Dell’Arte honored long-term Lighting Designer Michael Foster with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, June 28. Michael, also known as “spike,” has worked with Dell’Arte for over 30 years, not only designing lights for Company and Festival shows, but also operating the light board for many shows, and assisting hundreds of DAI students with their technical needs. A beloved figure …
Dell’Arte International Awarded California Arts Council “Veterans in the Arts” Grant
Blue Lake, CA – Today the California Arts Council announced a grant award of $16,200 to Dell’Arte International as part of its Veterans in the Arts program. Veterans in the Arts addresses the needs and improves the lives of California’s veterans by increasing equity, access, and opportunities for veterans to participate in quality arts programming that is sensitive and responsive …
Dell’Arte honored with 2019 Award for Civic Contribution
Dell’Arte International was recently honored by the League of Women Voters Humboldt County with a 2019 Award for Civic Contribution. Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle and Producing Artistic Director Michael Fields accepted the award on behalf of DAI. The 28th Annual League of Women Voters luncheon hosted over 400 of Humboldt County’s political leaders and activists. Dell’Arte is grateful for …
“Bird of the Inner Eye” receives opera funding
Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle and composer Gina Leishman will spend the year working on a new chamber opera, “Bird of the Inner Eye,” based on the letters of painter Morris Graves. In June 2020, DAI will present work-in-progress showings, with a cast of local singers and musicians. The development of “Bird of the Inner Eye” received funding from OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female …
Dell’Arte’s 3rd Year Ensemble win accolades at UNAM Theatre Festival in Mexico
The 3rd Year MFA Ensemble have just returned from a successful and exciting week in Mexico City, where they performed their original tragedy, CITIZENS OF NOWHERE. As part of the Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario, hosted by the Centro Cultural Universitario and UNAM, the students were able to attend shows, participate in workshops, and network with international theatre artists from …
Dell’Arte’s Pratik Motwani performs as the Opening Ceremony Keynote at KCACTF
Congratulations to Dell’Arte International Resident Artist Pratik Motwani for being invited as the Opening Ceremony Keynote Address by the 2019 Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival and Conference with the performance of his multimedia solo show #//<EMBEDDED>//# The show performed at the Washington Pavilion Summervold Hall in Sioux Falls, SD for an audience of 1500+ including college theatre students and university …
Announcing 3 New Programs from Dell’Arte!
The new year brings with it three new programs from Dell’Arte! The Actor and The Mask The 2019 Dell’Arte Intensive in Minneapolis April 1 – April 5, 2019 Join DAI School Director Lauren Wilson, Joe Krienke and Stephanie Thompson in a week-long mask intensive in collaboration with Soma Studios in Minneapolis. Work will include physical training, mask technique, and collaborative …
Dell’Arte Master Teacher Michael Fields in Denmark
Dell’Arte’s Producing Artistic Director Michael Fields will be teaching a free workshop at Move’n Act in Aarhus, Denmark on Friday, January 25 from 6 – 8 p.m. The workshop is designed to introduce students to the training of Dell’Arte International. Be prepared to move! Email Move’n Act to sign up for the workshop. Click here!
3rd Year MFA Ensemble selected for UNAM Theatre Festival in Mexico
Dell’Arte’s 3rd Year MFA Ensemble have been selected to perform their original tragedy “Citizens of Nowhere” at UNAM Teatro International Theatre Festival in Mexico. This original tragedy was devised as part of their second-year studies, written and staged by the eight actor-creators over the course of seven weeks, under the guidance of and in collaboration with Dell’Arte faculty members Sayda …
Lifetime Achievement Award to Joan Schirle
The Association of Movement Theatre Educators (ATME) honored DAI’s Founding Artistic Director, Joan Schirle, with the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award on August 3. ATME is the premier organization of and for theatre practitioners who specialize in physical training. The award recognizes Joan’s contributions to the field, having devoted her life’s work as an actor, deviser and teacher to research of the …