Dell'Arte School is located in Northern California in the town of Blue Lake in Humboldt County near the major population centers of Eureka and Arcata. The school of commedia dell'arte and physical theatre encompasses the Dell'Arte Company and the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Since 1991 the Dell'Arte has hosted the Mad River Festival in late June concurrent with their summer workshops. The festival draws participants from all over the world, and includes "The Blue Lake Pageant" featuring giant puppets, musicians, dancers and performers. Dell'Arte also has a youth academy which works with local schools to develop ensemble productions. Northern California (sometimes NorCal or NoCal) refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, roughly covering all of those counties except for the ten counties which make up Southern California. ... EUREKA is a research and development funding and coordination organization of the European Union founded in 1985. ... Karel Dujardins set his closely-observed scene of a travelling troupes makeshift stage against idealized ruins in the Roman Campagna: dated 1657 (Louvre Museum) Commedia dellarte, (Italian, meaning comedy of professional artists) was a form of improvisational theater which began in the 16th century and was popular until... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• [Dell'Arte International (http://www.dellarte.com/index.php)]