In this week’s ADA blog, physical theatre students Liliana and KG talk about joyful experiences that they had both in class and in town as the semester is starting to come to an end. Read on to hear all about it! Liliana Mastroanni, Skidmore College Semester Physical Theatre Program Hey hi hello! It’s Liliana...
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Physical theatre students, Julia and Siena, and Dance student, Lilianne, give us a peek at what their recent adventures were like, from mask-making to traveling for the long weekend! Julia Way, Muhlenberg College Semester Physical Theatre Program Some haikus from my weekend travels! Prague The people are kind Castle, cold walks, and hot wine...
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This week we hear from Kendra, Ellie, Julie, and Emma! Kendra Weingast, Muhlenberg College Semester Phyiscal Theatre Program Washington, D.C. to Arezzo, Italy… Things You Didn’t Prepare to be Different 1) Eggs Yolks Here are Orange We’re unsure why, but hoping it means the chickens are healthier. 2) Breakfast Food as a Whole Just...
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This week Kiarra, Maggie, Jess, and Abigail talk about some exciting courses like mask making and training in Ljubljana, as well as reflecting on what their time here so far has taught them about themselves. Kiarra Donnelly, Coastal Caronlina University This week we arrived at our highly anticipated mask making unit. In Commedia class, we...
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Molly Tomhave is a Seattle based artist and a founding member of Tut’Zanni theatre company. Her positive spirit, thoughtful provocations and fresh sense of humor brings a much needed perspective and uplifting energy to the group. We’re delighted she took the time to share her experiences with us. Enjoy! – When did you attend...
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Tut’Zanni Theatre Company is an all ADA Alumni commedia company based out of NYC. ALi Landvatter is a Spring 2006 Alumna that has taken the commedia world by storm. She founded Tut’Zanni Theatre Company with colleague Dory Sibley in November 2011. After 5 years and 5 shows, Tut’Zanni is still going strong and will...
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One of the reasons we love the Summer Arts Program is that it attracts students from many different disciplines, filling the villa with a uniquely diverse cohort. We think it’s exciting to find out how students who spend a majority of their time studying other subjects think about art making, and how they claim identities...
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Commedia dell’Arte with Michela Mocchiutti We asked: Mikaela Salcedo (Ball State University), and Gabe Halstead-Alvarez (Interlochen Center for the Arts) What has been your favorite moment in class so far? Gabe: One of my favorite moments has to be when we worked with partners. Being the youngest student in the program, I have learned...
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Allegra Libonati is a Resident Director at the American Repertory Theater in Boston, MA. She is also one of the founding members of the all ADA Alumni company, Tut’Zanni Theatre Company. She took the time to tell us a little about her time at the Accademia, how it has influenced her creative life and all...
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Time is ticking as we are now less than one month away from opening our first MFA ensemble show, Fleatown, and everything is on track! Costumes are being assembled, we’ve walked through the entire first half and are adding in the details to the script. Our next step is to take what we have...
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