발레작품에 유입된 코메디아 델 아르테의 유형적 인물에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study to clarify the relation between Commedia dell’arte, which is an Italian impromptu mask comedy, with comic typical characters shown in ballets works. The necessity of this research was raised from the fact that Commedia dell’arte emphasizes body language based on motioning performance rather than speech and that the names and characteristics of typical characters are the same as those of comic characters in ballets. Theoretical Background draws the focus of this research by analyzing impromptu acting, typical characters and masks, which are the characteristics of popular plays that excited the entire Europe including Italy and France during the 16th thought 18th centuries and, examined the effects of typical characters in Commedia dell’arte, which has exerted significant influence on Western theatrical art for around 200 years, on other genres such as play, literature, opera, film and pantomime. Reviewed the historical link that, in the middle of the popularity, Commedia dell’arte entered the palace and typical characters appeared in comedy ballets by dramatist Molière. The main part of this research, analyzed the effects of Commedia dell’arte introduced in ballets, focused on ballets, the titles of which are the same as the names of typical characters in Commedia dell’arte. Through this study, I found that typical characters in Commedia dell’arte were introduced in ballets with different characteristics and personalities and handed down to the present. Most of all, Commedia dell’arte that extended the horizon of body language through motioning performance is in the same vein as the tasks of dance art. Its characteristic expanding artistry and creativity gushing out of it based on its professionalism is a virtue to be actively admitted and studied by dancers and should be taken as a model by contemporary dance artists.