Accademia Dell'Arte

General information

Those who come to study at the Accademia will combine an intensive Italian language program and academic studies with a full semester, one year, or summer intensive of high level theatre, music and dance performance training. Our commitment is to approach the notion of artist in a holistic and comprehensive manner, combining rigorous technical training with the aim of achieving an overall synergy of skills that will help to develop students both professionally and personally.

The Master of Fine Arts program at Accademia dell'Arte, offered in partnership with Mississippi University for Women, is the culmination of research and experimentation with diverse yet interrelated European performance trends broadly defined as Physical Theatre. It is based in the Accademia dell’Arte’s campus in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. The school has recently developed a 200 square metre facility in the historic centre of Arezzo, complementing the Villa Godiola, our main campus that is a short distance from the city walls.

The program brings together some of the most innovative approaches currently available in Europe. Rooted in the spirit of the Commedia dell'arte, the ethos of the actor-creator, the curriculum provides a high level of technical training for actors, while fully preparing them to devise and create their own performance style. It is contextualized by the ongoing study of history, aesthetics and social theory.

The ultimate goal of the program is to launch students into the world as confident, creative and autonomous artists with a strongly developed aesthetic sensibility that unites the wonder of performance with a genuine search for human meaning.