Our first days we were introduced to both Graham and the basics of Commedia.
This artistic form is incredibly physically strenuous and requires an intense and thorough warm up to allow all senses to be fully active as well as to ensure the lesser risk of injury.
This artistic form is incredibly physically strenuous and requires an intense and thorough warm up to allow all senses to be fully active as well as to ensure the lesser risk of injury.
The stances are very particular and precise movements; we were told time and time again that 'there was a fine line between amateur acting and commedia', movement was key to this.
There is an unspoken element to commedia which makes it both very entertaining and watchable, the physical precision and strength of the actor through the character they are portraying. Stamina of oneself is the deciding factor of the quality of the play the audience come to see.
There is an unspoken element to commedia which makes it both very entertaining and watchable, the physical precision and strength of the actor through the character they are portraying. Stamina of oneself is the deciding factor of the quality of the play the audience come to see.
To ensure that we were all aware of the demands of our workshop throughout the week we would engage in a warm-up.
Once done, the first two days we were taught three - five character stances and were given the opportunity to play with them through improvised scenes or exercises.
Another key element to Commedia is improvisation, and the actor being able to go with their first thought or idea and not questionning themself.
Below is a table of the characters we were taught or at the very least told about and then researched later:
(characters with non-specific individual traits, physicality or masks)
Zanni
- Zagna
- Zagna
- Burattino, Cola, Coviello, Pepe-Nappa, Francatrippa (Bertolino, Brandino, Trappola, Scatozza, Scarmoza)
- Servetta/ Columbina
-(Columbine, Smeraldina, Olivia, Nespola, Spinetta, Ricciolina, Corallina, Diamantina, Lisetta, Violetta)
- (1st) Brighella (Mezzetino)
- (2nd) Arlecchino (Fritellino, Trivelino, Truffaldino)
- (1st) Pulchinella (Mr Punch, Hanswurst, Polichinelle, Toneelgek, Kasperle, Petrushka, Karagoz)
- (1st) Pedrolino/Il Farinato (Pierrot, Pero, Pierrotto, Pagliaccio, Gian-Farina)
Pantalone / Il Magnifico
- (Cassandro, Roberto, Ubaldo, Zanobio)
- Tartaglia
Il Capitano
- La Capitana
- La Signora
-Scaramuccia
-Scapino
-(Giangurgulo, Cocodrillo, Fanarone, Matamoros, Spavento, Meo Squasquara)
Innamorati / The Lovers
- La Signora (Corallina, Luisa, Rosaura, Olimpia)
-(Flavio, Silvio, Fabrizio, Aurelio, Orazio, Ottavio, Ortensio, Lelio, Leandro, Cinzio, Florindo, Lindoro, Fulgenzio) Male lovers
- (Isabella, Angelica, Eularia, Flaminia, Vittoria, Silvia, Lavina, Ortensia,Aurelia) Female lovers
All above information is research based from:
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