The Syllabus for CMdA 101
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The Syllabus for CMdA 101
Syllabus: CMdA 101 - Introduction to Commedia dell’Arte - The Confused Greenies Fall 2007 Dottore Gratiano, PhD, MBA, MFA, LLB, NFL, QRS, TUV, BA, BS, BS, BS from Wikipedia State University Mather Quad CircleLink Stop 450, x3801 [email protected] Office Hours: When I feel like it Suggested Reading: The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell'Arte, Antonio Fava The Italian Comedy, Pierre Louis Ducharte Lazzi: the Comic Routines of the Commedia dell’Arte, Mel Gordon Playing Commedia: A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques, Barry Grantham Commedia dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook, John Rudlin Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes, John Rudlin and Olly Crick Scenarios of the Commedia dell'Arte, Flaminio Scala (trans. by Henry F. Salerno) Required Reading: The Two-Hundred Eighty-Seven Uses of Sauerkraut, Dottore Gratiano Treatise on the 16th Century Muscovy Joint Stock Company, Dottore Gratiano The Rise and Fall of the Atari: Volume 4: Pong, Dottore Gratiano Synopsys: CMdA 101 is to serve as an introduction to commedia dell’arte with a focus on plot (improvised scenarios), stock characters (Masks), comedic stage business (lazzi), and humorous stage violence (slapstick). Student should leave class with the ability and desire to join The Confused Greenies (i Verdi Confusi). Schedule: --9/5 --9/12 --9/18 --9/29 --10/6 --10/2 --10/13 --11/9 --11/9 --11/20 --128 Introduction to CMdA 101: Introduction to Commedia dell’Arte Open Enrollment for The Confused Greenies Workshop #1: Funny Movements Play Attendance: Fools, Huntington Playhouse, 8pm Film Viewing: The Court Jester, Film Society, Strosacker, 7 & 9pm Workshop #2: Masked Making & Improvisation Play Attendance: What the Butler Saw, Eldred Mainstage, 8pm Film Viewing: The Simpsons Movie, Film Society, Strosacker, 7, 9, 11pm Performance of Dottore Gratiano’s Secret to Cartoon Physics, Strosacker, 9 & 11pm Workshop #3: Creating a Scenario Graduation Performance Review Requirements: -- Participation in class, workshops, and performances -- Learning a silly walk -- Workshopping a scenario -- Making a mask -- Making people laugh -- Slapstick -- Sexual innuendo / double entendre -- Making more people laugh -- 82.3% -- 26.0% -- 54.6% -- 10.1% -- 82.5% -- 52.2% -- 68.8% --108.5% Syllabus subject to change at any time by Dottore Gratiano; class may not be notified of change unless I feel like it. Class is expected to stay up to date of all changes in the schedule. (Edit by Isabella – please check filer.case.edu/org/commedia/ for class updates)