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Aria Martinelli

Visual Artist      Performance Artist      Community Catalyst

" I am committed to creating daring work and writing plays that will challenge conventional thought, shatter predictability, start new conversations, and elicit compassion and delight."

My Story

ABOUT ME

 If I had an hour to speak to the world, what would I say? This is what I ask myself when I sit down with a blank sheet of paper in front of me. This is what I think about before I start typing. This energy of intention and commitment to create meaningful art is how I approach my work as a writer and performing artist. This is also how I carry myself as a person moving through the world.

 

As an actor, writer, social justice advocate, and lover of languages and cultures, I am determined to help change the world into a safer, healthy and more ethical home through efforts in bringing people together in the pursuit of communication, compassion, and understanding. 

 

As a social impact storyteller and cultural investigator, I strive to make and be in art that creates connection. This is a collection of art and theater projects that I have created inside and out of school. I love exploring different mediums, techniques and subjects and am excited about working in an interdisciplinary way.

 

          I hope  my art will inspire you! 

 “Empathy is feeling for (or with other) people and understanding their feelings. When we witness another person suffering, in particular, compassion arises from empathy, adding the dimensions of wishing to see the relief of suffering and wanting to do something about it. Compassion is a more empowered state and more than an empathic response to the situation. Kindness is the expression of that compassion through helping, a basic form of altruism. Compassion is what makes it possible for our empathic reaction to manifest in kindness.” “Unless we work at compassion, unless we practice and change our habits and make it an active force in our lives, it will only be something that happens to us—we get angry when provoked, feel compassion when triggered—an automatic reaction to the pain and needs of our loved ones, or sometimes to strangers in acute distress.  If we leave it at that, we fail to tap into the transformative power of compassion.” - Thupten Jinpa

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My interests include theater, documentary, film and visual arts, activism, oral history, animal welfare, language and culture.

Causes of importance for me include: gun control, women’s rights, homelessness, equity for children in U.S. and around the world, the rights of refugees and Dreamers, clean water and protecting the environment.

 

Theater​

  • Semi-Monde, Noel Coward- Ines Zulietta (April 2023)

  • Craters: The Making of the Moon Landing - Lorraine (March 2022)

  • Twelfth Night- Malvolio (spring 2019)

  • Julius Ceaser-Brutus (October-February 2018-2019)

  • A Midsummer’s Night Dream- Helena (December, May 2018)

  • Shakespeare Sonnet 42 (March 2018)

  • The Fantastiks- Shakespearean actor in the actors troupe (March 2018)

  • Star Child-turtledove (November 2017)ring 2018)

  • Cabaret- Frauline Schneider (March 2017)

  • Dracula-Mina Harker (N

  • ovember 2016)

  • You're a Goodman Charlie Brown- Sally Brown (March 2015)

  • 2018 Winner of Shakespeare Competition at the Rudolf Steiner High School 

 

Film 

  • United Nations: Tribes - Thirdwing (2023)

  • Created, Directed and acted in Original short film, Doll of Me. (2015)

  • Piper film camp-acted in other student films. (2015)

  • Extra in the Netflix Original, Coin Heist. (2016)

 

Acting Training

  • BADA (The British American Drama Academy)

  • Complicite masterclass

  • Commedia Dell'Arte masterclass with 

  • The Atlantic Acting School

  • Summer intensive 2018 American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA)

  • Rudolf Steiner School Drama Club (2015-2019)

  • Ezra Barnes - Improvisation and scene study (2017)

  • Cassie Tunick - Action Theater workshop(2016)

  • Creative Kids Collective (2015)

  • Various coaching sessions-Katherine Borowitz, Anne Bobby, Judy Dennis.

 

Narrative 4

  • 2022- Pittsfield MA middle school story exchange 

  • 2022- Millennium Brooklyn high school Exchange

  • 2018- West African & local Italian Exchange in Bergamo Italy

  • 2018- New Orleans Summit

  • 2017- Brooklyn Public Library Story Exchange

 

Clubs and Activities

  • Sider – Student Initiative for Diversity and equal rights (2015-2019)

  • Venus – women’s issues, personal and global (2017-2018)

  • Mindfulness Meditation - Inward Bound Retreat for Teens-iBme (2017)

 

Intern & Volunteer Work​

  • Untitled Theater Company #61 - Intern spring 2023

  • ByKids- Intern 2022, 2023

  • The New Sanctuary Coalition - Intern New York City  • 2019-2020

  • Global Family For Love And Peace - Intern 2019 - 2020

  • Global Vision International (GVI) - Volunteer Chiang Mai , Thailand • winter 2019

  • LEROI Film Production Company - Intern New York City, spring 2018

  • Global Works, Puerto Rico - Volunteer spring 2019

  • Habitat for Humanity, New York City - Volunteer 2016-2019

  • Prospect Park Alliance, New York City - Volunteer 2016-2019

  •  Animal Rights – raised money and donated to Animal Haven, The Pit bull Project, Sean Casey. 2016  

  • Woodstock Animal Sanctuary- volunteer. 2016

 

Music

  • Piano student with Michael Bates and Jessie Stacken (10 years)

  • Woman’s Chorus with Noe Venable (2 years)

 

Art

  • Art student and intern at AWE Summer Program (5 years)

 

Dance

  • Classes in modern dance and ballet at the Mark Morris Dance 

  • 4 years of Duncan Dance with Faith Kimberling 

  • Creative dance at BAX 

 

Spoken Languages 

  • English (native)

  • Italian (fluent)

  • Spanish (conversational)

  • Portuguese (currently learning)

 

 

 

 

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