Commedia Dell'Arte Research

I've been watching several YouTube videos on Commedia Dell'Arte and listening to several instructors who do this proffesionally in order to help the actors in our troupe and class to help grasp the movements and physicality of the actual commedia characters that they are portraying. Here are several videos that I found useful in order to help direct the characters and help them to become as expressive as they can while stilling improvising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUnaNTfTzuM&feature=related
This video helps the actors associate the movements of the characters with the attitude, but also with animals, which makes it easier to visualize and use during the improvisation. I think that the comparison between a few of the characters and animals will definitely help our actors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzGx1HbYwWk&feature=related
This scene will help with Alessa and Augusto as they try and develop their scene when pantalone will be flirty with columbina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReMHC4JnSi0&feature=related
I found this video that could be used by Elena so she could learn how to use her body more and since she is a dancer, I don't think that she will have hard time doing so.