Meeting Proceedings - Salbertrand, Park Offices, 15th September 2007
First part - The plague in the history of Upper Susa
Valley, the consequences of the infectious disease, the devotion for
the saint thaumaturges, music - Lä PèSTë I L'Î RIBà, L'Î Jò OU L'INDà DLä PORTë! The plague has come, it's at your door! Renato Sibille, Director of Salbertrand Theater Research Workshop - Peste et morbo subitaneo. Plague signs in Upper Susa Valley Clelia Baccon, Historian - The plague legacy (between Upper Dora and Chisone) Sergio Ottonelli, Historian - The demographic evolution of Bardonecchia from the plague of 1630 to 1750 Luigi Martinasso, Historian - In nomine Sancti. Groups of saints against the plague in Upper Susa Valley Gianluca Popolla, Director of Susa Diocesan Cultural Center - Devotion at the time of the plague in Upper Susa Valley. The plague of 1630 Laura Gatto Monticone, Andrea Zonato, Susa Diocesan Cultural Center - Music at the time of the plague. Mors stupebit… Gigliola Bianchini, A. Vivaldi State Conservatory in Alessandria
Second part - The plague and the theater - Why dancing at the altars? Theater and plague in history Fernando Mastropasqua, Cultural Anthropology Professor - The combustion of bodies. From the theater to the plague Roberta De Martini, Theater expert, DAMS, University of Torino - The actor's training: looking for the extreme gestures of the plague Roberto Micali, President of the Cultural Association ArTeMuDa - The popular sources of L'anjë dlä pèstë of the Permanent Theater Research Workshop in Salbertrand Renato Sibille, Director of the Theater Research Workshop in Salbertrand