Every alumnus of the Accademia dell’Arte has a favorite memory of life in Tuscany, whether it is found in a small corner of nature as uniquely wrapped in history, or a special moment with a new friend, a shared epiphany perhaps, or maybe an accomplishment or self discovery achieved through hard work and encouragement...
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Stepping Into Spring Our Spring 2018 undergraduate students have arrived and are already hard at work! This semester, twenty undergraduate Physical Theatre students, nine Dance students, and four students in the One Year Physical Theatre program will live together at Villa Godiola for a rigorous, creative, and transformative artistic experience. The first two weeks...
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Over the past two weeks, the theatre students got to work with a dance faculty member, Sabine, on Laban movement technique. I had a lot of breakthrough moments in her class that really helped me open my mind to all of the things that my body can do. We focused on Laban analysis, which...
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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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Jump start your professional Laban training at the Accademia! We are very pleased to announce that starting Spring 2013 the Laban-Bartenieff-Course offered by the Accademia, and taught by dance program director and master teacher Sabine Fichter, will cover the necessary prerequisites for students interested in completing the professional Certificate Program in Laban Movement...
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