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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Finding an Ending… Or a New Beginning: An ADA Newsletter The end of a semester is always a strange mixture of emotions for faculty, staff and students. It is simultaneously the excitement, stress and exhaustion of preparing final projects, followed in quick succession by the euphoria of a performance then the inevitable realization of...
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Collin David Beach, Coastal Carolina University Semester Physical Theatre Program At the time I am writing this, we are a little ways pass the one month marker for being here, and have just passed the marker for a month remaining. Being here is second nature by now. You know the classes like the back...
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New Energy, New Connections, New Collaboration: an Accademia dell’Arte Newsletter Like every Fall, we had the pleasure of opening our doors to a group of curious and talented actors and musicians. What came to us as a dedicated student body is now already deeply immersed into their learning process here at Villa Godiola and...
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Winter is Coming and so are the Holidays: an Accademia dell’Arte Newsletter Everyone here at the Accademia dell’Arte wishes you and yours a very happy holidays. We are humbled and grateful to everyone who has supported us over the past 14 years. In this time we have received support in so many ways. From...
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Below Rebekah Dawn shares her thoughts on the second site-specific performance we’ve seen this summer: The Devising Grid. Picking up from the post, the amazing thing about having site specific performances at the Villa Godiola is the potential they have to speak more deeply to the students. Living and training on site with...
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For the first week of the Physical Theatre Intensive, students worked with guest faculty Leigh Fondakowski in a course called The Devising Grid. Leigh Fondakowski is a playwright, screenwriter, author, and director. She was the head writer of The Laramie Project, co-writer of Laramie: Ten Years Later, and an Emmy Nominated co-screenwriter for the film adaptation...
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The Home Stretch: a Fall 2017 ADA Newsletter The Fall 2017 undergrads have completed two thirds of their semester abroad. After an adventure-filled fall break everyone is back and ready to work. Every studio, practice room, and rehearsal space at the villa is in use, as these eager artists begin to prepare for their end-of- semester presentations....
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A note from the President of the ADA Alumni Association: Happy Holidays to all of our wonderful ADA Alumni! In addition to our Alumni Spotlights on the Adalife Blog, we are delighted to begin circulating our Alumni Newsletter. In this edition of the Alumni Newsletter we catch up with Molly Sides, Louise Mellor and...
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We are starting a brand new series of fun getting-to-know-you interviews between students and faculty, and the first one features ADA queen of all things voice, alumni, marketing, and more: Dory Ford Sibley! Check out her full interview with Fall 2016 physical theatre students Yipei Shao (Emory University) and September McCarthy (Muhlenberg College) below!
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