Commedia dell'arte Comedy of art Workshop
Physical training, masks, fixed types, relations of strength and improvisation.
School
If you prefer a one week of Lab you can read the description also in English of the Meyerhold’s Biomechanics Summer School. It's directed by maestro Claudio Spadola in a wonderful place and every year students come from all over the world.
Commedia dell'arte Lab
Instead, the following is the shorter Lab of Commedia dell'arte in Rome or wherever it is required:
Location: The school collaborates with different spaces in Rome depending on the size of the groups. We are also available to work directly at locations proposed by applicants (university, school or tourist agency that requested the laboratory)
Teacher: maestro Ivano Conte o Claudio Spadola o altro maestro di Commedia dell'arte qualificato.
In the Commedia dell’arte Workshop we rediscover the roots of contemporary theatre, in which the various typologies of mankind are reproduced through "fixed types".
The Commedia dell’arte is fun, ductile, dynamic, creative, expressive and based on listening and improvisation.
The workshop is structured as follows:
Physical Training
Coordination, breakdown of preparation-action-reaction and movement fluidization, propulsion centers and physical characterization.
Fixed Types
History, attitude, body and movement of the mask characters (Pantalone (Old Merchant), Dottore (Doctor), Zanni, Arlecchino (Harlequin: second Zanni, servant), Brighella (first Zanni, servant), Capitano (Captain) and characters without masks (Innamorati, Colombina).
Mask Use techniques
Use of leather masks of the "fixed types" of comedy created by the masters Fava and Santelli from hand-carved wood matrices.
Relations of Strength
How the "fixed types" interact (Pantalone /Harlequin; Pantalone / Dottore; Dottore / Innamorati; Pantalone / Innamorati; Pantalone / Dottore; Arlecchino/Brighella; Arlecchino /Colombina; Capitano/ Pantalone).
The "fixed types"
Pantalone · Dottore · Zanni · Arlecchino · Brighella · Capitano · Innamorati · Colombina
Improvisation
Acquire techniques of improvisation like comedians of art: Acting “all’improviso”
Ask for information
The workshop can be organized in Rome or directly at locations proposed by universities, schools, groups or tourist agencies.