User:Annamaria pinna

Anna Maria Pinna is an actress, singer and dancer. Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY, she has lived in NYC, New Orleans, Siena, Italy, San Francisco, and is currently living in Mumbai, India.

Balance has always been a focus to strive towards in Anna's life. While excelling in school, Anna also excelled in music, dance and acting. Her very practical parents, both teachers, encouraged her to pursue her studies and to pursue her art as a hobby on the side. Confused about which path to follow, Anna decided to pursue law and graduated in 3 years from Fordham University, and later Cum Laude from Tulane Law School. Anna then was recruited by Shearman & Sterling in Manhattan, where she practiced tax and trust and estates law. But the arts haunted her, and after 9/11, she reevaluated her life. She felt her soul was dying, and she traded in her job at the firm for a guitar and acting lessons.

For Anna, there is divinity in creativity. The child of two school teachers, Anna was encouraged to learn about the world around her and to question society. Fueled by her insatiable curiosity of life, death, and experience, Anna believes that her art is a way for her to learn and to grow and to give back to others. The arts have always been a part of Anna's life.

DANCE Anna began dance lessons at 3 years old. She studied tap, ballet, jazz, bhangra and bollywood dance. While in college, she studied at Alvin Ailey. Anna has performed with Sarina Jain's Bhangra dance troupe in the US.

ACTING Anna began acting when she was a child. For Anna, acting is a way for her to understand more about her self and the world around her. She has studied method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in NYC, and has taken the course at Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares in Mumbai. As an actor, Anna is not afraid to challenge herself, and she likes to explore a wide variety of roles. She has done theatre and film work, and is currently working on a film by Tigmanshu Dhulia in Mumbai.

MUSIC Music has always been a part of Anna's life. She began playing violin at age 6 and then switched to the flute when she was 9. Anna wrote her first lyrics when she was 8. She later studied music theory at the Juilliard Institute and voice with Barbara Mestre and Katie Agresta. While in NYC, Anna has sung with some local bands, and has performed in front of live audiences of 5 to 1000 people. However, Anna is currently looking to put together her own musical project. Anna's lyrics canvass spirituality, politics, self discovery, the corporate machine and abuse.

You can learn more about Anna at: www.annamariapinna.com.