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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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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Under the (hot) Tuscan Sun: an Accademia dell’Arte Newsletter Summer is an exciting time here at the Accademia dell’Arte. The Villa is full of young artists soaking up every ounce of knowledge from their peers and the summer faculty. Summer Intensives are an opportunity for students in Dance and Physical Theatre to explore and...
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Why Do We Go Away? So That We Can Come Back: an Accademia dell’Arte Newsletter Every semester it’s a surprise how fast time flies. There are three weeks left in the Spring 2019 semester and the students are caught between the excitement of going back home to places and people they know and the...
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New Year, New Us: an Accademia dell’arte Newsletter Thanks for checking out the first newsletter of the Spring 2019 semester. We are one month into the semester and the spirit of collaboration is in the air. The villa is filled with students from thirteen different universities, who are participating in one of three different...
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Arrivederci, Spring 2017 Semester! We can’t believe it, but the Spring 2017 semester has come to a close. The undergraduate Physical Theatre and Dance students finished strong with final performances in Tarantella, Voice, Movement, Contemporary Dance and Commedia dell’Arte. On the graduate side, MFA Cohort IV has completed the Grad Lab Festival while Cohort...
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Spring is in the Air: an MFA Newsletter The Spring 2017 semester at the ADA is well underway. In fact, we are already nearing it’s conclusion! Both MFA cohorts are hard at work: Cohort V is preparing for their Commedia showing, which will run for two days at the Teatro Virginian in Arezzo, while...
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Missed our latest newsletter? Want to read full student and staff interviews? Look no further! We’ve got you covered. Geoffrey Solomon: Physical Theatre, Emory University GA The Accademia is a completely different program from anything I’ve ever been a part of before. Students at the Accademia are encouraged to break personal boundaries through an...
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Fall 2016: The Halfway Mark We can never believe how fast the semesters fly by and fall 2016 has proven to be no exception. Having just returned from fall break, physical theatre students are currently immersed in Mask Making with Andrea Cavarra, while music students are welcoming Furman professor Mark Britt as their second...
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