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Lecture by Giovanni Pampiglione combined with a work demonstration Tue 14 October 2014, 18:00 Laboratory Theatre Space Admission free This lecture will discuss the birth of commedia dell’arte – its ideas, history and development, first in Italy in the 16th century, and then in an exile initiated by the Catholic Church, when it penetrated other European countries, particularly Northern Europe and France. At the time Italian comedy was particularly influenced by Molière. What was at the heart of this theatre’s phenomenon and its popularity, which continued until the end of the 18th century when commedia dell’arte actors made a triumphant comeback to Italy, and particularly to Venice? What was the impact of commedia dell’arte on European theatre? The lecture will be accompanied by a work demonstration in which actors (Ewa Kamas, Leszek Czarnota, Andrzej Hrydzewicz) will present an acting method developed by Giovanni Pampiglione based on commedia dell’arte techniques  Giovanni Pampiglione is a director, educator, author and translator. He studied at La Sapienza University, Rome, and at the Directing Department of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw. He debuted in 1971 with a production of Carlo Gozzi’s The Blue Monster at Teatr Polski in Wroc³aw. In 1980 he opened L’Atelier di Formia, where invited artists stage productions in Italian, based on 20th-century Polish drama. He works as a director in dramatic theatres and operas in Italy, the Netherlands, France, Island, Poland and the UK. He has translated Polish poetry and drama into Italian, including Zygmunt Krasiñski’s The Undivine Comedy. In recognition of “the promotion of Polish theatrical culture across the world”, the International Theatre Institute awarded him a 2004 Stanis³aw Ignacy Witkiewicz Award. Pampiglione runs workshops and training sessions with both students and professional actors across Europe, including France, Italy, England, Finland and the USA. In Poland, he has lectured at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw and at the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. |