At Last: The Gran Gala and parting thoughts from Pietrasanta

TROY students enjoy the beach in Pietrasanta, Italy.

TROY students enjoy the beach in Pietrasanta, Italy.

We knew the people, we loved the food, we handled the heat, and the DAP Festival students danced with professional choreographers and dancers. The last few days of the festival represented a simultaneous settling and upheaval. While the TROY family began to feel as if we understood our place in this artists’ town, our departure…

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Full Steam Ahead: TROY students embrace second week in at the DAP Festival

Members of the Troy University dance team in Pietrasanta, Italy.

Members of the Troy University dance team in Pietrasanta, Italy.

Marion Givhan is on site with the Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance in Pietrasanta, Italy, as students take part in the DAP Festival. Read Part One of Marion’s coverage here.

One would think that living in the southern United States would provide ample experience with handling hot, humid, and generally difficult weather. Heat…

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On-site reflections from TROY’s trip to Italy

TROY Theatre and Dance students are enjoying the sights and sounds of Italy as part of the DAP Festival.

TROY Theatre and Dance students are enjoying the sights and sounds of Italy as part of the DAP Festival.

Marion Givhan is on site with the Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance in Pietrasanta, Italy, as students take part in the DAP Festival.

Here we are wrapping up week one of the Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta Festival in Italy! Even a single week has required endless energy from the Troy University dance…

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TROY students, faculty headed to Italy for major dance and art festival

A group of Troy University dance and theatre students will perform at the DAP Festival in Peitrasanta, Italy, this month.

A group of Troy University dance and theatre students will perform at the DAP Festival in Peitrasanta, Italy, this month.

Troy University theatre and dance students will show their skills to an international audience this summer.

A group of students and faculty members will head to Pietrasanta, Italy, for the first Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta (DAP) Festival, a unique international festival of dance and visual arts that takes place June 18-July 1.

TROY was…

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