Pierangelo Summa

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Pierangelo Summa (19 August 1947 – 15 July 2015) also known as Piero Summa, was an Italian theatre director,[1] theatre masks creator,[2][3] and puppeteer.[4] Born in Como, Italy, he is mostly known in Europe. Even if he can be considered as one of the leaders of the Italian theater movement of the 70s, for his puppets, Commedia dell'arte masks[5] and theatre directing, he mainly became notorious in France from the 80s on, and even more after his death in 2015, when his work was rediscovered and brought to light by his son Robin Summa.[6]

Pierangelo Summa first started his activity by participating to a few puppet troupes, one of which, La Gabbia dei Giupitt, animated the TV Show Il Giudice di Roccastorta on Swiss television RSI, 1977.[7] In the 1990s, his work progressively became more and more concentrated on theatre directing, in France, Italy, but also Germany, Libanon[8] or Georgia.[9] Since 2019, his son Robin Summa took over his Commedia dell'arte masks creation in Naples, Italy,[10][11][12] where he opened a shop dedicated to theatre masks' crafting, La maschera è libertà.[13][14] He also edited some writings and lessons of his father in Italy. The book has got the same title as the shop.[15][16][17] He died in Paris, France.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hélène Bernard, Denise Maréchal, Sophie Saulnier et Laure Warot, "Français 1re technologique Bac 2021 : Prépabac Réussir l'examen : nouveau programme de Première 2020-2021" (French high school book), Hatier, 19 August 2020, 320 p. (ISBN 978-2-401-07508-5), p. 171
  2. ^ "Interview on French Television, 1997". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Pierangelo Summa". exibart.com (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-312711786/ [bare URL]
  5. ^ "ISNI 0000000008846546 Summa, Pierangelo". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ Summa.
  7. ^ "Zap Zap TV • Leggi argomento - Tv Svizzera dei Ragazzi e dei piccoli degli anni 70". www.tv-pedia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. ^ « Coup de théâtre poétique pour un homme seul », Magazine Prestige, June 2001, p. 98
  9. ^ Pierangelo Summa parle des Bonnes de Jean Genet, retrieved 4 January 2022, interview on georgian national television, 2011
  10. ^ "Mask is freedom". Crowdfunding on wemakeit. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  11. ^ "The Masks before the Masks: Carnaval". Masq'alors!. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Robin Summa artist from Pithiviers, France - Artworks: Sculpture & Installation". artelaguna.world. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ Crescenzo, Stefano De (12 January 2021). "La Maschera è Libertà: una "Bottega Teatrale" nel cuore di Napoli". OMNIADIGITALE.IT (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  14. ^ ""La Maschera è Libertà": a Napoli apre la bottega di maschere di teatro". NapoliToday (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Robin Summa, dalla filosofia della Sorbona a Napoli, portando con sé i calchi fatti dal padre Pierangelo, reinventa la commedia dell'arte e la maschera di Pulcinella". IlSudOnLine (in Italian). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  16. ^ Summa, Robin (2019). La maschera è libertà. Storia di un'insurrezione teatrale (in Italian). Il Quaderno Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-32098-16-7.
  17. ^ "Dalla Sorbona a Napoli inseguendo Pulcinella" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022 – via PressReader.
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