Contemporary Commedia Dell’Arte Workshop – Cancelled

Commedia Dell'Arte Workshop at Teatro Uno Mas in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico

How To Apply:

Email your CV, photo and letter of motivation to submissions@teatrounomas.com

***Applicants will then be selected. Only selected applicants may purchase a ticket.

About:

This workshop is open for actors, dancers and performers exploring the physical and acting skills of Mask Performance. The participants will be expose to a deep study of the mask dimension of contemporary theatre.

The workshop approaches the basic elements involved in Mask Performance such as:

  • The spirit of play and celebration

  • Human archetypes, caught in situations that range from tragic to comic

  • The architecture of gestures

  • Structure at the service of metamorphosis

  • Improvisation

  • Movement technique

  • Musicality, timing, space

  • Interaction and direct contact with the audience

  • Everyday stories through human passions

The activity will be directed in English. 
Work sessions can be translated in French, Italian and Spanish.

Masks by Den Durand and Donato Sartori

Directors:

Carlos Garcia Estevez of Manifesto Poetico at Teatro Uno Mas in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico

Carlos García Estévez is an international artist born in Spain. He is Artistic Director of Manifesto Poetico, an actor, stage director, theatre researcher, pedagogue and specialist in Contemporary Commedia dell’Arte and mask performance.

 

Paige Allerton of Manifesto Poetico at Teatro Uno Mas in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico

Paige Allerton is an international performing artist and anthropologist born in Canada.

She is Artistic Director of Manifesto Poetico and Editor of the Laboratory’s research. She directs the company’s department of Anthropology and Content Creation, and the project The Poetics of Survival.

  • Date : April 26, 2023 - April 28, 2023
  • Time : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (UTC-6)