5 - THE MASTERS OF COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE

In 1987 Claudia Contin Arlecchino moved to Venice where she attended the School of Theater A l'Avogaria, founded by Giovanni Poli and directed by his wife Carla Poli.
In 1987 she also began her first appearances in the role of Harlequin, within some assignments by the Teatro a L'Avogaria and in some Venetian cultural festivals. Also in Venice she met, among the various experts, the Masters of Commedia dell'Arte, of whom she worked mainly with Renzo Fabris, Tommaso Todesca, Enrico Bonavera and the director Ferruccio Merisi for the connections with the so called Third Theatre. A dedication by Claudia Contin Arlecchino to these Masters is contained in her essay "Journey in the Commedia dell'Arte", published in 1995 within the magazine "Trials of Dramaturgy" by CIMES - University of Bologna.
In 2014 she had the opportunity to work on stage next to the Master Ferruccio Soleri at the project of CRT of Milan "Arlecchini e Arlecchini" by Paolo Rossi. Since 1996 she collaborated with Benvenuto Cuminetti at the Teatro Donizzetti in Bergamo and then with the director Tato Russo at the Accademia Bellini in Naples for a new diffusion of Commedia dell'Arte techniques on the national territory for the training of contemporary actors. Since 2003 she has collaborated with Master Peppe Barra for the diffusion of Neapolitan culture and Mediterranean music in relation to the Commedia dell'Arte and the mask of Pulcinella.
In 2014 she has the opportunity to work on stage alongside Master Ferruccio Soleri on the occasion of the Milan CRT project Arlecchini e Arlecchini by Paolo Rossi. The collaborations with Ferruccio Soleri continue in the following years for the diffusion of the Commedia dell'Arte in the culture of the Third Millennium.