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Commedia dell'Arte Day 2010
Dedication by Dario Fo

Actor-playwright, comedian, singer, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, painter and political campaigner, and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. Much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari (medieval strolling players) and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'Arte Day 2011
Dedication by Roberto Tessari

Professor of Drama Theater at DAMS University of Turin . In 1971 he was appointed by the French Ministry of Culture Maître de conférences associé at the University of Saint - Etienne . In 1975 the Academy of Sciences of Turin has given the Bonavera Prize for Literature . From 1980 to 1993 he taught History of Theatre at the University of Pisa and the University of Cosenza . He is playwright and essayist.

Commedia dell'Arte Day 2012
Dedication by Miguel Romero Esteo

He achieved ​​the most important dramatic literature awards: the Europe Award (1985 ) granted by the Council of Europe and delivered to the city of Venice ; Andalusia Prize Award and Luis de Góngora ( 2008) of the Government of Andalusia ; National Dramatic Literature Award (2008 ), Ministry of Culture, among other awards and recognitions. His name was linked to the antifranquista theatre.

Commedia dell'Arte Day 2013
Dedication by Üstün Akmen

Commedia dell'Arte Day 2015
Dedication by Giorgio Albertazzi

Actor and theater director, appeared in numerous feature films and TV . He debuted in 1949 with director Luchino Visconti . In 2003 he was director of the Teatro di Roma and the following year received the prestigious 'Gassman' carrer Award.

Commedia dell'Arte Day 2016
Dedication by Antonio Fava

Actor, comedian, author, director, musician, mask maker and Internationally renowned Maestro of Commedia dell'arte who lives in Reggio Emilia, Italy.