Mask Makers web into meditation

Jan 25, 2010   

International summer workshop in physical theatre, Italy 2010

Commedia dell´ arte and the Grotesque.

A study in comic art, exploring the routes of grotesque realism and its relation to the Commedia dell´arte.

The grotesque often marked the fringes of social order and therefore had its mocking and provoking function in the swings and roundabouts of social exclusion and the transformation of social and cultural codes. Combining historical research with performing experience, we try to find the “fringes” of today. Taking Rabelais´ Gargantua and Pantagruel as a sourcebook, we will work with archetypical grotesque characters, using the skills of Commedia dell´ Arte, physical training, improvisation techniques, mask-making and mask performance. We finish with a public performance.The workshop is designed as a practical study, putting the theories to a test with the whole range of on-the-floor-practice, gathering a deeper understanding of the social functions of laughter and comedy and get new input for contemporary theatre.

The workshop is situated in Palermo, Sicily, from the 28th of June to the 18th of July 2010.

Workshop fee: 600,- Euros, materials included

Maximum number of participants: 20

Working language is English, translation into Italian, French, German and Danish available



Teachers:

Cristina Coltelli, Italy – Commedia dell´arte, use of the mask, improvisation technique

Finbarr Ryan, Ireland - mask making, performing the mask

Petra Föhrenbach, Germany - mask making, cultural and historical background, research



The workshop is held by Herlaking, Palermo, in cooperation with the Masquerade Studio Berlin- Copenhagen. Fur further information about us, please visit our hompages:

www.herlaking.it

www.teatermasker.dk

For a sneak preview see the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gEl0LOVgw

For further information please contact:
masqueradestudio@hotmail.com

Posted by  Helge