ONLIFE VERSUS ONLINE: THE ROLE OF THEATER IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA

Εξώφυλλο Παράβασις Τόμ. 20 / Cover Parabasis Vol. 20
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Published: Nov 24, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681//.43015
Valentina Garavaglia
Abstract

It is known how deeply the live entertainment sector has been affected by the pandemic crisis: Covid 19 has had a strong impact on the entire system, canceling a large part of live activities and increasing the transition towards the use of digital products. However, as emerges from the data, following the emergency situation, Italy has started organizing events and attending theaters again. The lockdown has revealed how damaging the deprivation of live relationships, especially among young people, can be, and therefore how precious and irreplaceable the relational activity that is the basis of any experience can be, especially in the age of education. theatrical, because man work on himself and self-care cannot ignore the relationship with others.


The theater is the place of relationships. An excellent diagnostic tool for understanding group dynamics and the type of communication and problems that everyone has with others. Being a place where relationships are built and discovered, it is also therapeutic and socializing by its nature. In the protected space of the theater, daily rituals are innovated, and ideas and projects are born for the change not only of the individual, but of society itself. Two projects of the IULM University (International University of Languages and Media) are an example of this: Teatro Formazione Società and Mondo Acrobata.

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Author Biography
Valentina Garavaglia

Valentina Garavaglia is Rector and full Professor in the scientific-disciplinary sector L-ART/05 Discipline of performance at the Faculty of Communication, public relations and advertising. She is a member of the Graduate Programme in Visual and Media Studies. She teaches: Modern and contemporary theatre, Contemporary theatre forms, Theatre direction laboratory, Laboratory of effective communication techniques, Acting laboratory and actor direction.

Alongside the academic activity, she has carried out an intense theatrical activity as head of the artistic coordination of festivals and projects at important Italian and international theatrical institutions. She is a member of University Theatre Committee, of the Scientific Committee of the “Orestiadi” Foundation for High Culture and of the National Coordination of Theatre in Prison. She directs two editorial series for the Bulzoni publishing house: The sources of the theatrical performance and I Quaderni di Gargnano.