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Contemporary Commedia Workshop
Date From August 05, 2009 3:30 PM
Until August 06, 2009 6:00 PM
 
Location
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
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Website http://www.theinternationali...
 
Contact Cathy Bencivenga

512-635-5825
cathy.bencivenga@theinternationalists.org
 
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Description
Teatro Punto makes theater where the actor is the author of the story. As the actor on stage is stripped of supports such as extended settings and a fixed script, he can become the author of a tragicomic show. He does this through movement, text, techniques and imagination. Carlos and Katriens main source of inspiration is Commedia dell'Arte. Employing their training, imagination, intellect and a great deal of hard work and experimentation they have taken the Commedia to new heights. Their storytelling takes the masks into new territory. They have discovered ways to make the life within each mask not only amuse and engage the audience but take them to the dark side. A theater form full of acting possibilities; it is precise and vulnerable, yet above all else it is alive.  Previous U.S. workshops have been given at: Brown University, NYU, Wagner College, Sarah Lawrence, UMass, Trinity College, Tufts, and Williams & Mary.

The Workshop takes place on:
August 5th, 2009 from 3:30-9:30pm; and
August 6th, 2009 from 3:30-6:30pm
(Workshop includes the Solo dell'Arte performance on August 6th at 8pm)

and consists of:

Movement analysis
Physical transformation/metamorphoses
From Tragedy to Comedy
Musicality and timing
Mask and archetypical characters
Improvisation and scene composition - Canovaccio
Study of interaction between actor and audience

Notes
Ticket grants admission to both workshop dates.
   
   
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