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"VIAJE DE UN ACTOR POR LA COMEDIA DEL ARTE
(JOURNEY OF AN ACTOR INTO THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE)"
by Claudia Contin
(144 pages - dimensions cm 13X21 - with black and white photos)

Through the very careful translation of Moisés Gonzàles, Claudia Contin's text "Viaggio di un attore nella Commedi dell'Arte" (already published in Italy in 1995), has found a new publication in spanish, that facilitates the reading to the many pupils and fans that from Spain and from South America ask for written testimonies about the theatrical and educational training of the Scuola Sperimentale dell'Attore on the Commedia dell'Arte: The volume, published by SobreEscena, compared with the Italian edition offers a rich photo-collection that integrates and completes the text.

<<To contribute with a study about the Commedia dell'Arte is not an easy task: people always said and wrote too many different things on this subject. Without doubt there is a kind of general indecision when it's time to answer the question "What is the Commedia dell'Arte?". An actor who investigated it only by the practice will give, generally, partial and incomplete answers to the pupils or the spectators that formulate this question. Is it a theatre made by characters with the mask? Yes, but it's not only this, there are also various important characters that don't use the mask. Is it a theatre of gesture, of movement? Yes, but it's not only this, because the actors also talk, very much>>.

The esteemed actress and pedagogue Claudia Contin answers all the questions that one can formulate in this very interesting and very complete journey into the Commedia dell'Arte.

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"VIAJE DE UN ACTOR POR LA COMEDIA DEL ARTE (JOURNEY OF AN ACTOR INTO THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE)" by Claudia Contin (144 pages - dimensions cm 13X21 - with black and white photos) Through the very careful translation of Moisés Gonzàles, Claudia Contin's text "Viaggio di un attore nella Commedi dell'Arte" (already published in Italy in 1995), has found a new publication in spanish, that facilitates the reading to the many pupils and fans that from Spain and from South America ask for written testimonies about the theatrical and educational training of the Scuola Sperimentale dell'Attore on the Commedia dell'Arte: The volume, published by SobreEscena, compared with the Italian edition offers a rich photo-collection that integrates and completes the text. <<To contribute with a study about the Commedia dell'Arte is not an easy task: people always said and wrote too many different things on this subject. Without doubt there is a kind of general indecision when it's time to answer the question "What is the Commedia dell'Arte?". An actor who investigated it only by the practice will give, generally, partial and incomplete answers to the pupils or the spectators that formulate this question. Is it a theatre made by characters with the mask? Yes, but it's not only this, there are also various important characters that don't use the mask. Is it a theatre of gesture, of movement? Yes, but it's not only this, because the actors also talk, very much>>. The esteemed actress and pedagogue Claudia Contin answers all the questions that one can formulate in this very interesting and very complete journey into the Commedia dell'Arte. VOLUME INDEX Prologue by Etelvino Vàzquez Presentation by Claudia Contin Claudia Contin's curriculum VIAJE DE UN ACTOR POR LA COMEDIA DEL ARTE by Claudia Contin Introduction RELATIONS WITH HISTORY AND TRADITIONS Guide references with respect to the History of the Commedia dell'Arte Journey among the Masters Renzo Fabris: a Brighella "in love" with Arlecchino Tommaso Todesca: Pantalone-Arlecchino Enrico Bonavera: Arlecchino RESEARCH WORK AND COMPOSITION OF A PERFORMANCE Building of a complex training on the character of Arlecchino Stereotypes; limits and virtues The passion for the Grotesque The Mondologo di Arlecchino CODIFICATION WORK AND DIDACTIC ACTIVITY The Masks The work on "breaths" A theatre of "Italian style" gestures The limitation of the possibilities as strong point The character "map" of our body Archetypes and grotesque deformation in the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte. NEW RESEARCH PROSPECTS The work related to iconography in the Commedia dell'Arte The Journey moves to the East One future or a thousand futures for Harlequin? NOTES
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