The goal of this course is to methodically give the students a full range of techniques needed to effectively and authentically perform Commedia.
We start out with the characters of Commedia: we will work physically to find each character’s essential shape and movement. Students are introduced to the masks, and we explore techniques of using them effectively. Students are also given a thorough understanding of the history of Commedia and the historical scenarios. Once the students have acquired a comfortable familiarity with the characters and the technique of Commedia performing, we move on to simple improvisations, adding new theatrical techniques as we go, such as the use of props and music, and techniques of stage fighting.
Finally, students begin to write their own canovaccio, study the technique of assembling a Commedia performance, and present their work in the form of a “show.”
The students will work with original Commedia leather masks made by Antonio Fava, Fabrizio Paladin and Carlo Setti.
Please find a more detailed breakdown of each stage of the course here.
The course will be held in English by actor, playwright and director Fabrizio Palladin.
Program:
Weekend Workshop: 4th – 6th November 2022 at IIC Oslo
4th November: h 18.00 – 20.00
5th November: h 10.00 – 13.00 | 15.00 – 18.00
6th November: h 10.00 – 13.00 | 15.00 – 18.00
Max people: 10
HOW TO PARTECIPATE: The workshop is FREE, but REGISTRATION is necessary within OCTOBER 17, please click here
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BIOGRAPHY
Fabrizio Paladin is an award – winning actor, playwright, director and musician from Treviso, Italy. He graduated from University of Bologna in Literature and Philosophy and has extensive expertise in Commedia Dell’Arte and improvisation. Fabrizio has taught classes and workshops in Slapstick Comedy, Commedia Dell’Arte and Improvisation in Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, Israel, Tunisia, Spain to name a few, and in the USA has taught at Bowdoin College, Bates College and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Actors Movement Studio in New York, among others. He was the winner of “Premio Omaggio a Giorgio Gaber” as best Italian talent in music and theatre and received the Nomination as best actor at the Fringe Festival in Rome 2015. Fabrizio is the author of several plays including “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Strange Show” (Italy), “Lo Spettacolo, the exhausting affaires of Love” (United States), “Il Mestiere della Commedia dell’Arte” (Italy, Portugal, Ukraine, Spain, United States, Germany, Latvia), “The Inter-Active Workshop” (Italy, Portugal, Germany, Latvia, Ukraine, Israel, Spain, Kuwait, Tunisia, United States)