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Accademia dell'Arte
The MFA program immerses students in current European theatre training practice by through its faculty, who have trained and worked in a range of European countries and settings. In addition, the program is resident not only in Arezzo, Tuscany, but also in Torino, Milano and Berlin.

Physical theatre, circus arts, Commedia dell'arte, music, voice and dance all come together in this unique MFA program for actors. Rooted in the spirit of the Commedia dell'arte, or the ethos of the actor creator, the program provides a high level of technical training for the actor leading into devising and creating, informed by a study of the aesthetic, historical and social elements essential to performance art.

Each training module of the program prepares students to move to higher levels of creative mastery and is divided with full attention to:
  • Technical Mastery (the body)
  • Aesthetic Studies (form)
  • Historical/Political/Social (content)
  • Imaginative Realization (the performance)
The program is divided into seven distinct modules, each with a unique focus, yet always with a well considered continuity that will allow students to conceptualize their own experience as an individual performer/creator. Accademia dell'Arte is working in partnership with well-established schools, theatres and theatre companies in Europe in an effort to broaden the scope of student experience and training. This includes public performances and presentations in Arezzo, Torino and Berlin, with the final module held in Milano. During this module students will generate and produce their own work under the guidance of a mentor.

The Accademia welcomes a limited number of students who wish to pursue post-graduate studies for one year only.


Modules

First Year
  • Module 1 Arezzo: Foundations
  • Module 2 Arezzo: Explorations of Style
  • Module 3 Torino: Circus Arts
Second Year
  • Module 4 Arezzo: Commedia dell'arte
  • Module 5 Arezzo: The Concrete Imagination
  • Module 6 Berlin: Mime/Contemporary Mask
Third Year
  • Final Module Milano: Performance Autonomy
  • Thesis: Masters of Fine Arts Thesis


Accademia dell'Arte reserves the right to adjust schedules and where necessary change module venues.