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BIPAF Master Class

'Commedia dell'arte' MASK WORKSHOP conducted by
Riccardo Pippa (director) and Cecilia Campani (actor)


Program	MASK WORKSHOP conducted by Riccardo Pippa and Cecilia Campani
Country	Italy, Korea
Organization	Riccardo Pippa, Cecilia Campani
Date	May 20 (Mon) ~ 24 (Fri) 2024 / 13:00 ~ 17:00
Venue	Busan Cinema Center Rehearsal Room 1
Announcement	Busan International Performing Arts Festival Opening Ceremony Presentation Performance (Busan Cinema Center) on May 24 / Dynamic Street Celebration Performance (Busan Cinema Center Outdoor Plaza) on May 25
Participation	15 people

Korea-Italy Diplomatic Relations 140th Anniversary Commemorative Masterclass
with the Master of 'Commedia dell'arte.'

<Master Class> is a workshop program of 21st BIPAF, with a focus on "Commedia dell'arte".

The program is a workshop for artists and students majoring in performing arts, including actors, directors, and performers, aimed at exploring original approaches to Commedia dell'Arte with director Riccardo Pippa and actor Sandro Pivotti.

Learn all about masks with Riccardo Pippa and Cecilia Campani from Teatro dei Gordi, renowned for expanding and evolving Italy's Commedia dell'arte tradition. Additionally, we will prepare a 10-minute presentation performance by innovatively combining modern theater and Commedia dell'arte, using masks to represent the characters, archetypes, and situations in the masks.

Details

Introduction of different types of masks: neutral masks, traditional Commedia dell'Arte masks, larval masks, fake noses, and contemporary papier-mâché masks.
Training focused on five fundamental aspects of working with masks: breath, gaze, essentiality, reaction time, and the pleasure of mistakes. This practice will allow a gradual, organic, and natural approach to acting with the mask.
Improvisations with different masks to explore their physicality, rhythm, and worldview, allowing each participant to discover a personal way to bring a character to life.
Group improvisations to investigate possible relationships between masks of the same type, between masks of different types, and between actors with and without masks.
Creation of small original scenes.

※ The contents of the workshop can be done fluidly depending on the situation.

Instructor Introduction
Riccardo Pippa and Cecilia Campani from Teatro dei Gordi

Riccardo Pippa

Riccardo Pippa is an author, director, and theatrical teacher. He began researching poetry, movement and painting with the Italian theater company Teatro dei Gordi, and made his debut at the Venice Biennale in 2020. Since 2021, has been a teacher of Acting, Mask, and Commedia dell'Arte at the Musical Theater School of Milan.

Career Highlights

- Graduated in directing at the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art
- Won in 2020 the Critics' Prize of the Italian Association of Theater Critics
- collaboration with the Paolo Grassi Foundation of Milano

Cecilia Campani

Cecilia Campani is an actor and an author. She learned acting with masks while working and studying with different Masters, such as Elena Bucci, Marco Sgrosso, and Mario Gonzales, as well as through the work with The Gordi under the guidance of Riccardo Pippa. In addition to the acting with masks, Cecilia has also dedicated to becoming an expert on Russian theatre master Vassiliev's acting method.

Career Highlights

- Graduated from Paolo Grassi School.
- Co-founder of the Teatro dei Gordi company.
- Worked in numerous theatre productions, directed by important Italian Directors.