Go Inspired: 2 Commedia Dell’Arte Workshops (NYC & Florence)

Go Inspired is listing two Commedia Dell’arte workshops in December and June.

New York City: Dec. 26-28, 2012 with Stanley Allen Sherman ($295 includes workshop only)

You can find out more about this at Stanley’s website:  http://www.commediau.com/

•  Participants learn the physical style of Commedia dell’Arte as we believe it was “then” and how it may be used “now” as a creative tool for actors, performers, directors and teachers.
• The goal of the workshop is for our participants to simultaneously experience the momentum, effort, historical, physical, joyful and risky style of the Commedia dell’ Arte.
• Students develop their personal historical Commedia dell’Arte characters and style with their individual qualities. Students will easily see how this work from the 1500′s still vibrantly relates today.

Florence, Italy: June 3-21, 2013 with Roberto Andrioli and Marco Bendoni (1950 € euros: includes housing in an apartment and workshop)

• The course is geared toward understanding the theatrical experience as a fun and useful tool for developing your own creativity and expressiveness as well as expanding your artistic experience in relation to a group.
• This course will help to develop the exchange of physical energy and creativity amongst the students in the group.
• Geared toward understanding the historic ” Commedia dell Arte”, which was developed in Italy, this course will focus on dances from the Renaissance period with a public performance at the end of the course.
• In this three-week workshop, participants will enhance their physical expression and learn the techniques of storytelling, improvisation as well as scene study analyzing the major authors within the tradition of Commedia dell’Arte.