Commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'arte came out of Venice in the 1600s. It was a popular form of street theatre based on improvised scenarios between stock characters based on universal types of masters, servants and lovers. This collection features video about the world of commedia and offers video workshops that look at the key attributes of the craft.

A brief history of commedia

This film gives an overview of the history of Commedia dell'arte with Didi Hopkins.

Shape

This film looks at specific physical shape and way of moving for each Commedia character.

The language of Commedia

This film looks at the language of Gromalot - a nonsensical babble speak that carries the truthful emotional intention of a character.

Emotion

This film looks at ways of physicalising primary emotions.

The world of Commedia

This film is an introduction to Commedia dell'arte.