Some info from Wiki:
Commedia dell'Arte (Italian: "the comedy of art") is a form of improvisational theatre that began in Italy in the 16th century and held its popularity through the 18th century, although it is still performed today. Performances were unscripted, held outside, and used few props. They were free to watch, funded by donations. A troupe consisted of ten people: seven men and three women. Outside Italy the form was also known as "Italian Comedy".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell
YouTube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3ruJiklkk&feature=PlayList&p=143D207D7C6C615D&index=0&playnext=1 Commedia Dell'Arte screener - Contemporary Arts Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBmE9ldaZE Pulcinella's war -Antonio Fava & Merve Engin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqI0EqaXvWI Commedia Dell'Arte with Baroque Dance
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i like the characters :) their so unique , its fun and scary when mrs.marotous is acting a character while wearing the mask :S
ReplyDeleteseeyou period 5 today .
I really enjoyed our performance the other day. Its amazing how two different audiences create such a different atmosphere. Performing to the year 7s was better but I think that after performing to them there was an expectancy that the year 9s would react the same as them and when they didn't we were like wtf.
ReplyDeleteBut no its good because you never know how the audience is going to react and sometimes the audience won't think what you're doing is interesting so you need to be well prepared as a team to wake them up a bit.. For example throwing in a small lazzi or something. Like we could've done that "Where is my money? IT'S COMING!" skit. Haha, I bet that would wake them up.
Anyway, well done everyone. It was great perfoming with you all and hopefully most of you selected theatre studies as one of your subjects for next year cos I'd love to perform with you again.
Thank you Ms Marotous for a fantastic semester. You're one of the funnest teachers around :)
Pantalone :)