Celebrating Dario D'Ambrosi

Dario D’Ambrosi, founder of the Pathological Theater of Rome is one of the major Italian artists. Author, director and actor, he has been working for over thirty years on his personal research on madness, developing some among the most interesting theater shows on the Italian and International scene. The shows of the Pathological Theater investigate the statuses of mental illness by grasping its vital, artistic and creative aspects with the intention of restoring the “dignity of the fool”. After moving very young to New York City, he meets during the Seventies Ellen Stweart, founder of the La MaMa Café. Here he debuts with his first show, the monologue Tutti Non Ci Sono, which ran for long in the theater season. In those years he meets internationally recognized artists such as Robert De Niro, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Pina Baush. Tutti Non Ci Sono, La Trota, The Days of Antonio, Flies Buzzing, Allucinazioni Da Psicofarmaci, Cose Da Pazzi,  The Prince of Madness, Il Nulla, Frusta-azioni, Un Regno Per Il Mio Cavallo (based on Richard III) are some of the titles of the most significant shows by Dario D’Ambrosi, which have been performed in all the major Italian cities, in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, L.A., Detroit in North America and in Barcelona, Amsterdam, London, Bruxelles and Munich in Europe. As an actor D’Ambrosi works for cinema and television. He acted near other artists such as Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Ben Gazzara, Sergio Castellitto and Dario Fo. He acted under the direction of Mel Gibson. Dario D’Ambrosi also directed several movies and shorts.

Dario D’Ambrosi, in collaboration with Tor Vergata University in Rome, is the founder of The first Integrated Theatre of Emotion University Course. It’s a research, study and training community, in which teachers, researchers, technical and administrative staff, managers and students, participate fully within the context of their respective expertise, functions and responsibilities. As components of the course and the host university, they contribute to the achievement of institutional goals. Its fundamental and primary purpose is the pursuit of an educational, scientific and social research project, organizing different forms of training in a branched structure. These include orientation, cultural and professional development and the use of instrumental and/or complementary activities for the development of knowledge and critical skills that are expressive and open to dialogue and interaction with those of different abilities in the social world. The course of Integrated Theatre of Emotion is organized in the form of a public institution, and is given educational, scientific and organizational autonomy, realizing its own research objectives in accordance with constitutional principles. The Integrated Theatre of Emotion course supports and encourages an international dimension in terms of studies and teaching. It promotes higher education in relation to research and exchange between universities with the aim of building new channels of sociality and occupational integration, as well as developing a network of exchange and mobility among teachers and students, in addition to the admission and training of foreign students. It is committed to finally ensuring the right to education, in accordance with the principles of the Constitution, to any person with a disability, to whom this course refers and reserves itself in a project of education and emancipation. 

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