2025

WHILE THE ACADEMY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED
THE WORK CONTINUES ON

Two years after the loss of our director, Paola Coletto, PadovArts Academy – Conservatory for the Performing Arts, located in the beautiful city of Padua, birthplace of the Commedia dell’Arte, is currently closed. As thousands of her students around the world can attest to, her profound legacy lives on through them and through their work.

An evolution of The School for Theater Creators , founded in Chicago in 2012 by Paola Coletto, PadovArts Academy is a physical theater school for the 21st century. We both honor our past, rooted in the Lecoq physical theater tradition , while recognizing that the world needs and deserves new approaches to this expansive and imaginative art form.

As we imagine what comes next, feel free to enter the site to see where we’ve come from. 

Welcome!

The teachers and staff of PadovArts Academy