Monkey who wants to be a Gorilla Il – Capitano (balloon in chest) Gorilla playing a peacock- La Signora Understand (Balloon in Centre of Turtle Pantalone (Balloon in back) – gravity and Chicken Dottore (balloon in belly) – how body something about food or science posture and movement is Reflection: different in Becoming a character and being recognizable as Commedia soon as you appear on stage is key. The character, emotion and conversation to the audience must be shown through not only mask and costume but also non-verbal communication (use of body) Lesson two: Warm up activity (At teacher discretion) Introduction to ZANNI - Looking at Zanni poster Understand Students standing in a circle – the correct Standing in neutral Commedia position (feet posture and shoulder width the part, moving feet out on a movement for angle, knees bent, arms loose) slide one foot each character out straight should be to the side. Arms light and – and apply it to often moving a lot as ZANNI is a servant and does their bodies lots of work. ZANNI STANCE ZANNI JUMP
Understand Centre of gravity and how body posture and movement is different in Commedia Understand the correct posture and movement for each character and apply it to their bodies Monkey who wants to be a Gorilla – Il Capitano (balloon in chest) Gorilla playing a peacock- La Signora (Balloon in Turtle – Pantalone (Balloon in back) Chicken – Dottore (balloon in belly) something about food or science Reflection: Becoming a character and being recognizable as soon as you appear on stage is key. The character, emotion and conversation to the audience must be shown through not only mask and costume but also non-verbal communication (use of body) Lesson two: Warm up activity (At teacher discretion) Introduction to ZANNI - Looking at Zanni poster Students standing in a circle – Standing in neutral Commedia position (feet shoulder width the part, moving feet out on a angle, knees bent, arms loose) slide one foot out straight – should be to the side. Arms light and often moving a lot as ZANNI is a servant and does lots of work. ZANNI STANCE ZANNI JUMP
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