Commedia dell'Arte: Character Shape

Each commedia character has a specific physical shape and way of moving. This film was made over a two day workshop with a group of young actors and lead by Didi Hopkins. The film was made by Deborah May.
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[@mahasinkatana2559]

when your doing online school cuz if covid 19 and have to watch this but its not bad🙂

[@rachelorr8288]

Theatre appreciation 😒

[@mehstyl8601]

Yes everything has to be Zoomed, I have to do a skit on Lazzi video.

[@sonikuucuteness3796]

I don’t understand how this answers the questions from the paper on theatre 1

[@milly5014]

same doe

[@milkeh7012]

It really is :c i have to watch this video for performing arts :( it's so boring.

[@viyath1374]

Oh god do we have to do this? I'm not running around with a mask on making alien noises while trying desperately not to laugh

[@soulver1683]

SAME istg

[@brookuth2212]

😭🤚

[@viyath1374]

@@brookuth2212 cri

[@hddude9783]

Exactly

[@lexi2926]

It’s the point of commedia

[@feathers.and.famine]

2:50 what would you do if you walked into that class not knowing what it was?

[@viyath1374]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[@stevie_mcw]

im scared. I watched this in class

[@maddy7573]

stevie boy I watched it for homework

[@spooky_binch6103]

Top Smart I'm also scared didi Hopkins is gonna kill me for not liking drama class :[

[@Wilzeck]

Maddy Xxxx same

[@fredjackson9925]

Same. Gillotts???

[@roadtriiip]

s-same..... ms gibbons i love you but Holy Shit

[@shanicemisiti]

Pov: you have online school and you have to watch this

[@malaikahqasim1160]

yes lmao

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legit

[@ninianimates7291]

literally

[@danielleusman7104]

yes💀

[@hddude9783]

Yep

[@miasmythe2208]

whos here for online school drama project

[@williamtang1957]

me

[@Silver_633]

meh

[@nickolas8755]

Me... From a Greek drama school 😂❤️

[@ikeaforlife]

ARGHHH YES

[@iamfrandeline]

me 🙄

[@jdb_unlocks]

Genshin impact brought me here 😅, interesting where did they get the Eleven Fatui Harbinger. wanted to know how each Genshin char relate to the referrence.

[@scaraswifeslay]

Sameee

[@sakura_pri]

Stepped on a Lego piece while doing the workshop for online class, really got the sounds out of me

[@silly.xel.]

Damn.. I stubbed my toe during prefornjng in front of the class and I was colombina 😭 (my final due tmr)

[@silly.xel.]

Pretend I spelt preforming right..

[@silly.xel.]

Performing

[@silly.xel.]

:3

[@Jenpgm]

I'm from Colombia and it's exciting the idea to have the possibility to be in one class at the national theatre just watching this videos.

[@ellie698]

What an amazing teacher!

[@MegaOttosen]

Thank you so much for making and posting these videos. My students and I myself have been profoundly inspired. Best Regards, the drama teacher at Frederikssund High School, Denmark

[@amandaaraujo-rr1xj]

5:05 my Brain studying for ALL my exams and processing ALL the things I have to do in the week😂😢😮😅

[@NationalTheatre]

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[@VladGhica]

Arlecchino s movement reminds me of Dio from Jojo s bizzare adventure.

[@friskierorca6212]

Same

[@MrKruger333]

i see youre a man of culture

[@winifredneary569]

Doing drama at home is hard but this isn’t bad!

[@sok1154]

Get a life😒

[@squarecleo02]

@@sok1154 mate they mean online classes :/

[@al7naa_]

*when your doing drama homework thats due tomorrow and your supposed to watch this video*

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Send me ur drama hw Alina 👺👺👺

[@riqtides8024]

lol same mr simpson finna haunt me if i dont :')

[@al7naa_]

@@riqtides8024 LAIILLAAAA!!!!HELLO DO UR DRAMA HW NOW

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xAlinaGamingx I DID ITTT ALINAAA ITS SO POORLY DONE THO 😭😭

[@CrocodileinLondon]

hi 7 dorothy who are watching this for their covid nine drama homeowrk lol

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Lol 7 Rose girl here 😂

[@clina1192]

heyy

[@clina1192]

@@zaraellis7409 Hi Zara LOL

[@sunnykelly3916]

Me lol

[@lashersquirrelslayer]

Looks like so much fun. It made me laugh from my belly too.

[@abukisami2200]

It’s not funny 0:49

[@lashersquirrelslayer]

@@abukisami2200I don't think it's supposed to be funny at 0:49...😬

[@jesusvillasmil1564]

Thank you so much. ❤

[@EnchantedSleepStories]

This is absolutely marvelous! So glad I stumbled onto this! What wonderous information :-)

[@83Mrs.Afton87]

I'm here rn cause him a fashion student and we have to make masks for the theatre group doing this

[@v.a2232]

I am so happy we had lockdown at this time otherwise we would have to be doing this in school thank God😂

[@PersianPourya]

Am I the only here just for my love for theater?

[@sheloveswilby]

the ending was awesome

[@EvilEddtheRed]

A phenomenal set of videos, thanks for sharing. One slight query - the Artful Dodger is described here as an Harlequino-type character, but to me he seems more of a Brighella - Fagin's second-in-command, cunning, in charge of the pick-pockets. Am I missing something?

[@IanWagner94]

Everybody: online class Me who's here just for fun: *hello fellow students...*

[@poo464]

nobody likes davinci house. here for online drama lol

[@TOCTAAM]

same school?

[@viyath1374]

@@TOCTAAM arhum

[@TOCTAAM]

@@viyath1374 yes viyath

[@buffpathfinder3607]

Okay now that all the theatre kids are here: Whats one of the most epic fails you have witnessed doing theatre?

[@stevereid4222]

this comment is an epic fail ibr

[@hopefulmelancholy7514]

Watching this for History of World Theater I in California,USA.

[@MrIntenseninja]

where's the witch

[@Heidiblackrose84]

who was the target audience for commedia dell' arte

[@KatZolitaMason]

+heidi fairgrieve The target audience is everyone who wants to step back from and have a laugh at humans- at human nature- at the roles we play in life and take so seriously and see them -and ourselves hopefully, from a distance to gain insight while also being amused by the comedy

[@shikatsu]

+heidi fairgrieve Mainly folks on the streets, it gave people a chance to mock the high and the mighty, or that guy down the street who was more cunning than smart if you catch my drift.

[@realIkeaMan]

huh, ive gotta watch adults act like alien children for Drama online school. Guess Ill do it.

[@Teddy-wz9mw]

Fatui harbingers brought me here.

[@iiangxel5676]

Guessing everyone is here for online class💀

[@alobchannel9786]

Mom come pick me up im scared

[@nguyentruongphu1383]

I'm here from genshin impact instead 😔

[@scaraswifeslay]

Same

[@yeahno2366]

When we have to do this for school but u can’t do it cuz ur shy 💀😭😭

[@Mauvee7]

Fantastic!!!

[@v.a2232]

1:38 they look like W2S Wroaetoshaw/Harry when he's making a football vid😂

[@brutha_edits]

LMAO

[@teresalynnhasan-kerr9373]

I spit out my coffee when I saw kabbalah

[@rachweebz2865]

i dont know how to start my onolougue on arlequin and its due tommorow :(

[@gamesgamerman5684]

I hope it went alright

[@valentijnvanhelsdingen2812]

Games Gamer Man lol it was 2 years ago

[@achi1657]

@@valentijnvanhelsdingen2812 lmao

[@jasmindunnet4005]

that dudes staring at her like what-

[@thubed4046]

All drama teachers are the same

[@hugoackooo1893]

the guys in the masks be looking like UK drill artists

[@gru2673]

pure hippie

[@randomizedgaming1707]

Let me guess, online school drama class?

[@Heidiblackrose84]

Is that the same for Shakespeare as well I loved learning about commedia dell arte it gave me a better under standing of some of the movent for new characters I am studying acting and performing level 5 at college

[@theodennis849]

Cool vid

[@Kpvker]

Is it possible to attend this sort of workshop with Didi Hopkins or some other expert without being a member of a specific school? I am graduating as an actor in a few months and I am looking for workshops and seminars to take all over the world after I graduate. And this is really inspiring me.

[@JasonKendallAstronomer]

It's easy to do. Do it the way they did it. Get this book: www.amazon.com/Scenarios-Commedia-DellArte-Flaminio-Rappresentative/dp/0879101334 Choose a scenario. Get some friends. Dress up funny and pretty. Go out to the park. Do the scenario. Use your voices and jump around to attract attention. Fill in the scenario with bits and banter, and make your audience laugh. Repeat until you are famous. That is what they did back then, and it's what's to be done today. It is quite telling that the books you see on amazon about this art form are the same ones I used 25 years ago. And they were old books then. There are no new ideas about it, and that is kind of the point. The purists want it to be preserved for all time because of its truly great historic value and of the moments of liberation that you get in the classes you take while wearing the masks. However, unless you're willing to actually put on the show, and see what'll keep an audience amused or better yet, open their wallet on the street (That's the Dell 'Arte part) and give you cash for being funny, then you'll just have to spend crazy sums to find the gurus on the various mountaintops to teach you the exact position of your hips and neck to impersonate the imagined construct of a written down form of a memory of the 20 people who did Arlecchino as their actual job between 1560 and 1630. Oh wait, there is an important point to all this that you'll need to remember. In all places where they performed, there existed official royal censors. Those were high-ranking officials in the monarchy that allowed who could say what in public without being thrown in the jail. The Commedia Players got around this by getting approval for their skits in advance and getting official sanction from the local nobility. They also aggressively defended this position by getting the local police/gend'arme to arrest anyone who dared to dress up and do what they did. This combination of the stamp of officialdom and aggressive (nasty) business practices assured that they were famous for many reasons. When the family Flavio came to town, they were literally the only ones allowed by law to perform in their manner. That'll be tough to replicate, but hey, Trump's president now, so many things seem to be changing. I bet if you can get him to say commedia is funny, and make him want to watch that and only that, and if he never leaves office (!) then maybe, just maybe, when the commedia players walk into the Oval Office, all the courtiers will rise and applaud because the aged, but still stunning, Ivanka the Red will be watching who isn't clapping.

[@candidacarino669]

To @ KarlPallson I'm not a drama actor/performer but I'd seen so many live stage plays in my life - - and I'd often wondered what you would have studied at theatre schools? I'm always enchanted tho - - seeing actors performing live on stage. And I'm inspired - - too.

[@hala4659]

I have to watch this for Drama homework I-

[@montereydentist]

Where I can find the rest of the video?

[@vexrose3629]

This is my drama homework

[@mitibi]

If my drama teacher would hear it, she would have a heart attack...

[@MissPumpkinJuice]

Why? :D

[@mitibi]

Yomayo because they fucked the comedia Dell Arte.

[@MissPumpkinJuice]

***** Oh, makes sense xD

[@Troy_309]

Someone looking at this and being like I'm telling mum and getting in trouble

[@bigmantintin2955]

whos here because of home work? 👇

[@charlotterosenthal3181]

sup Mr Kavanagh's extension class

[@Fruityminx]

This is so helpful! But I'm a little confused, where are Isabella and Flavio? They're both important characters with very distinctive movements as far as I've learnt, shouldn't they be included?

[@shenaecasilli5756]

Isabella and Flavio are inamorati so they do not wear masks. I think this video was highlighting the movements required to make the masks come to life

[@janovesakkestad7097]

You start with the emotion of the caracter before you start reading text its counter intuitivt therefore its the right way

[@shadowchanthehedgehog9383]

I got the answers!!! What does Didi say about where Commedia starts? Starts in the body. What does Didi say is the basis of everything, in terms of movement in Commedia? Hearing the breath. What do you notice the actors are focusing on when moving throughout the rehearsal space in the video? Running around and bouncing. What does Didi say about in between moments? However you turn make a moment of it. What does Didi say is the beginning of storytelling? Character and action. As a thanks for my help please subscribe to my channel

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fine

[@taniamgp]

gostei

[@xoneqraft_transport]

me and the boys at 3am:

[@bethnutter8246]

hi 7S

[@amabelsmith8612]

hey newman alevel drama if ur reading this plz help i don’t understand it at all 😃

[@Aaa.164]

Here for homestudy

[@codywantstobegood]

Hi 8eu2!

[@texting1000]

The Witch is never specified upon..was wondering if you could give me some pointers on that specific character shape?

[@roadtriiip]

can i kin the zanni

[@SparxIsKing]

8A ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@khybolt5169]

8A!!!

[@friskierorca6212]

DIO Approved

[@justinbloomfield8791]

hehe this is for my homework and its funny :)

[@kaiqing-c9v]

i came here for the roblox crossroads theme

[@hddude9783]

Lemme guess… Online drama?

[@alfayizzz1662]

jackson kids?

[@sarahlovett57]

Nice sound levels Mr Avery xx

[@3daysago266]

Does black clothing play a role in those classes?

[@kaitlynbennett1951]

A blank canvas-e.g theatre blacks does not distract yet enables one to create and become.

[@3daysago266]

Thank you.

[@AnnaTringhamCarmichael]

Most (all?) drama students wear black. Less distracting. Started with Jacques Copeau at the turn of the 20th Century.

[@rafaelcarvalho-photovideo9745]

Black is a neutral colour... Thats the main reason why it is used in most of the drama classes and plays... You have freedom to create

[@isweat_6788]

Bruh if no one in my from got cover then I wouldn't have to watch this

[@sob8666]

My son is watching this for a 6th Grade assignment

[@brokebstudies]

well our drama teachers seem to watch the same things

[@CAITLINCILLIER]

you forgot Isabella!

[@feathers.and.famine]

Isabella is one of the two lovers, officially known as innamorarta.

[@max-qv5dq]

1:55

[@oliverberridge3673]

who else is here because of corona virus

[@liamparent7266]

Esti que c bs

[@plasmacoin8132]

im not doing this for school-

[@PickAShoe1]

😂😂😂😂😂 Tapped guys

[@juizadevarajovem]

????

[@editedaudios7213]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Homework :| I just want to 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

[@micahjones675]

i am scared

[@TOCTAAM]

but why

[@Louis-tr4dl]

is anyone watching this who isnt doing this for school

[@affliction0001]

Reported the video for terrorism

[@robertvermeulen5949]

I'm a computer, I'm a computery guy, made all out of buttons and wires.two minuets later. DONT TOUCH MEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Yellow guys ears start to bleed. Don't hug me I'm scared quote

[@lilkingyeet9735]

whatttttttttttttt even is DIS this is so WIIRRRRD

[@MerlinsJester]

Rohan HD it’s acting workshops for late medieval/renaissance troupe style theater, so I’m not surprised you’re freaked out

[@kkwyxd6137]

I'm here because of Taliesin Jaffe, not drama class.

[@yoshik1890]

hhi

[@tsanchez4481]

lel so true

[@fredjackson9925]

I AM A YEEEEEET

[@nathanrea4503]

8A 😘😘😘

[@lemonyboi5844]

ISH?

[@frankbowman9493]

I hope this form survives.

[@sockhead4806]

bruh

[@pzepz5105]

okay, who else is here for online drama?

[@habeeb3743]

Yup