{"id":3756,"date":"2020-04-22T21:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-theater-and-dance\/?page_id=3756"},"modified":"2024-07-29T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:00:38","slug":"mina-kianovsky-profile-study-away","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/student-opportunities\/study-away\/mina-kianovsky-profile-study-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Away – Student Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mina Kianovsky ’21 – Granada, Spain with IES Abroad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mina (she\/her) and a friend in sunny Granada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where did you study away?<\/strong>
I went abroad to Granada, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did you choose to go to Granada?<\/strong>
I chose Granada because it was a perfect intersection of my two majors, Theatre and Religious Studies. \u00a0Spain\u2019s history with theatre is rich, and the city itself is made up of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim history. \u00a0While I was there I studied Spanish and Sephardic Judaism, Islamic architecture, and Spanish opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you see any interesting pieces while you were there?<\/strong>
I had the opportunity to see a modern portrayal of Federico Garcia Lorca\u2019s\u00a0Yerma<\/em>, which was beautiful and strange and exciting. \u00a0I was in a class about Lorca, one of Spain\u2019s\u00a0greatest poets and playwrights, and the Granada area was his home so we really got to know him and his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What theater and dance-related classes were you in?<\/strong>
As previously mentioned, I took a class about Lorca, but I also took a course at the\u00a0Universidad de Granada called \u00d3pera y Zarzuela Espa\u00f1ola. \u00a0We studied the entire history of Spanish opera, and the class was made up entirely of Spaniards aside from me, so I got both the objective and subjective views on the subject. \u00a0I also did some work\u00a0during the semester with a local professional improv troupe, whose director is a friend of the director of IES Abroad Granada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did your experience abroad affect you as an artist? As a person?<\/strong>
Living abroad forced me to be uncomfortable for four months, and to\u00a0really learn to grow in that. \u00a0I got braver, which I know translates to my work as an artist, and\u00a0I think I learned more about how I want to move through the\u00a0world. \u00a0I am more sure of myself after living in Granada, and I speak up even more now for what I need and believe in. I also think that forcing myself to speak Spanish all day every day for four months helped me to improve my language skills, of course, but also to articulate myself better in any language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any advice for other students thinking about studying away?<\/strong>
I think that,\u00a0regardless of the location or program or whatever, it is important to put yourself in a place long-term where you know almost nothing. \u00a0Sitting in that discomfort and trusting yourself to grow through it and teach yourself what you need to know are invaluable skills. \u00a0Taking classes in a different language and meeting people from vastly different\u00a0worlds than your own is important as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to the\u00a0Study Away<\/a>\u00a0page to read other student profiles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mina Kianovsky ’21 – Granada, Spain with IES Abroad Where did you study away?I went abroad to Granada, Spain. Why did you choose to go to Granada?I chose Granada because it was a perfect intersection of my two majors, Theatre and Religious Studies. \u00a0Spain\u2019s history with theatre is rich, and the city itself is made […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":344,"featured_media":0,"parent":3282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9253,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3756\/revisions\/9253"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}