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WORKSHOPS - SCIENTIFIC THEATRE
1. Kepler's dream
2. Stars on stage
Kepler's "Somnium" (Latin for "The Dream") is a fantasy tale written around 1600, in Latin, by Johannes Kepler, when he was a student at the University of Tubingen.
The plot is the following: Duracotus, an Icelanic boy, meets Tycho Brahe who introduces him to the new science of astronomy. After his coming back to Iceland, he makes a trip on the Moon. Isaac Asimov has referred to Kepler's Somnium as the first work of science fiction.
The book is composed by the tale and the notes, written by Kepler himself in order to explain his work.
The aims of the tale are openly declared in the notes:
We are convinced that this book is very interesting from a theatrical point of view.
Science theatre has often the problem of being too centered on the historical anectodes with few science contents or, at the opposite, to be only a demonstration on experiments that has no plot and characters.
We think that in this tale the two elements, the scientific one and the narrative one, are both present and well developed. The book is a fantasy tale, with interesting characters and plot, and at the same time it is the first serious scientific treatise on lunar astronomy, presenting a detailed imaginative description of how the earth might look when viewed from the moon.
In the plot we can recognize facts and people of the real life of Kepler, and in the notes there are references to the interesting relationship between Kepler and Galileo. This can be another interesting issue to be developed.
The working team is composed of people with different background. The project is coordinated by formaScienza and it will be managed in collaboration with Teatro Laboratorio. The workshop is open to everybody: actors and scientists, professionals and amateurs.
Tommaso Castellani, formaScienza
Valerio Apice, Teatro Laboratorio
Giulia Castellani, Teatro Laboratorio
The workshop will involve 75 students from secondary school, who will work in 3 groups.
The workshop is divided into two parts: in the first one the students will study and deepen scientific contents that have been introduced to them through experiments experiments. In the second one, they will work on the communication of science to the audience through the theatre.
The main scientific topics that will be covered during the first part of the workshop are:
Creative writing workshop: 25 students. Students will be guided in writing texts that will be used for a screenplay.
Theatre workshop: 25 students. The language of the theatre, with particular attention to body and movement.
Scenography workshop: 25 students.
All the activities will be finalized to the production of a final performance that will present the scientific topics through the language of theatre.
The scientific workshop will be directed by researchers from formaScienza.
The other workshops will be run by people expert in each field.
2. Stars on stage
Kepler's dream
"Kepler's dream" is a theatre workshop that will start in January 2010, with the aim of producing a first study of a play based on Kepler's "Somnium".Kepler's "Somnium" (Latin for "The Dream") is a fantasy tale written around 1600, in Latin, by Johannes Kepler, when he was a student at the University of Tubingen.
The plot is the following: Duracotus, an Icelanic boy, meets Tycho Brahe who introduces him to the new science of astronomy. After his coming back to Iceland, he makes a trip on the Moon. Isaac Asimov has referred to Kepler's Somnium as the first work of science fiction.
The book is composed by the tale and the notes, written by Kepler himself in order to explain his work.
The aims of the tale are openly declared in the notes:
- Convince skeptics that the Earth is effectively moving.
- Describe the Moon as a planet with mountains and valleys on its surface, far from it is described by Aristotelian philosophy.
- Stress that the same physical laws are valid both on the Earth and in the entire Universe.
- Show the difference between science and other forms of knowledge.
We are convinced that this book is very interesting from a theatrical point of view.
Science theatre has often the problem of being too centered on the historical anectodes with few science contents or, at the opposite, to be only a demonstration on experiments that has no plot and characters.
We think that in this tale the two elements, the scientific one and the narrative one, are both present and well developed. The book is a fantasy tale, with interesting characters and plot, and at the same time it is the first serious scientific treatise on lunar astronomy, presenting a detailed imaginative description of how the earth might look when viewed from the moon.
In the plot we can recognize facts and people of the real life of Kepler, and in the notes there are references to the interesting relationship between Kepler and Galileo. This can be another interesting issue to be developed.
The working team is composed of people with different background. The project is coordinated by formaScienza and it will be managed in collaboration with Teatro Laboratorio. The workshop is open to everybody: actors and scientists, professionals and amateurs.
The team
Cinzia Belmonte, formaScienzaTommaso Castellani, formaScienza
Valerio Apice, Teatro Laboratorio
Giulia Castellani, Teatro Laboratorio
Stars on stage
Workshop for students (age 11-14)The workshop will involve 75 students from secondary school, who will work in 3 groups.
The workshop is divided into two parts: in the first one the students will study and deepen scientific contents that have been introduced to them through experiments experiments. In the second one, they will work on the communication of science to the audience through the theatre.
The main scientific topics that will be covered during the first part of the workshop are:
- The shape of the Universe: from a flat earth to the big bang and the expanding universe
- The dance of the planets: the study of the motion of planets, from Ptolemy to Copernicus and Newton.
- Light and spectra: waves, the light and the spectra of the stars.
Creative writing workshop: 25 students. Students will be guided in writing texts that will be used for a screenplay.
Theatre workshop: 25 students. The language of the theatre, with particular attention to body and movement.
Scenography workshop: 25 students.
All the activities will be finalized to the production of a final performance that will present the scientific topics through the language of theatre.
The scientific workshop will be directed by researchers from formaScienza.
The other workshops will be run by people expert in each field.
