乔伊·桑坦吉洛,14岁 chose 澳门线上赌博平台大学 because of a recommendation from one of his high school teachers and mentors. This teacher was a graduate of the university and told Santangelo that he would be nurtured and molded into the person he wanted to become. Although he originally wanted to pursue biology, Santangelo switched his major at the last minute to vocal performance, and by the end of the first month he knew he was exactly where he was meant to be.
“Shenandoah has a nurturing environment,圣安杰洛说. “Nurturing doesn’t always mean easy, there were many days that were long and difficult, but I had a great network to help me conquer and grow.”
Santangelo’s fondest memory of Shenandoah is the friendships that he made, 他今天还留着吗, even though his friends live all over the world. He also cherishes being a participant in the Global Citizenship Project which allowed him to travel to Morocco.
Santangelo was a trainee costume maker on the 网飞公司 历史剧系列。”Bridgerton.” He was a part of the lead women’s team, which was a ten-person team that made costumes for the leading character of Daphne. Santangelo was tasked with sewing seven dresses out of more than 100 bespoke dresses that were made for Daphne.
“For the dresses you see in ‘Bridgeton’ it required skills such as pattern matching, 花边雕, 织物热成型, 隔声材料, and extremely accurate machine stitching,圣安杰洛说. 组装进行到一半, we take the dress to a fitting and when we return, we make the alterations required such as taking in the waist and either raising or lowering the hemline.”
Before his job with 网飞公司, most of Santangelo’s experience was in theatre. He has worked on alterations teams for different theatres and opera companies in and around London. He has also done freelance work for one-off costumes for smaller theatres and private clients. In addition to costume design, Santangelo worked as a performer for a few years at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 佛罗里达. During his time as a performer, he discovered his love and skill for costumes.
His most rewarding experience in his career as of late was when he started to see trailers for “Bridgeton” and seeing a dress he had made on TV. “It is so rewarding to have something you made with your own two hands appear on the TV in your family living room,圣安杰洛说.
Santangelo believes that the skills he learned at Shenandoah prepared him for his career after graduation. He learned the importance of being able to work as a team. “Teamwork and positive attitude have carried me further than any other technical skill I have,圣安杰洛说. Shenandoah also taught him to think globally, and he says he would have never thought of going to graduate school in London if the university hadn’t taught him to be a global citizen.
Santangelo’s advice to students is: “to let your work speak for itself, but also speak up for your work. In theatre and in costuming, I’ve found that to compete for jobs you need to have good technical skills, but also be able to sell yourself to others. I’ve seen people with beautiful stitching not get work because they don’t have the drive or ability to be outwardly proud of their work. I won’t submit anything to my boss or even post on social media if I can’t hold it and say yes, 这在客观上是好的.”