Phd in MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

email: paola.bertolone@uniroma1.it
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PhD, Associate Professor in Performing Arts
Major research topics:
-Eleonora Duse and Italian Theatre of late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries
-Yiddish theatre, both from a linguistic and cultural approach
-Alessandro Fersen’s research into anthropology and theatre and his work as a pedagogue and director
-Performing Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage, through museums and archives
-Theatre photography
She participated in inventorying a few archives, such as Alessandro Fersen’s archive (Museo dell’Attore di Genova), Gerardo Guerrieri’s archive (Sapienza Università di Roma). She took part in organising some exhibits, such as Roma splendidissima e magnifica (Roma, Acquario Romano, 1997), Leopardi a Roma (Roma, Museo Napoleonico, 1998), Divina Eleonora. Eleonora Duse nella vita e nell’arte (Venezia, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2001).
She curated congresses and seminars, such as “Viaggio attraverso il teatro yiddish e la musica klezmer” (Roma, Centro Culturale Ebraico il Pitigliani, 2001), “Omaggio ad Alessandro Fersen” (Roma, Casa delle Letterature, 2004), “Verità indicibili. Passioni in scena dall’età romantica al primo Novecento” (Associazione Malatesta, Torrimpietra (Roma), 2007), “Obiettivo Guerrieri” (Roma, Università La Sapienza, 2017). Her education includes: Post-Doc Scholarships, Fersen Studio Certificate in Scenic Arts, Language Certificates in English and French, several courses in German and Yiddish.