Courses Taught at the Institute

ITAL 340: Readings in Italian Literature.  A Journey into Italian Theater (in Italian). Innamorate e Servette. Ruoli femminili nel teatro italiano.
Italian Language: The Florence Experience.

Credentials

2009 – Ph.D., History of the Performing Arts, University of Florence.
2005 – Laurea in Lettere, University of Florence.

Relevant Projects

2006-Present
Writer and editor (until 2009) for the online magazine Drammaturgia.it (www.drammaturgia.fupress.net).
2016
Collaborated in preparing an Italian language book for beginners: D. Marini-S. Baldini, Vorrei. Corso di lingua italiana di livello elementare 1. Libro di testo e libro degli esercizi, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2016.
2013-2014
Research Fellowship, University of Florence, Dipartimento di Storia, Archeologia, Geografia, Arte, Spettacolo (SAGAS).  Project: “Attività di ricerca e stesura di biografie di attori e cantanti italiani per l’Archivio Multimediale degli Attori Italiani” directed by Siro Ferrone.

Latest Publications

-Vita e opere di un Comico dell’Arte: Francesco Gabrielli detto Scapino, in «Il Liuto. Rivista della Società del Liuto», n. 12, maggio 2016, pp. 1-13.
-Antonietta Robotti (Como, novembre 1817-Bologna, 29 agosto 1864), in «Drammaturgia», a. XII, n.s. 2-2015, pp. 241-262.
-Memorie d’attore. Vittorio Gassman – Carmelo Bene, in Renaissance then and now: danza, musica e teatro per un nuovo Rinascimento. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi (ISI Florence, Palazzo Rucellai, 7-9 maggio 2013), a cura di Stefano Baldassarri, Pisa, ETS, 2014, pp. 17-32.
-Il Bergamasco in commedia. La tradizione dello Zanni nel teatro d’antico regime, Bergamo, Lubrina, 2012, pp. 1-287.
-Actors’ biographical profiles in Archivio Multimediale degli Attori Italiani, directed by Siro Ferrone, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2012.

Teaching Philosophy

Learning is starting a journey in an unknown land. My attempt is to make my students’ journey a stimulating one. My first goal is guiding them to taste the pleasure of discovery. I share with them my enthusiasm and passion for the subject I teach, and I encourage them to become the “main actors” of the learning process. In the texts we read, in the shows we attend, even in grammar rules… lies a mysterious “treasure” that we can bring to light together, collecting evidence and consulting witnesses…

Most Rewarding Moments

When students tell me about the “discoveries” they have autonomously done thanks to input received in class.

Favorite Quotes

“For on that is the mind fed wherein it is gladdened”  St. Augustine.
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything”  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.