Master class – "Commedia and the Actor", By Ole Brekke, Founder of The Commedia School in Copenhagen. This class will be an active insight into the pedagogy of Carlo Mazzone-Clementi who was together with Ole during 15 years at The Commedia School. This class will focus on spontaneity and the preparation of the actor through the exercises we call “the showers.” The participants will be introduced to the metaphysical mask, the training mask invented by Carlo and developed further at The Commedia School. From this basis we will explore melodrama as a style especially well-suited to take on today’s critical environmental issues.