TOnna Maria CianciulliFlorentine, has lived in the United States since the early 1990s, where she received the Green Card for artistic merit. Award-winning actress and director, she teaches acting bothActing Studio NY both at New York Film Academyand it’s adjunct professor at Columbia University masters. Among his most famous students, Alessandra Mastronardi, Domenica Cameron-ScorseseKathleen A. Kennedy, Santigold.
8 o’clock
«I get up around 8, without an alarm clock, and – after scrolling through the emails – I drink a coffee. No breakfast, I practice intermittent fasting (16 hours without food, ed): it’s not a sacrifice, I feel more energetic and lucid. After ten minutes of “recollection” – as if I were asking myself: “How are you, really?” – I tidy up the house a bit (I need order), not forgetting to change the water for the microgreens I grow in jars (they contain more bioactive substances than vegetables), and continue with a half hour workout: I alternate the exercises of the Five Tibetans at the lessons on YouTube (the channels are excellent Fitbymik And Lazy Dancer Tips)”.
Anna Maria Cianciulli in class
11 o’clock
«I leave the house to catch up Columbia University, where I teach “direction of actors” to students of the master’s degree: I expect an hour by subway, living in Greenwich Village. If, on the other hand, I have class at the New York Film Academy (there I follow aspiring interpreters), I take it easier: it’s not far from home. Ours is a “delicate” task: we have to stimulate the kids to be authentic, free from social or family conditioning, and therefore acting inevitably touches their emotional sphere. The “tools” we give are not only technical but for life: as Stanislavskij said, “The human being that you are is more talented than an actor”».
Greenwich Village, New York (Getty Images).
3 pm
“It’s time for lunch. Oat flakes in coconut or almond milk with turmeric root, ginger, nigella sativa seeds, banana or blueberries, black pepper or chili. A strange mix, I know, but I choose foods that strengthen the immune system and fight inflammation ».
4 pm
Microgreens grown in jars by Anna Maria Cianciulli.
“I get back to work, but the schedule varies. On Mondays I have the “emotional preparation” class at Acting Studio NY; the other afternoons sometimes I have private coaching (in person or on Zoom), sometimes I focus on personal commitments, whether it’s a role or – like now – a film: I’ve just finished the screenplay for my first feature film , a fantasy… realistic, A Child Dream of Peace. Precisely in these profitable hours I had dedicated myself to the translation of On Acting, About acting: Sanford Meisner, the master of stars – from Grace Kelly to Johnny Depp – entrusted me with the Italian rights of his work, proving that theAmerican Dream it is a matter of fact. New York, a very tough city, offers important opportunities to those who can count only on their commitment, not on privileges».
8pm
Sanford Meisner’s acting manual edited by Anna Maria Cianciulli.
«Before eating, a few minutes of meditation about gratitude. At dinner there is never a shortage of vegetables (I buy them at the 0 km market in Union Square), to which I add my microgreens plus a protein (lentils, fish, seitan, parmesan). I finish with nuts and 95 percent dark chocolate. At that point, I watch a film or a series or listen to audio books: I love, among others, those of the Jungian psychoanalyst James Hollis. When I go out with friends, my favorite destination is Broadway: I just saw the musical Kimberly Akimbo, with Victoria Clark. I go to sleep at midnight. No, no rituals: I like listening to the silence».
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