The Italian Cultural Institute and the Charioteer Theatre present “The Academy of Commedia dell’Arte” which will bring you closer to the fine art of the 16th Century Italian craft, which involves skills such as physical theatre, mime and improvisation.
The fourth event will see the partecipation of Stefano Guizzi with a lecture and masterclass.
Lecture – The Scene Study: Canovaccis and Scenarios
13 July 2018, 6pm
Venue: Artiscience Library at Summerhall – Edinburgh
Stefano Guizzi will explore canovaccis, scenarios and the dramatic path of Commedia dell’Arte characters.
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
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Masterclass – The Scene Study: Canovaccis and Scenarios
June 14 – 15 (10am – 5pm)
Venue: St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh
Build a Commedia over two days with Stefano Guizzi. This two day masterclass explores canovaccis, scenarios and the dramatic path of Commedia dell’Arte characters. Participants will work with partituras, street-jam, verbal improvisation, lazzis (inventions, gestures, gags) and set choreography in combination with the physicality and voices of Commedia dell’Arte characters. At the end of the workshop, participants will share their work with the group, and potentially to a real audience, applying the principles of live performance interaction.
Stefano Guizzi is a Commedia dell’Arte tutor at Milan’s University (La Cattolica) and co-directs the Granara Festival of independent theatre in Granara EcoVillage, near Parma. Past work as an actor includes Porgy&Bess, the Barbiere di Siviglia and the Elisir d’Amore for children at Milano’s Teatro alla Scala. Stefano has worked with Bob Wilson (Saints and Singing, Berlin Hebbel and Schauspielhaus, 1997-99), Gigi Proietti, Andrée Shammah, Gheorghe Iancu, Stefano De Luca, Guido de Monticelli among others. He trained with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, where he still performs today.
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