European Commedia dell’Arte Stage: presentation
Since its origins, the Commedia dell’Arte took inspiration from its people and culture. The numerous characters types, embodied by different kind of masks, talk about ordinary life. Thus masks became the first satire tool and they contributed in making possible the relationship with the everyday social reality.
The Stage proposes to all attendants both to find out and handle the original Commedia dell’Arte techniques. The final goal is to discover the inner mask that may live inside you and to give you all the necessary tools and knowledges to set it alive on the stage.
You will work on some typical Commedia dell’Arte characters as good as on some more recent and contemporary ones. This Stage will allow you to add to your theatrical luggage new colors, nuances and figures.
See below the four steps planning:
· Body and lines
· The masks meet the body
· The characters
· The canvas
Please note that we will provide you all the accessories, masks and musical equipment.
Alberto Ferraro
Alberto Ferraro had his artistic debut in 1996 in Venice (IT). He devoted himself to the Commedia dell’Arte studies supported by a strong group of professional actors. In 2005, he gained his diploma from the International Actors Academy in Rome. He took part in some seminars and workshops with Jacek Ludwig, Michele Monetta, Nando Citarella, Tapa Sudana and Emma Dante; in addition, he usually works with Mario Martone and Renato Carpentieri too. Parallel, he is engaged in a research project and some study activities on the popular songs of Mediterranean tradition as well as the peculiar Italian dialects reality, in particular in Campania and Veneto areas. Moreover, he sings and acts in the Semp’a ppò group, both in Italy and France. With the sculptor and player Mirko Ferraro, he manages the artisanal boutique “O Purtone”, where they both work the leather in order to create the Commedia dell’Arte typical masks. In 2016 he founded the Iustumo association in Rome (IT). Since several years, Alberto Ferraro has attended the Young European Theatre Meetings hosted in Grenoble (FR) and he is a member of the Young European Theatre network himself. He organizes and leads his Stages all over Europe and regularly takes part at the Meetings in Grenoble.
Documents
Poster Commedia dell'Arte European training course : Click on this link to open this document.
Flyers : Click on this link to open this document.
Flyers : Click on this link to open this document.
Tariffs :
Unemployed people, students, RSA : 67€Employees : 82€
Besides the tariff of the inscription, an annual adhesion to Créarc is required : 15€
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