage a show.
HISTORY OF THEATRE
The course focuses on important movements of interest and culture, developing the technical and scientific possibilities and creating a wide and articulated horizon of competencies. The course is structured around different groups of interest: Ancient theatre, Medieval theatre, Renaissance theatre, new Classicism, Revolution theatre, Romantic theatre, differences between Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, the avant-gardes, contemporary theatre. From these groups of interest particularly significant themes will be then analysed, both from a dramaturgic and a spectacular point of view.
MODEL MAKING
The courses introduces students to the production of models, both as a tool for project research and as a correct interpretation of the drawing. Practical exercises are aimed at showing how the simplification and geometrical conceptualization of objects of common use can occur in different forms (starting from different rules: volumes, surfaces or structures).
SCENE DESIGN I
This course is an integration to the Theatre Design course. Students will elaborate a technical project leading to the production of a theatre sketch, a play, a set design or a fashion show, thus developing all those technical-operational skills that are fundamental in the training of a space decorator.
First year: perspective return with exercises, theatre terminology, elements composing the stage, introduction to the profession of set designers, aims, metre-scales.
Second year: the world of puppets: introduction and history; materials and use; development of technical tables with specifications of the program chosen in the Theatre Design course and production of the model; study, development and production of the show organised by the Academy in collaboration with the courses of Direction, Performing Arts, Costume and Lights. Thanks to the collaboration with Teatro Litta of Milan, students will actively participate in the planning and production of theatre designs for prose shows.
THEATRE COSTUME LAB
The course experiments the creative method considering script and characters, the Direction and Stage Design ideas, the body and the presence of the actor, focusing in particular on the iconographic research and on the choice and invention of fabrics. The course concentrates on the analysis and on the pragmatic and conceptual development of a theatre script.
THEATRE DESIGN I
The course aims at teaching the main technical competencies for the production of theatre projects. Students will experiment a method of graphic and painting reproduction completed with an individual creative experience. The theme proposed (freely interpreted or taken from the history of theatre) is developed through sketches, drawings, models in scale, plans and sections. The course also comprises practical exercises on space through stage elements and through the study and planning of the staging, starting from a theatre script.
THEATRE DESIGN II AND III
Students will work on the planning of set designs following a personalised pathway leading them to the production of complete theatre projects thus developing basic technical competencies for the executive planning of each project. In the second year, students will develop two projects chosen among the themes proposed: the first project aims at developing the creative and project potentials and therefore it is complete in all its parts, while the second project means to develop the idea through the study of sketches, plans and sections. The third year comprises a complete project of theatre design for a work or an event (for Theatre, Cinema or TV): research, free-hand sketches, computer- aided sketches (with plans and sections), materials research, executive tables in scale, equipments list, costumes design. Students will also participate in the planning and development of a performance, produced by the Academy and presented to an audience, which involves the disciplines learnt such as Direction, Theatre Design, Scene Design and Light Design. The training is further completed with guided visits to shows, theatre and equipment studios.
The program aims to train a professional figure that works alongside the director, costume designer, light designer and craftspeople that create an artistic product. The program focuses on training the student for work that involves conceptual and creative preparation, but also demands practical sensibility and crafting ability. The combination of cultural-historical studies and practical work is enriched by the possibility to gain real experience in the field. This can only be possible in a city like Milan, which boasts two of the most famous theatres in the world: La Scala and the Piccolo Teatro.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES SUBJECTS
Within the area of Undergraduate courses the different subjects are divided into foundation subjects (B), specific subjects (C) and related subjects (A), according to the Ministry’s guidelines. A further classification has been introduced by NABA and it comprises a segmentation of subjects according to the school they refer to. The specific subjects of each School (CS) offer the theoretical-methodological basis of the educational program, while the Interschool subjects, divided into Interschool methodological subjects (CPI) and Interschool theoretical subjects (CTI), represent an area that allows to provide students with a common and interdisciplinary base. The subjects of "Project Methodology" and "Techniques, Material and Tools" are articulated in modules through which students can acquire a wide range of competencies.
CSAV VISUAL ART SUBJECTS
CSD DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSF FASHION AND TEXTILE DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSGD GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION SUBJECTS
CSM MEDIA DESIGN SUBJECTS
CSS THEATRE DESIGN SUBJECTS
CTI INTERSCHOOL THEORETICAL SUBJECTS
CPI INTERSCHOOL PROJECT AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
THEATRE DESIGN SUBJECTS (CSS)
DIRECTION
The course is aimed at a personal survey on who the figure of the director is in theatre and not only. The teaching methodology implies a concrete relationship with the main aspects of the discipline and of the director's profession. From a series of theoretical lessons (with the use of audiovisual materials and texts) on the various aspects related to the profession, the course is integrated with lab experiences in which students learn how to put on stage a show.
HISTORY OF THEATRE
The course focuses on important movements of interest and culture, developing the technical and scientific possibilities and creating a wide and articulated horizon of competencies. The course is structured around different groups of interest: Ancient theatre, Medieval theatre, Renaissance theatre, new Classicism, Revolution theatre, Romantic theatre, differences between Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, the avant-gardes, contemporary theatre. From these groups of interest particularly significant themes will be then analysed, both from a dramaturgic and a spectacular point of view.
MODEL MAKING
The courses introduces students to the production of models, both as a tool for project research and as a correct interpretation of the drawing. Practical exercises are aimed at showing how the simplification and geometrical conceptualization of objects of common use can occur in different forms (starting from different rules: volumes, surfaces or structures).
SCENE DESIGN I
This course is an integration to the Theatre Design course. Students will elaborate a technical project leading to the production of a theatre sketch, a play, a set design or a fashion show, thus developing all those technical-operational skills that are fundamental in the training of a space decorator.
First year: perspective return with exercises, theatre terminology, elements composing the stage, introduction to the profession of set designers, aims, metre-scales.
Second year: the world of puppets: introduction and history; materials and use; development of technical tables with specifications of the program chosen in the Theatre Design course and production of the model; study, development and production of the show organised by the Academy in collaboration with the courses of Direction, Performing Arts, Costume and Lights. Thanks to the collaboration with Teatro Litta of Milan, students will actively participate in the planning and production of theatre designs for prose shows.
THEATRE COSTUME LAB
The course experiments the creative method considering script and characters, the Direction and Stage Design ideas, the body and the presence of the actor, focusing in particular on the iconographic research and on the choice and invention of fabrics. The course concentrates on the analysis and on the pragmatic and conceptual development of a theatre script.
THEATRE DESIGN I
The course aims at teaching the main technical competencies for the production of theatre projects. Students will experiment a method of graphic and painting reproduction completed with an individual creative experience. The theme proposed (freely interpreted or taken from the history of theatre) is developed through sketches, drawings, models in scale, plans and sections. The course also comprises practical exercises on space through stage elements and through the study and planning of the staging, starting from a theatre script.
THEATRE DESIGN II AND III
Students will work on the planning of set designs following a personalised pathway leading them to the production of complete theatre projects thus developing basic technical competencies for the executive planning of each project. In the second year, students will develop two projects chosen among the themes proposed: the first project aims at developing the creative and project potentials and therefore it is complete in all its parts, while the second project means to develop the idea through the study of sketches, plans and sections. The third year comprises a complete project of theatre design for a work or an event (for Theatre, Cinema or TV): research, free-hand sketches, computer- aided sketches (with plans and sections), materials research, executive tables in scale, equipments list, costumes design. Students will also participate in the planning and development of a performance, produced by the Academy and presented to an audience, which involves the disciplines learnt such as Direction, Theatre Design, Scene Design and Light Design. The training is further completed with guided visits to shows, theatre and equipment studios.
