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‘We want to tell of an era in which the boundaries between genres are collapsing and new forms are being announced: to propose a confrontation between tradition and innovation, between established values and new topics, to initiate a debate on the new themes that the poetry of the stage in all its forms is taking on in our time’. (Gerardo Guerrieri, Premio Roma ‘69 manifesto)
Alessandro D'Amico remembers Gerardo Guerrieri
TheEnciclopedia dello Spettacolo was an extraordinary hotbed for the renewal of theatre studies. Alessandro d'Amico recalls the original contribution of the young Gerardo Guerrieri.
Gallery 1: Una maestra per il futuro: Eleonora Duse
Giulietta Masina had known Gerardo Guerrieri since 1940 when he was a director in the experimental theatre of the Fascist university group in Rome, and she was a young actress making her debut with The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder. The photo depicts an evening dedicated to Eugene Ionesco, which took place on April 20 1958 at the Teatro Quirino in Rome with the participation of renowned men and women belonging to the world of theatre.
In order to give birth to the unprecedented initiative Teatro Club Gerardo Guerrieri and Anne d'Arbeloff gathered the most well-known stage people with whom they had close working relationships and friendships. Their initiative was intended to create new viewers, going beyond the logic of enlarging the general theatre audience.
Gallery 2: Le mani che muovono i sogni
List of members of the promotional Committee Teatro Club in the Teatro Club first playbill. Vi figurano nomi illustri del mondo dello spettacolo e della cultura, amici e sostenitori del progetto. Nella pagina accanto compare un’altra delle invenzioni del Teatro Club
The most ambitious goal of Teatro Club, to create dialogues and relations between the theatrical realities of European and non-European countries, was faced with the scarcity of economic resources. To overcome this obstacle, Anne and Gerardo adopted strategies that were quite unusual at the time: the decision to address the channels of cultural exchanges supported by foreign embassies and cultural institutes, and the focus on the process of producing performances. Thus were born lecture-performances, recital-collages, initiatives that were unknown at the time.
Gallery 3: L’Arte del movimento
The young people's Teatro Club
The extraordinary contribution of 4 million allocated by the Ministry marks a turning point for the Teatro Club, giving rise to the Teatro Club Giovani. Anne d'Arbeloff makes it a pedagogical mission: to bring new generations closer to the classics - Shakespeare, De Musset, Corneille - through simultaneous translation, already a hallmark of the Teatro Club. The 1962-63 season introduced a further innovation: the Popular Teatro Club. The aim is to break down the barrier between elite theatre and city audiences. In 1969, the Premio Roma was born from the crucible of the Teatro Club, designed to boost theatrical experimentation. The arrival of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Peter Weiss, Merce Cunningham, the Odin Teatret and Bob Wilson. The impulse of this revolutionary theatre will deeply mark the Italian theatre scene, leaving an enduring imprint.
Gallery 4: Danze e canti dal mondo
The young people's Teatro Club
The extraordinary contribution of 4 million allocated by the Ministry marks a turning point for the Teatro Club, giving rise to the Teatro Club Giovani. Anne d'Arbeloff makes it a pedagogical mission: to bring new generations closer to the classics - Shakespeare, De Musset, Corneille - through simultaneous translation, already a hallmark of the Teatro Club. The 1962-63 season introduced a further innovation: the Popular Teatro Club. The aim is to break down the barrier between elite theatre and city audiences. In 1969, the Premio Roma was born from the crucible of the Teatro Club, designed to boost theatrical experimentation. The arrival of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Peter Weiss, Merce Cunningham, the Odin Teatret and Bob Wilson. The impulse of this revolutionary theatre will deeply mark the Italian theatre scene, leaving an enduring imprint.
Gallery 5: India mancata
Alessandro D'Amico remembers Gerardo Guerrieri
TheEnciclopedia dello Spettacolo was an extraordinary hotbed for the renewal of theatre studies. Alessandro d'Amico recalls the original contribution of the young Gerardo Guerrieri.
The young people's Teatro Club
The extraordinary contribution of 4 million allocated by the Ministry marks a turning point for the Teatro Club, giving rise to the Teatro Club Giovani. Anne d'Arbeloff makes it a pedagogical mission: to bring new generations closer to the classics - Shakespeare, De Musset, Corneille - through simultaneous translation, already a hallmark of the Teatro Club. The 1962-63 season introduced a further innovation: the Popular Teatro Club. The aim is to break down the barrier between elite theatre and city audiences. In 1969, the Premio Roma was born from the crucible of the Teatro Club, designed to boost theatrical experimentation. The arrival of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Peter Weiss, Merce Cunningham, the Odin Teatret and Bob Wilson. The impulse of this revolutionary theatre will deeply mark the Italian theatre scene, leaving an enduring imprint.