summer arts program

 

 

summer 2010

may 24 – july 4

 

 

Accademia dell’Arte invites you to participate in an exceptional study abroad experience that celebrates the collaborative nature of the arts.

 

The Summer Arts Program gives students an opportunity to experience a taste of conservatory-style immersion in the areas of digital filmmaking, theatre or dance. Each day begins with all students participating in Scott Putman’s Elemental Body Alignment System warm-up (see below) followed by morning and afternoon studio time with outstanding teachers who will structure collaborative components that encourage students to link theoretical work with the immediate creative application in a truly interdisciplinary approach.

 

Students will live, eat and study in the spectacular Villa Godiola, a sixteenth century Renaissance structure overlooking the hills of Tuscany and the city of Arezzo.

 

 

EBAS (Elemental Body Alignment System)

This class is a series of stretching and strengthening exercises designed to integrate the body while increasing flexibility, range of motion and core strength. The focus of EBAS is to understand basic principles of initiating and anchoring movements from the pelvis while finding efficient and effective alignment through experimental anatomy.

This system empowers the learner to develop a consciousness for integrating and articulating body parts while translating the information to various techniques such as yoga and dance. When combined with other movement modalities, EBAS helps the student find a deeper understanding of the body and its kinetic awareness.

   

students can enroll in one of the following courses:

 

xtreme physical theatre (the actor/fast forward)                        6 credits

comprised of tart i30 applied skills: theatre (3 credits) - tart i35 extended performance topics: theatre (3 credits)

 

This course is an intensive workshop dealing with the authenticity of the actor and applying that authenticity to the service of devising new work. Using play as the foundation of study, students will delve into preparing the physical instrument, articulation of both body and idea, rhythm in all aspects, outrageous ridiculousness and much more.

 

At the same time students will utilize these techniques, adding principles of dynamics, juxtaposition and composition to create new solo and ensemble work.

 

Instructor: Daniel Stein, Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium

 

 

the architectonics of dance                                                                                    6 credits

comprised of dance i25: dance technique + performance (3 credits) - dance i35: extended performance topics (3 credits)

 

This course is a comprehensive investigation of technique, composition and performance skills as they relate to dance, dance on camera and physical theatre. Investigating structural efficiency and integrity through a daily practice of the Elemental Body Alignment System, modern and contemporary ballet techniques, the dancer will find articulate ways of speaking with his/her body while building on fundamental relationships with space, time and energy.
 
Through these explorations dancers will have the opportunity to make work, as well as collaborate on work with other students.

 

Instructor: Scott Putman, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

 

digi-realism: filmmaking in arezzo                                                                        6 credits

comprised of film i20: digi-realism i (3 credits) - film i30: digi-realism ii (3 credits)

 

In this course, participants explore both documentary and narrative filmmaking techniques while collaborating with dancers and actors. As discussions, readings, screenings and workshops erode perceptions and arbitrary boundaries between non-fiction and fiction, the city of Arezzo will serve as both the set and laboratory in which students will produce high definition videos that respond to and articulate these very issues.

 

Students will investigate and develop filmmaking skills such as high definition cinematography, lighting and sound acquisition, documentary filmmaker-subject relationships, scriptwriting, shooting dance for camera, blocking and directing actors on location and in a studio environment, and post-production techniques in Final Cut Pro.

 

Instructors: Josh Gibson, Duke University and Shambhavi Kaul, Independent filmmaker

   

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