It’s our first full week of classes at the ADA! Our new group of Undergrad Physical Theatre and Dance students are beginning to be settled in. Below One Year Student Dara, Dance Student Nadia, and Physical Theatre Students Livia, and Jem express their excitement and goals for the semester!

Back for round 2 at ADA this semester! As one of the four students here studying in the one-year physical theatre program I am so excited to be back! We had a crazy week, hit the ground running in classes, and are already very busy! Our main class currently is Physical Theatre and it has been a blast! In this week alone I already feel like I have learned so much so I can’t wait to see what the rest of the semester holds. It has been so great getting to know everyone and to be back in Arezzo. Here’s to another great semester 🙂

 Nadia Ureña, Muhlenberg College

We have only been here for about a week but I feel as though I have learned and experienced so much already. It’s been so much fun and filled with pasta, pizza, and, of course, gelato. My goal for this semester is to absorb as much knowledge about dance styles outside of the ones I’m most comfortable. I’m really looking forward to learning Tanztheater and Butoh! I also hope to immerse myself with the people in town and improve my Italian.

 Livia Chesley, Bennington College

My goals for this semester at the Accademia are:

To allow old habits to dissolve as I build new structures that facilitate my artistic and interpersonal growth.
To learn about process in theater-making and refine my own methods to best allow for creative abundance and to celebrate each step taken.
To learn how to choose authenticity over social acceptance by fine-tuning my ears to my inner truth and impulses to express.
To learn about the way I move and the kind of work I want to create.
To believe in my work and my journey.
To uncover more truths about my larger role.