Hello everyone!
It's been a while, I know I know. But, 12th grade has hit me, and it is pretty tough to keep up with everything. Firstly, there are IB submissions and deadlines; secondly there are college essays, videos, interviews, letters etc; and most importantly there is dance class and well.. even friends.
Point is, I am probably going to post less frequently now, but I am not going to stop.
Today I would like to write about a fantastic summer course I attended in July: Shakespearean and Contemporary Theater Summer Course at Guildhall. It was in London and, sadly, only for two weeks. However the short duration probably just made it all the more intense and unforgettable.
What I loved most about it was how it gave me a good insight about how Drama classes would be in college. We had lessons like: Voice, Period Dance, Movement, Text, Improvisation, Mask and Puppetry. It was like properly studying Theater in university, which of course really excited me as i is what I've been dreaming of since I was a really little. From these classes I learnt a lot of useful theater technique, built up a lot of confidence and got to discover new areas of drama I had never even considered (like puppetry).
During the course, we also worked on two texts: Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and Tusk Tusk by Polly Stenham. Honestly, I recommend both these plays to you readers out there - the depth of the themes, the emotions of the characters and the complexity of the settings really make you learn some life lessons and give you some food for thought. Anyway, since we worked on bits and pieces from these two productions, I finally got to properly enact Shakespearean characters! It was so interesting and different and it made me realize how much theater has changed over the years and how conveying a message to the audience was done so differently back then. Of course, the language used in Romeo and Juliet is marvelous and most of the times I would wonder how I was going to be able to do justice to each and every line given to me, but, learning is a process, and I like to believe I did a fairly decent job. To be honest I was extremely surprised by how comfortable I felt while performing Shakespeare by the end of the course.
This program had the best professors/advisers. They all were rich with experience in theater and with enthusiasm to teach us. I am very grateful that I got the opportunity to work with them.
Last, but definitely not least, I loved the whole atmosphere of the course. I was surrounded by people my age and with the same passion and interest as me. Moreover, there were a lot of students from a lot of places around the world, who talked to me about their future plans (which were very similar to mine) and their own school and culture. I met some really great people I will never forget and made some wonderful memories.
I wish I could go back to that beautiful city, to doing what I love everyday, to learning from every class and to those beautiful people from the course.
I strongly recommend this course to any young aspiring actor out there, and I also recommend Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a post high school option.
Here are some pictures of the course as usual,
to next time!
Giorgia
It's been a while, I know I know. But, 12th grade has hit me, and it is pretty tough to keep up with everything. Firstly, there are IB submissions and deadlines; secondly there are college essays, videos, interviews, letters etc; and most importantly there is dance class and well.. even friends.
Point is, I am probably going to post less frequently now, but I am not going to stop.
Today I would like to write about a fantastic summer course I attended in July: Shakespearean and Contemporary Theater Summer Course at Guildhall. It was in London and, sadly, only for two weeks. However the short duration probably just made it all the more intense and unforgettable.
What I loved most about it was how it gave me a good insight about how Drama classes would be in college. We had lessons like: Voice, Period Dance, Movement, Text, Improvisation, Mask and Puppetry. It was like properly studying Theater in university, which of course really excited me as i is what I've been dreaming of since I was a really little. From these classes I learnt a lot of useful theater technique, built up a lot of confidence and got to discover new areas of drama I had never even considered (like puppetry).
During the course, we also worked on two texts: Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and Tusk Tusk by Polly Stenham. Honestly, I recommend both these plays to you readers out there - the depth of the themes, the emotions of the characters and the complexity of the settings really make you learn some life lessons and give you some food for thought. Anyway, since we worked on bits and pieces from these two productions, I finally got to properly enact Shakespearean characters! It was so interesting and different and it made me realize how much theater has changed over the years and how conveying a message to the audience was done so differently back then. Of course, the language used in Romeo and Juliet is marvelous and most of the times I would wonder how I was going to be able to do justice to each and every line given to me, but, learning is a process, and I like to believe I did a fairly decent job. To be honest I was extremely surprised by how comfortable I felt while performing Shakespeare by the end of the course.
This program had the best professors/advisers. They all were rich with experience in theater and with enthusiasm to teach us. I am very grateful that I got the opportunity to work with them.
Last, but definitely not least, I loved the whole atmosphere of the course. I was surrounded by people my age and with the same passion and interest as me. Moreover, there were a lot of students from a lot of places around the world, who talked to me about their future plans (which were very similar to mine) and their own school and culture. I met some really great people I will never forget and made some wonderful memories.
I wish I could go back to that beautiful city, to doing what I love everyday, to learning from every class and to those beautiful people from the course.
I strongly recommend this course to any young aspiring actor out there, and I also recommend Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a post high school option.
Here are some pictures of the course as usual,
to next time!
Giorgia
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