International Studies Conference on Cines - Pittaluga and the others: the section in Turin dedicated to acting, music and dancing and presentation of the Pittaluga project by the National Cinema Museum.
Library/Mediatheque – 12 December 2017, from 9.30 a.m. onwards – Events Room
The second part of the International Studies Conference on "CINES Pittaluga and the others. Acting, music and dancing” will take place at the Mario Gromo Library/Mediatheque. The initiative promoters are: the “Cinestory” – Consolidate the Foundations 2015 Research Project and the Tor Vergata University of Rome Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Training and Society. The Conference is organised in collaboration with AIRSC- Italian Association for Film History Research, Intesa San Paolo Historical Archive, CRAD – Research Centre on Acting and Stardom, DAMS – University of Turin, National Cinema Museum, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia- National Film Archive Research.
Conference Programme
9.30 a.m.
Board greetings
Donatella Orecchia - Luca Mazzei, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome
Introduction
Presentation of the National Cinema Museum Pittaluga Project
Presentation of the “Image. Notes on Film History” n. 16 dossier
Before Cinecittà. The Cines - Pittaluga experience (1929-1935)
10.00 a.m. – 1st session
Chair: Giulia Carluccio
Teresa Megale, University of Florence
A glance back and one ahead: Petrolini, commedia dell’Arte and the film camera
Lucia Cardone and Stefania Rimini, University of Sassari and University of Catania
Reflected stars. Valli, De Giorgi and films that talk to the heart
Anna Masecchia, University of Naples
Good for sound! Vittorio De Sica and the advent of sound film
3.00 p.m. – 2nd session
Chair: Donatella Orecchia
Denis Lotti, University of Udine
Crash! Armando Falconi at Cines
Serena Facci, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome
Singing performance at Pittaluga
Giulia Taddeo, University of Bologna
Modern gestures. Cinema as an antidote to the crisis in Italian theatrical dancing
Andrea Scappa, “La Sapienza” University of Rome
Sergio Tòfano, a ‘modern’ actor at Cines