Commedia Presentation

Modern Commedia Presentation

Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance  background
Commedia Dell'arte

• Characters
• Videos--National Theater
• Ted Talk--Stock Comic Characters
• Commedia show in action!
• Mr. Bean--Judo class
• James Corden--One Man, Two Guvnors
• Marx Brothers Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0aLg
• Marx Brothers Hats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OUIk4Oaq4
• Who’s on First?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg
• Bugs Bunny: https://vimeo.com/8965484
• Buster Keaton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8XM1_rOTg
• Naked Gun “Slap”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW8LvUvTZhA
• Lucille Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI
Kevin James falling

Origins of Theatre/Greek Drama

"Crash Course" Videos:

• What is Theater?
• Greek Drama

Tragedy lessons from Aristotle
Note-Taking (Need to Know)

Examples of Greek Chorus:
Note the similarities and differences in delivery, tone, and choreography.

• Production of Agamemnon
• Eastern Michigan University--"Style for Actors" course: Oedipus
• Another production of Agamemnon--minimalist

Why Theatre?

Here is our class brainstorm on "Why Theatre," as well as some notes...
National Core Arts Standards
Types of Stages
Terms discussion
"Life changing power of theatre"
"How theatre education can save the world"

Intro to Theatre

Welcome to Introduction to Theatre Arts!

Expectation sheet

Why Theatre?