Convegno «Comicità23»

From March 23-25, 2023, the international conference, which grew out of Anna Stoll Knecht’s “Ambition” project “Music and clowning in Europe, 20th-21st c.,” will explore the mechanics and theories of comedy, humor and laughter at the Dimitri Academy (Verscio).

Program March 24, 2023
Session 2 – Theatrical and circus perspectives
09:30 – 10:15
Demis Quadri (Accademia Dimitri): “La macchina dei lazzi. Meccanismi comici nella commedia dell’arte”

10:15 – 11:00
Lise Michel (Université de Lausanne and CET): “L’humour de Molière”

11:00 – 11:15
Coffee break

11:15 – 12:00
Alessandro Serena (Università degli Studi, Milan): “Circo e comicità”

12:00 – 13:30
Lunch break

Session 3 – Clowns and theater: Dario Fo and Dimitri
13:30 – 14:15
Giampaolo Gotti (Accademia Dimitri): “Il Mistero Buffo di Dario Fo”

14:15 – 15:00
Matthias Martelli (actor, Italy): “Il grammelot: la lingua universale di Dario Fo”

15:00 – 17:00
Masha Dimitri: “Il mondo Dimitri”, tour of the Piccolo Teatro and the Museo Comico

18:00 – 19:30
Dinner

20:00
Matthias Martelli “Il primo miracolo di Gesú Bambino”