Warm Up - Day 3 Commedia Write down the following to be answered with the video: What kind of Commedia Dell’Arte characters do these characters remind you of? Why? What is it about them?

B-Day Finish Commedia Chart

Vocal and Physical Movement Adding Commedia Movement

COMMEDIA CHARACTER MOVEMENT Magnifico 1st and 2nd Actors and Actresses Witch Pantalone Doctor Columbina Brighella Harlequino Captain Zanni

COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE LANGUAGE AND MOVEMENT

MASKS IN COMMEDIA Write down 2 facts you heard about the masks of Commedia and how they are made.

LANGUAGE OF COMMEDIA Answer the following question: How did the travelling troupes adapt for language barriers they encountered when they travelled through different parts of Italy and Spain?

Day 3 continued -- Warm Up - Create a scene prompt. A simple problem that could happen to anyone in their daily life.

Vocal and Physical Warm Up

Gibberish Warm Up Scenes With a partner(s) (groups of 2-3) - pick one of your warm up prompts. 2. Plan it out like you would a normal scene. (Know C.R.O.W. - Character, Relationship, Objective, and Where you are) You have 5 minutes to plan and rehearse.

Turn your improv Scene into Gibberish Answer the following questions in your journal: How did you do with turning your improv scene into a gibberish one? 2. What could you do to make it better?

GIBBERISH SCENES with Commedia Characters With a partner of your choosing Pick a situation. Pick a Commedia Character each Plan a short scene: Show the relationship between the characters Who the characters are What the problem is You can only speak in gibberish 5 minutes to plan and rehearse

Presenting In your journal answer the following about each scene: What was good about their language and movement? What could be better?

What do you need to work on to be better at Commedia? How did the travelling Commedia troupes get over the language barrier when performing in different regions of Italy and Spain? What do you need to work on to be better at Commedia?