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Maggie Capone, Muhlenberg College

Semester Physical Theatre Program

Here we are at the end of the road. All at once it feels like I’ve been here forever and for no time at all. Becca asked us what we were going to miss and then urged us to remember the sensations that we associate with the Accademia. So, I thought I might share some of my favorite sensations from here at the Accademia for those that will be coming here next to look forward to:

1. the smell of fresh espresso in the morning
2. feeling the cold tile under my feet
3. the sound of someone opening their window
4. looking over at the duomo on a foggy day
5. the feeling of new sheets on linen exchange day
6. the satisfying feeling of opening up the door to the limonaia on the first try
7. searching around in the fruit bin for the perfect orange
8. the sound of others at work
9. the wind during windstorms
10. hearing the birds sing during a moment of silence in class

thank you ADA for some of the best moments in my life and for some of the best friends I could ask for.

 

Ariana Starkman, University of Pittsburgh

Semester Physical Theatre Program

Goodbye, Arezzo

I know I’ll take you with

me

 

bye sunrise sunset yellow peeling walls orchestra of alarm

clocks

never just one smell

 

hanging up laundry steep climbs and large

piazzas

vineyards and olives

 

Alison Bashford, Muhlenberg College

Dance Program

Soon

Silly Thursday nights in the studio

Will soon turn into early mornings in the studio

Ciaos

Will soon turn into hellos

 

Stimulating conversations at midnight

Will soon turn into videochatting in free time

Rolling hills and tall thin trees

Will soon turn into lawns and suburban hedges

 

Dirt roads leading to the vineyards

Will soon turn into paved sidewalks that lead to homes

Yellow walls that stain your clothes

Will soon turn into light blue walls with old posters of boy bands

 

Seeing the people you have grown so fond of

Will soon turn into seeing things that remind you of them

The home we have found and have come to love

Will soon turn into Home

 

But this also means

Calling loved ones at odd hours

Will soon turn into hugging loved ones tight

Tomatoes and fresh cheese and pasta and gelato

Will soon turn into peanut butter and jelly and chinese food and ben and jerry’s

 

Videochatting your best friends

Will soon turn into stimulating conversations at midnight

Home

Will soon turn into home