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Summer Arts Program
June 2 - 29, 2013
This study abroad summer program offers students the opportunity to customize their own course of study by choosing from courses in the performing arts, humanities, and Italian language. This program is offered in partnership with the University of Rochester.
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PROGRAM DATES
Summer Arts Program 2013
June 2 - June 29
Application Deadline: March 15
APPLY NOW for this program
Please visit the Tuition & Fees page for complete details on all program costs.
*This program is offered in partnership with University of Rochester. If you are a Rochester Student you will need to check with your study abroad office for detailed information on this program.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Students choose two of the four courses taught by both Rochester faculty and European faculty of the Accademia, to create a course of study that is custom tailored to their areas of interest:
Commedia dell'Arte: Acting I
Students receive six credit hours.
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
TART I15 Commedia dell’Arte: Acting I
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Michela Mocchiutti
From the sixteenth to the late eighteenth century the itinerant performers of the Commedia dell’arte developed a style of acting and performance that was to have a tremendous impact on the development of the European theatre. In the twentieth century this style was rediscovered and once again influenced such movements as the expressionist theatre, theatre of the absurd and the futurist’s experiments, as well as individual artists such as Meyerhold, Gordon Craig, Samuel Beckett, Lecoq, Mnouchkine and many others. A study of the traditional techniques developed by Commedia provides modern actors with a vastly expanded artistic repertoire from which to develop a personal style.
This acting class will develop the practical use of the masks of the stock characters of the Commedia dell’arte. Through work on gesture, voice and movement within a specific socio/historical context, students will explore the characteristics of Arlechino, Zanni, Brighella, Pantalone, Colombina and others, with the intention of developing the student’s own personal version of the character.
The class format will be based on intensive studio work with daily exercises designed to develop the masked character. Students will work on improvisational techniques through work on various scenari and lazzi. Scene study in the form of short scenes, or canovacci, takes place in the final phase of the work.
The application of Commedia masks in comic traditions from Goldoni through Gozzi to Molière and Marivaux may also be a feature of this course, depending on faculty.
See Michela's bio under core faculty.
TART I24 Mask Making: The Masks of Commedia dell'Arte
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Torbjörn Alström
This course focuses on the basics of creating leather masks specifically for use in commedia dell’arte improvisations. The students are walked through step by step from original idea to final product. Each student will make a sketch in clay, which will be used as a model for the mould they will carve in wood. On this the students will shape, refine, and paint the leather.
The purpose of the class is to give each student the ability to create a functional leather mask. Students will understand how to fully realize an artistic idea in a concrete form.
See Torbjörn's bio under guest faculty.
Film in Italy: Cinema and Mezzogiorno
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Federico Siniscalco, PhD
The course analyzes how the South of Italy has been represented in contemporary Italian cinema. Covering famous filmmakers, such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio DeSica, to lesser known authors, such as Antonio Capuano and Leonardo DiCostanzo, and different genres, ranging from the romantic comedy to crime film and documentary, the students will observe how the South of
Italy has been seen as a land of extremes, and as a territory characterized by specific recurring traits.
Films will be examined for their content, and for the formal choices that have been adopted to construct a given representation of the South. Basic notions of film theory and film history (specifically relating to Italian cinema) will be dealt with during the course, together with an overview of film practice, designed to help the students better understand certain esthetic choices made by the filmmakers.
See Federico's bio under summer faculty.
June 2 - 29, 2013
This study abroad summer program offers students the opportunity to customize their own course of study by choosing from courses in the performing arts, humanities, and Italian language. This program is offered in partnership with the University of Rochester.
LEARN MORE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PROGRAM DATES
Summer Arts Program 2013
June 2 - June 29
Application Deadline: March 15
APPLY NOW for this program
Please visit the Tuition & Fees page for complete details on all program costs.
*This program is offered in partnership with University of Rochester. If you are a Rochester Student you will need to check with your study abroad office for detailed information on this program.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Accademia dell'Arte's Summer Arts Program is highly personalized. It gives students the rare opportunity to work in a community of shared interests where exploring, sharing and reflecting provide the basis of personal development within a context of social engagement. By combining performing arts with liberal studies in a unique community this four-week summer course offers an intense artistic experience.
Students choose two of the four courses taught by both Rochester faculty and European faculty of the Accademia, to create a course of study that is custom tailored to their areas of interest:
Commedia dell'Arte: Acting I
Mask Making: The Masks of Commedia dell'Arte
Italian Language
Film in Italy: Cinema and Mezzogiorno
Students receive six credit hours.
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
TART I15 Commedia dell’Arte: Acting I
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Michela Mocchiutti
From the sixteenth to the late eighteenth century the itinerant performers of the Commedia dell’arte developed a style of acting and performance that was to have a tremendous impact on the development of the European theatre. In the twentieth century this style was rediscovered and once again influenced such movements as the expressionist theatre, theatre of the absurd and the futurist’s experiments, as well as individual artists such as Meyerhold, Gordon Craig, Samuel Beckett, Lecoq, Mnouchkine and many others. A study of the traditional techniques developed by Commedia provides modern actors with a vastly expanded artistic repertoire from which to develop a personal style.
This acting class will develop the practical use of the masks of the stock characters of the Commedia dell’arte. Through work on gesture, voice and movement within a specific socio/historical context, students will explore the characteristics of Arlechino, Zanni, Brighella, Pantalone, Colombina and others, with the intention of developing the student’s own personal version of the character.
The class format will be based on intensive studio work with daily exercises designed to develop the masked character. Students will work on improvisational techniques through work on various scenari and lazzi. Scene study in the form of short scenes, or canovacci, takes place in the final phase of the work.
The application of Commedia masks in comic traditions from Goldoni through Gozzi to Molière and Marivaux may also be a feature of this course, depending on faculty.
See Michela's bio under core faculty.
TART I24 Mask Making: The Masks of Commedia dell'Arte
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Torbjörn Alström
This course focuses on the basics of creating leather masks specifically for use in commedia dell’arte improvisations. The students are walked through step by step from original idea to final product. Each student will make a sketch in clay, which will be used as a model for the mould they will carve in wood. On this the students will shape, refine, and paint the leather.
The purpose of the class is to give each student the ability to create a functional leather mask. Students will understand how to fully realize an artistic idea in a concrete form.
See Torbjörn's bio under guest faculty.
Italian language – Intermediate Level
*Required for UR Students in MLC-Italian
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Teresa Murano
This is an intensive four week course that places emphasis on the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students use competencies from beginner to intermediate level. Interactive communication activities, both in the classroom and through various excursions in the city of Arezzo, will be interwoven into written and oral exercises, and will expose students to the richness of Italian language and culture.
See Teresa's bio under summer faculty.
See Teresa's bio under summer faculty.
Film in Italy: Cinema and Mezzogiorno
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Federico Siniscalco, PhD
The course analyzes how the South of Italy has been represented in contemporary Italian cinema. Covering famous filmmakers, such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio DeSica, to lesser known authors, such as Antonio Capuano and Leonardo DiCostanzo, and different genres, ranging from the romantic comedy to crime film and documentary, the students will observe how the South of
Italy has been seen as a land of extremes, and as a territory characterized by specific recurring traits.
Films will be examined for their content, and for the formal choices that have been adopted to construct a given representation of the South. Basic notions of film theory and film history (specifically relating to Italian cinema) will be dealt with during the course, together with an overview of film practice, designed to help the students better understand certain esthetic choices made by the filmmakers.
See Federico's bio under summer faculty.