Hi Folks, Commedia dell'Arte Maestro Antonio Fava will be coming in town with 3 greats events. Check them out: Thursday February 23 @ 6 p.m. Commedia dell'Arte...
Hello, friends! Once again, February 25 is approaching fast so get your Commedia dell'Arte Day events ready! It's the 3rd Annual Commedia dell'Arte Day,...
Dear friends, actors and drama teachers, I'm happy to let you know that I am planning a 10-day Commedia dell' Arte & Action Theatre Master Class for Drama...
Putting in an original scenario is downtown Detroit! 'The Whole Vine Yards'! Sent from my iPhone ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Yes. Happy CdA Day, everyone! The worldwide event list is at http://www.commediadellarteday.org/eventi And SAT's flagship event this year was in Malaga,...
We just finished our event: Commedia dell'Akron. Miller South Commedia Troupe in collaboration with New World Performance Lab. It was an all ages commedia...
We had to jump early as we celebrated the day with a workshop at the Barony of the Cleftlands, the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a...
We continue the explorations of Carlo Mazzone-Clementi's Metaphysical Mask. Mask Arts Company Roving Classical Commedia University* Metaphysical Mask Lab Lab...
From my friend, John Copeland: "Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere." — William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night April Fools,...
Circus Center San Francisco is offering a new approach to Commedia dell’arte using original masks custom-designed by internationally renowned theater company...
Joe, Great that you are offerıng Commedıa.  I ve been teachıng ıt very actıvely for the last sıx years and love the form and what ıt does to free up...
THREE MASK-MAKING WORKSHOPS at Ravenwood Masks Studio Brewery Artist's Colony Los Angeles, CA, zip 90031 1. Life Casting Workshop: Monday & Tuesday, April 16 &...
During the 1500s, what was Commedia Dell'Arte called? I know that Commedia Dell'Arte was coined in the late 1700s. Did it have a name up till that point? Was...
Untill Carlo Goldoni named it CdA people used to refer to it in many ways as: Italian comedy, Masked comedy, Mime comedy, Improvised comedy. It was Goldoni who...
With origins dating back to the New Comedy era of Ancient Greece and adopted by Rome - as a pantomime - it was probably given a local name in each dialect and...
Sometimes referred to as "commedia improviso" to distinguish it from "commedia erudita" Improvised vs erudite (written) Scott McGehee iPhone ... [Non-text...
Carlo Mazzone-Clementi often spoke of the names of the earliest phases of the commedia. It is true that Goldoni coined the term in the 1720s, but it had been...
Yes, I appreciate and thank you all so very much for your answers. For some reason, I cant reply back to the emails sent. Truly, Leslie [Non-text portions of...
Leslie, Your appreciation is posted here for all to see. We need more great questions. Things which promote discussion are the most fun, eran't they? Jim...
As I am researching Commedia, I find that I can not find some of the words that I am reading about so that I can look the word up and perhaps learn more about...
new posting..sorry..lost my log in details way back Anyone done any original research on the origins of the individual masks ? Doctoral Theses/MAs that sort...
Good morning, Leslie, For *soggetti* I found this which might be helpful: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soggetto#Italian I don't recall coming across that term...