I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA

A DAY IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 

Dates: April 19,20, 21, 23             May 3, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24,  26, 27             June 6,7,8,9, 10

Time: 10 am-1:30 pm

Experience what thousands of school kids have enjoyed at Caramoor. A Day in the Renaissancewill take your children and family to Italy in the sixteenth century with songs and dances, street theater, music, masks and banners and a few words from Will Shakespeare. I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA, (the Jesters of the Square) comes to the schools in colorful costumes, with a special children’s workshop of Italian Renaissance Instruments, music, dance and Theatre of the Commedia dell’Arte.

The actors will explain the Italian Renaissance history, talking about the painters, art, sculptures, explorers, music, and theatre. The musicians will demonstrate instruments as recorders, viola, and violin renaissance guitar;  demonstrate the masked character of the comical Renaissance theatre of Commedia dell’Arte such as Pulcinella, Arlecchino, Don Giovanni, and the woman Ricciulina; and also demonstrate a sword fight in Renaissance style. They will teach songs with gestures, typical of the Commedia character entitled Ricciulina, and the popular Renaissance dance Tarantella del ‘600 from the 16th century.