Theatre and professional training: The Trame method

The article presents the method called Trame, a method designed for the professionaltraining of doctors, nurses and social workers. The method makes the theoretical reflection of the pedagogical directors of the twentieth century dialogue with a morespecifically pedagogical and sociological literature that distances itself from cognitivelearning models and conceives learning as a situated and collective activity; it interfaces with Dewey (1961) and, at the same time, with pedagogical approaches that thematise theatre as an educational device (Massa, R. (eds.) (1992) La Clinica DellaFormazione, Milano, Italy, Franco Angeli). It also focuses on the role that the bodyplays in learning processes. Theatre is done with the body and it is precisely startingfrom the centrality of the body that theatrical practices can 'push' training practicestowards an overcoming of the mind/body dichotomy and a clearer focus on the intertwining between performance and training. In this perspective, Trame is configuredas a method that aims to train the 'knowledge of' the body to develop self-awarenessand reflexivity on one's professional action.