As I get older, the line between teacher and student has been fading out gradually. Here at the ADA we take classes with working theatre professionals, true artists making a living from their art, and luckily for us students from the classes they teach. The teachers here at the ADA are so much more...
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In the pre-arrival documents for the Accademia dell’Arte, it was noted that European instructors might be more critical than the American instructors most of us are used to. Maybe it’s because I’ve previously worked with artists from around the world in and outside of the university setting, but what I’ve experienced over the past...
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Welcome to the MFA student profile series. Each month we’ll be giving you the opportunity to get to know one of our fellow cohort members. This month we’ll be starting with Rhianna! Name: Rhianna Smith Age: 31 Where are you from? Johnson City TN native, residences in New York and Minneapolis, hotel living around the...
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One word. One simple word. Yet, this word encompasses the entirety of our second semester and in an instant this simple word becomes vast and our mountain to climb. As MFA students we spent the first semester here at Accadamia dell’Arte building a collective foundation and developing a common language to use when devising...
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Life in Italy: All the rumors are true. The people are prettier, dress better, eat better, live better, and are more loving. But there have been a few curveballs thrown my way, I hadn’t known before I arrived. People are nice! I was told before I got here that people, especially working in any...
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This semester we hope to become fluent in Italian, collaborate with fellow students of cross-disciplines, push our limits, be put out our comfort zones, choreograph, devise, learn instruments, eat a lot of good food and never feel bad about it, immerse ourselves in the Italian culture, see as much of Italy as possible, find...
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Our first week here at the Accademia has truly been a whirlwind. Most of us couldn’t imagine actually getting here, actually living in a villa in Italy, and now we are here – and we are quite literally living. Our introduction to Italy has been nothing short of incredible, from where we live at...
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The cohort spent the final week of their first fall semester together at FLIC Circus School in Torino, located in Northern Italy. Housed in the premises of the Italian national gymnastic association, FLIC is an institution which includes state of the art facilities and enjoys a national and international reputation for training performers in contemporary...
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The Accademia dell’Arte is celebrating 10 beautiful years in 2014! What better way to celebrate than with 10 great Alumni Spotlights. We are kicking this year off with the two founders of ClownMa in California. Jeremy Hohn and Alex Makardish have taken the art of Clowning to a totally new level using their commedia...
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Introducing the official blog of Accademia Dell’Arte MFA program! This blog is designed specifically to follow the lives and experiences of the ADA MFA program, starting with the third incoming cohort 2013-15. We’re an interesting group of people to say the least. With our backgrounds ranging from childrens theatre to burlesque, and our home...
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The 2014 CrisisART Festival invitation has been released and their website has been launched. Last year the festival hosted participants from South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, USA, Italy, Australia, Brazil and Canada. The CrisisART Collective is currently working on a crowd funding campaign to reduce the costs for the 2014 participants on Indiegogo.com (search CrisisART...
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What won’t stick out when I look back on my time here at ADA? But I think what I’ll remember most is the pure freedom to create, encouragement to do so and collaborate with those around me from teachers, and willingness and excitement to work together and make something happen from my peers (or...
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