Program

Module A

From Neutral Mask to Play

• Movement
• Improvisation, interpretation
• Themes of action
• Journey of the Mask through his natural environment
• Identification to the elements
• Transfer, Play (improvisation and interpretation)
• Creation and presentation of weekly scenes

Module B
Characters – Melodrama

• Movement
• Preparation for Style
• Identification to the animals
• Transfer
• Construction of the characters
• Dynamics of states and passions
• Melodramatic Situations and Scenes
• Creation and presentation of weekly scenes

Module C
Performing with Masks

• Movement
• Approach to music
• Expressive Masks
• Larval Masks
• Architecture and manipulation
• Mask shape and body
• Treatment of themes
• Creation and presentation of weekly scenes

Module D :

The Language of the gesture:

• White Pantomime
• Attitude, the articulation of the gesture
• Comics, Mimetic Strips
• Cinema: shots, cutting, zooming,…
• Silent Cinema

Module E :

The Tragedy – The Buffoons

• The dynamics of verbs
• The World of Poets
• Formation and Dynamics of the Greek Choir
• Interpretation of tragedy texts
• Body and Shapes of the Buffoons
• The society of the Buffoons : rhythm and ritual
• Themes, solo scenes, duos and groups
• Cabaret Bouffonesque

Module F:

Commedia dell’Arte – Clowns

• Preparations for style
• Attitudes, Steps of the Commedia Characters
• Wearing a half mask
• Voice of the Mask
• Harlequin’s steps
• Lazzis
• Solo, Duo and ensemble of valets
• Themes and canvas
• The August
• The duet (August and white clown)
• Circus Clown and Theatre Clown
• Different styles of comedy (situational, burlesque, absurd, …)
• Elaboration of clown acts