Monday, 11 November 2013

Comedia Dellarte’

Comedia dell arte is an Italian medieval concept of an improvised comedic act or theatre. This type of theatre was created in the early 16th century. This act for its time was a tradition and a preference of the community in terms of arts. Comedia dell arte scenes are very short compared to other theatre traditions, and similar to modern day sketches. This art was created in result to economic issues and governmental crisis.
Comedia dell arte is meant to be a comedic and more of an enjoyable theatre, it consisted of a few characters or actors who would be the comedic base for the act. They wore different types of funny or otherwise unusual costumes that represented the comedic aspect of the theatre performance. The basic concepts of this performance, were initially the script, the gestures and the main essence of the act… the costumes.
Majority of the Comedia dell arte pieces did have a common factor in between them were the characters effectively the costumes. They were shared across most of the theatre pieces and signified different personalities, on the basis of that time period. The cast is divided into three essential characters: The servant, the master and finally the innamorati. These characters are all portrayed through costumes, facial gestures and even masks.
This type of theatre originated in Italy in the 16th century, initially it was performed their by chosen actors. This art was later adapted to countries such as France, who liked this concept of comedic pieces of drama and the portraying of characters through aesthetical values. This art was performed by a series of trained, experienced actors who travelled in groups (troupes) in order to spread this tradition and show others their ideas and how they manage to perform these acts. This act was performed in Italian dialect by actors who portrayed three basic roles. The roles decided how they dress up, how they talk and their mask. This art has a lot of features which make it what it is as a unique and unusual comedic theatre.
The structures of their performances were based on comedic and aesthetic values. The whole play consisted of comedic Italian Dialect scripting, Costumes which match your role the best, and finally the set. Their stage was not as refined as the ones we have today. They were small and did not portray their scenes as much. Their setup was simple, they did not have many props, but a few in order to refine the scenes to a certain extent. The props used in the theatre are mostly the costumes, and their additions. They are used to refine, and add to the character.
Comedia dell’arte created a structural base for all comedy related theatres and movies. Which now hold a massive spot in the modern theatre industry and culture. They reintroduced the concept of comedic acting and how we can portray a personality using a costume, or gestures. Using the basis of their thinking and ideals we were able to create most of today’s theatre traditions and performances. They have left a mark on our modern culture by performing their acts in a specific manner, which is preferably one of the most favourable types of theatre today.
There are a variety of different companies, or in this case Theatrical aspects, such as the movie industry. The movie industry holds one of the largest places in our favourable perspective of theatre. They have adapted to this concept of comedia, and have attempted and succeeded to include reasonably comedia into their works. They have adapted to their basic concepts except more modernized with the help of technology which was not available at the time.


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 Comedia Dellarte’

Comedia dell arte is an Italian medieval concept of an improvised comedic act or theatre. This type of theatre was created in the early 16th century. This act for its time was a tradition and a preference of the community in terms of arts. Comedia dell arte scenes are very short compared to other theatre traditions, and similar to modern day sketches. This art was created in result to economic issues and governmental crisis.
Comedia dell arte is meant to be a comedic and more of an enjoyable theatre, it consisted of a few characters or actors who would be the comedic base for the act. They wore different types of funny or otherwise unusual costumes that represented the comedic aspect of the theatre performance. The basic concepts of this performance, were initially the script, the gestures and the main essence of the act… the costumes.
Majority of the Comedia dell arte pieces did have a common factor in between them were the characters effectively the costumes. They were shared across most of the theatre pieces and signified different personalities, on the basis of that time period. The cast is divided into three essential characters: The servant, the master and finally the innamorati. These characters are all portrayed through costumes, facial gestures and even masks.
This type of theatre originated in Italy in the 16th century, initially it was performed their by chosen actors. This art was later adapted to countries such as France, who liked this concept of comedic pieces of drama and the portraying of characters through aesthetical values. This art was performed by a series of trained, experienced actors who travelled in groups (troupes) in order to spread this tradition and show others their ideas and how they manage to perform these acts. This act was performed in Italian dialect by actors who portrayed three basic roles. The roles decided how they dress up, how they talk and their mask. This art has a lot of features which make it what it is as a unique and unusual comedic theatre.
The structures of their performances were based on comedic and aesthetic values. The whole play consisted of comedic Italian Dialect scripting, Costumes which match your role the best, and finally the set. Their stage was not as refined as the ones we have today. They were small and did not portray their scenes as much. Their setup was simple, they did not have many props, but a few in order to refine the scenes to a certain extent. The props used in the theatre are mostly the costumes, and their additions. They are used to refine, and add to the character.
Comedia dell’arte created a structural base for all comedy related theatres and movies. Which now hold a massive spot in the modern theatre industry and culture. They reintroduced the concept of comedic acting and how we can portray a personality using a costume, or gestures. Using the basis of their thinking and ideals we were able to create most of today’s theatre traditions and performances. They have left a mark on our modern culture by performing their acts in a specific manner, which is preferably one of the most favourable types of theatre today.
There are a variety of different companies, or in this case Theatrical aspects, such as the movie industry. The movie industry holds one of the largest places in our favourable perspective of theatre. They have adapted to this concept of comedia, and have attempted and succeeded to include reasonably comedia into their works. They have adapted to their basic concepts except more modernized with the help of technology which was not available at the time.


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