Today we’d like to introduce you to Fabiana Medici.
Fabiana, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I was born in Buenos Aires. My family migrated from Italy. I began my stage-acting career at 14 years old and worked on several productions and some television while studying acting with Lito Cruz and Augusto Fernandez. and I left my town in my early 20s to go to India where I explored my spirituality and did volunteer work (mostly with children), going back and forth for around seven years. I moved to Rome after my first year in India, where I kept working on-stage and studying acting in workshops with teachers such as Dominique De Fazio. I also performed in related fields (clown, comedy, dance, street performing, etc.) and began coaching and teaching performers and creators. From there, my work took me to Spain and Prague. In Rome, I knew Geraldine Baron and moved to LA to study with her. I continued to study Method Acting with Charlie Laughton and Susan Peretz.
In Los Angeles, I found that my love for teaching and directing only grew, so I decided to do that full-time. I began working with actors and creators of all ages. I primarily love working with children and teens. I love their playfulness and their ever-flowing creativity. Currently, I teach classes at the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Centro Cultural Lito Cruz in Buenos Aires, and the Acting Lab in Rome (online). I also offer private lessons and on-set coaching to actors of all ages. My passion for storytelling has also led me to be a published author and screenwriter. I am very passionate about my work and about life in general. I am always looking for new adventures and life experiences (which sometimes get me into trouble). I believe an artist tells stories about life, and as an artist, I want to live as many life experiences as I can so I can share them through teaching and writing. I love traveling and meeting people from different cultures and walks of life. I’m genuinely interested in their stories, so they tend to open up to me. I believe there’s an artist in every one of us. Many people don’t even know this or maybe don’t remember (we begin forgetting around five years old) and if you choose to be an actor, for example, this artist that you already are will become your muse. You don’t need to go much further than your own self to create.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The road wasn’t always smooth but for sure, it was fun and full of adventures. I have many struggles but the biggest and the one that taught me that made me grow into the person I am today is being a single parent of two babies that grew up to be wonderful young men and artists themselves. Parenting alone while developing my career was really challenging. Being an Inmigrant also was a big deal.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I really want to inspire people to become the best version of themselves. It doesn’t matter where you start or where you think you are; there is always room to get in touch with your gifts (we all have gifts) and share them. I enjoy coaching and directing actors. Yes, I use many techniques in my work but I do believe that we all have an Inner Master, so I work with that. Each person is different and so are their Inner Masters. I meditate before coaching/directing and align myself with the artist(s) I work with. I know that inside themselves, they carry their own knowledge, their own techniques, and I do my best to channel and that so they know and remember what they have. As a result, I’ve always had the pleasure of seeing great work. I see them as artists (even though it may be their first acting class ever), so they gift me with their art. As a writer, I do the same: I get in touch with the stories that are inside me and inside the people. The ones that are aching to be told.
What does success mean to you?
Do what you love and have fun (whether you are paid for it or not) and live life. Forget about “losing or winning”, there’s no such thing, there’s life. If you remember that, if you can be who you really are and not who others want you to be, then that may be a success. Life is indeed very short. Like some say, live it to the fullest, pain and pleasure. After all, the only things that you will bring with you when you go are your experiences and your nakedness.
Contact Info:
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