From the mask to the character

Posted on by Pablo Contestabile

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From June 04 to June 09, 2012

Led by

Alredo IRIARTE
(Grupo Catalinas Sur / Argentine)

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Thanks to half-masks of the Commedia dell Arte we will enter in the eternal metaphor of human comedy and will discover universal mechanisms of theater.
Program:
Leather mask: history and principles of construction
Analysis starting from different forms of masks
Construction of a leather mask and introduction to the way to perform with it (Each participant will make a leather mask from a pre-existing negative mould)
Nature of the different mask characters study: Behaviors, postures, gestures…
Preliminary exercises of Commedia dell Arte.
Vocal training.
Individual and group improvisations.
Commedia dell Arte: references and anecdotes.

 
Hours Monday to Friday (42 hours of training).
Full program

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