FORMA ITALIANA
Round table on Italian contemporary dance in New York Discussion with some well-known Italian contemporary dancers based in NY, and screening of a short movie on dance directed by Marco Castaldi e Pietro Gianpietro, produced by Uncut Productions and Opificio under the artistic direction of Diana Florindi, choreography by Enzo Celli, original soundtrack by Julien […]
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Eros Ramazzotti Concert
Eros Ramazzotti will perform at Cushman & Wakefield Theater at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 21 at 8PM. Eros Ramazzotti began his NOI World Tour 2013 this past March in Turin and conquered Italy and Europe with 50 performances this spring. Accompanied by the same touring band, Ramazzotti brings his NOI World Tour to […]
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JOHN FLORIO-A WORLD OF WORDES
Lecture by prof. Hermann Halller A Worlde of Wordes, the first-ever comprehensive Italian-English dictionary, waspublished in 1598 by John Florio. one of the most prominent linguists and educators in Elizabethan England, Florio was greatly responsible for the spreading of italian letters and culture throughout educated English society. Especially important was Florio’s dictionary, which – thanks […]
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ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE
Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, STOP MAKING SENSE) follows his musical passions to Italy to film a musical portrait of Enzo Avitabile, renowned Neapolitan singer/composer and saxophonist, whose music Demme first encountered while driving across the George Washington Bridge. The result is ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE, a viewing and listening treat […]
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BELCANTO & T’AMMORE
BELCANTO is a theatrical concert featuring opera arias and international songs, performed by singers selected by the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. T’AMMORE, The Spirit of Naples is a contemporary dance and music production that pays homage to classic Neapolitan music and to the southern Italian myth of Tarantella. The show features singers, musicians and dancers choreographed […]
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DICTIONARY OF ITALIAN COLLOCATIONS
Book presentation and lecture Event part of the World Week of Italian Language, held under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic”. On the occasion of the publication of Zanichelli’s Dizionario delle Collocazioni: Le combinazioni delle parole in Italiano, curated by Paola Tiberii. In linguistics collocation is used to mean a combination […]
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HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS
On October 17 2013 the First Floor at La MaMa E.T.C. will house the debut of “HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS” the new show written and directed by Dario D’Ambrosi, the Italian cult director that for the last thirty years has explored all the controversial aspects of mental illness in its most powerful expressions through the use of […]
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL: Giuseppe Bucciarelli
TEXT TEXT Inside Buffalo tells the history of the 92nd “Buffalo Soldiers” Infantry Division, the first African American combat unit to fight in World War II. This documentary was produced after director Fred Kuwornu’s working as a production assistant on Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna, the first feature-length film to tell the story of the Buffalo […]
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ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ILLITERACY
Lecture by Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa On the occasion of the publication of the “New Economics and Finance Dictionary” by Istituto Treccani, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York will host a lecture by Professor Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa, editor of this huge repository of the European state-of-the-art on the subject. Financial illiteracy is not […]
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ITALIAN JAZZ DAYS 2013
October 12th, Measure, Richie Vitale-Ralph Lalama Quintet featuring Giovanni Scotta October 13th, Measure, Simona Premazzi (solo piano) October 13th, Smalls, Dennis Jeter and the Italian American all Star Band October 14th, Antonio Ciacca Sextet, Dizzy’s Club Coca-ColaOctober 14th, Measure, Giovanni Scotta Trio October 15th /16th, Measure, Jeremy Manasia Trio October 17th /18th, Measure, Ehud Asherie […]
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