Issue 18 - Dante Alighieri Society of SA

No. 18 – March 2016
Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia Inc.
Vita Nuova
Bollettino bilingue della Dante Alighieri Socity of South Australia Inc. The winner students (2nd and
3rd prize) from the Norwood
Morialta High Schooll with
their teachers Helen Toulou
(on the left), Morgan Williams
and the language assistant
Beatrice Barbieri (on the
right). Leonardo Da Vinci Decoded Competition for
S.A. schools. The winners are….
The Execu)ve Commi/ee of the Dante Alighieri Society of S.A. was
posi)velyimpressedbythecrea)vityandthequalityofthesubmissions
the schools that have taken part in the 2015 "Leonardo Decoded”
compeGGon. All the submissions were of excellent quality and the
Commi/eewaspar)cularlyhappytoassigntheprizesasfollows:
The third prize was awarded to the year 8 students of Italian of the
Norwood Morialta High School, for the imagina)on dedicated to the
projectandfortheproduc)onofavideo-interviewofLeonardoDaVinci
- of which only a small number of screen shots was on show at the
Carnevale.
The second prize is awarded to the year 8 students of Italian of the
Norwood Morialta School, for their inven)veness, understanding,
pronuncia)onandinterpreta)onoftheFloren)negenius.
The Commi/ee has awarded the first prize to the work submi/ed by
the year 9 students of the Charles Campbell College for their
inven)veness, the holis)c informa)on, the ar)s)c talent and the
obviouspassiontheydedicatedtopreparingtheirfolioonLeonardoand
his genius. Their teacher Maria Kitching was also awarded a 100%
Campus"L’infinito”scholarshipthatincludesanintensive4-weekItalian
language course, plus cultural and recrea)onal ac)vi)es (Le Infinite
Esperienze).
OnceagainIwouldliketoextendtheCommi/ee’scongratula)onstoall
par)cipantsandthankyoutoallteachersinvolved,
Lucianad’Arcangeli
PresidentoftheDanteAlighieriSocietyofS.A.Inc.
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loscopoditutelaree
diffonderelalinguaela
culturaitaliananel
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Alighieri)
Inside this issue
LeonardoDaVinci….....pg1
CongressoDAaMilano.pg2
Cineforumprogram......pg3
SanRemo.….....………...pg4
Courses,calendarandmuch
more…....…...........….pp5-9
The portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci
that opens the Leonardo da Vinci Folio,
made by year 9 students at Charles
Campbell College.
With the kind permission of the Dante
Alighieri of Melbourne, we present here an
ar:cle published on their Newsle=er “Dante
Oggi” (December 2015) about the Dante
AlighieriSociety82ndInterna:onalCongress
held in conjunc:on with the Expo 2015 in
Milano.
“A world network to support the sympathy
felt towards Italy and its language. Dante
AlighieriSocietyattheCongress”.
Representa)ves from many Interna)onal
Dante Alighieri Socie)es gathered in Milano
from25to27September2015foritsbiannual
Congress.Itwasorganisedinconjunc)onwith
theExpo2015andforthe750thanniversaryof
the birth of Dante and with the aim to
promote the Italian language and culture in
the world. “Nourish the presence of Italy on
the planet” was the mo/o of the Congress
whichderivedfromthemaintopicoftheExpo
2015“FeedingthePlanet,EnergyforLife”.
Dante Alighieri Society was created in 1889
butitwasonlyin2015thatforthefirst)mein
its long history, a President of the Italian
RepublicwaspresentattheCongresswithan
importantaddressonSaturday26September.
The President Sergio Ma/arella (in the
picture) expressed his view that Italy has an
enormous poten)al embodied in the
sympathy the world feels for its culture,
language, music, design and living style. He
said: “The wish for an Italian living style is
placed very high in the list of desires in the
world.Ipersonallywitnessthiswisheach)me
Imeetauthori)esfromothercountrieseither
here or abroad. Our complex history reminds
us that in hard )mes the Italian genius has
alwaysbeenabletogrowandassertitself”.
TheDanteAlighieriSocietyMelbournebranch
has always been aware of the great desire of
people in the State of Victoria to become
morefamiliarwithmanyaspectsofItalianlife
andculture.ThePresidentofDASMelbourne,
Dr. Dominic Barbaro had the opportunity to
men)on the many ac)vi)es organised by our
office when the audience was asked to
comment.OurSocietywaswellrepresentedin
Milano by Dr. Dominic Barbaro and his wife
Leanne, Dr. George and Mrs Susan Santoro
who have always believed in what Italy can
offertothisna)on“Downunder”.
Thosewhowishtoviewsomemomentsfrom
the 82nd Interna)onal Congress of Dante
Alighieri Society, can go to the website
h/p://ladante.it/in-primo-piano/298-ladante-una-risorsa.html
The Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia
Presents
Cineforum 2016
“Ridiamoci sopra!
La commedia italiana oggi
–
Let’s laugh about it!
Italian comedy today”
25 February - Django (Corbucci, 1966) – 6:00p.m. start –
FREE please RSVP below* or http://1966django.eventbrite.com.au
– part of Flinders University’s Step Back! 1966 in Review
6 April - Andiamo a quel paese (Ficarra e Picone, 2014)
4 May – Mi rifaccio vivo (Rubini, 2013)
1 June – Una piccola impresa meridionale (Papaleo, 2013)
3 August – Song’e Napule (Manetti Bros., 2014)
TBA September – Group screening at the
Lavazza Italian Film Festival
5 October – E fuori nevica (Salemme, 2014)
23 November – La quarta via (Aden, 2012) FREE please RSVP*
– Q&A with the director Kaha Mohammed Aden
Flinders in the City,
182 Victoria Square (1.1) , CBD
Cost: DA members $45
Non DA members $65
Uni/DA Students of Italian
FREE
6:15 for a 7p.m. start
(unless indicated)
For further information &
RSVP* call
Natasha Marona
on 0417 860 932 or
info@ladantesa.com
This event has been organised under the auspices of the Italian Consulate of Adelaide
Sanremo e la Sicilia alla ribalta
Pergen:leconcessionedell’autoreripor:amoun ospitedopoesserestataeliminatadallagara,non
ar:colo pubblicato nell’edizione di marzo-aprile s e n z a p o l e m i c h e .
del Ficodindia (BolleVno informa:vo culturale Poic’èNinoFrassica.Chehaposatolamaschera
deiSicilianid’Australia).
disempre,quelladiScasazza,perindossarneuna,
inedita, di “fine dicitore” e poeta. La sua
interpretazione del “gioco” ha toccato il cuore,
senzaspegnere,equestoèdavverostraordinario,
la luce che emana dal personaggio beffardo e
umanissimo di sempre. Questo piccolo miracolo
ha una spiegazione: Frassica nella vita è assai
simile al personaggio che interpreta, è un po’ se
stesso, magari con alcuni aggiustamen) che
perme/anodiammiccarealpubblico.
Gli Stadio vincono il FesGval col brano bocciato l’anno precedente ma sono i siciliani che Nonsolo,dunqueicantanGsiciliani,maancheil
incantanoSanremo.
comico che “gioca” con i bambini di qualunque
età che subiscono le intemperie del mondo.
'UnGiornomidirai'.ConquestacanzonegliStadio
meritatamentehannovintoilFes)valdiSanremo. Riprende la sagra del Commissario Montalbano.
Alsecondopostosièpiazzatalagiovane
Èunanuovaserie,chevieneannunciata,conspot
FrancescaMichielinconilbrano'NessunGradodi assai felici, dal più sgarrupato e simpa)co
Separazione'. polizio/o del mondo, grazie al quale Andrea
Viadaqui.Puòsembrareunaminacciamaloroci
Camilleri si fa beffe dell’intelligenza digitale (il
rimangonoeconquistanoilterzoposto.
polizio/ostralunatoèungeniodelcomputer).
Anche quest’anno la Sicilia è stata degnamente La Sicilia, insomma, c’è. Sul piccolo schermo e
rappresentata a Sanremo: sia Michael Leonardi nella storia canora d’Italia. Se ci fosse anche
che Miele hanno ben figurato fino “a due passi” altrovesaremmoacavallo.
dal traguardo per poi anche loro )fare per i due colleghi ragusani che il vessillo della Trinacria Sarà Francesca Michielin (nella foto) a
l’hannoportatofinoallafine.
rappresentarel’ItaliaalprossimoEurovisionSong
LacoppiaGiovanniCaccamoeDeborahIuratoha ContestchesiterràaStoccolmainSvezia(presso
“bucato” il video, come si suole dire. È apparsa la Globen Arena) il 10, 12 e 14 Maggio. Dopo la
ben affiatata, il testo della canzone è buono, la rinuncia degli Stadio, come da regolamento del
melodia gradevole, e il pubblico ha gradito. Da Fes)val, la scelta del rappresentante italiano
Sanremo voleranno ovunque, come è capitato al all’Eurovision è stata fa/a dire/amente dalla Rai
Volo,chehannostravintoaSanremoefuori.
tra tur i partecipan) ed è ricaduta sul secondo
Nell’edizione 2015 del fes)val, ricordiamoceli, a classificato(appuntolaMichielin).
vincere fu il terze/o di tenori, molto siciliano. Ed oralacoppiaCaccamo-Iurato.LaSicilianonèmai stata di casa a Sanremo con l’eccezione di Domenico Modugno naturalizzato nell’-Isola, più
sicilianochepuglieseperl’interacarrieraar)s)ca.
MasicilianoèancheLorenzoFragola,unaltrobig
in gara, catanese, divenuto noto dopo aver vinto
l’o/ava edizione del talent show X Factor. Tra le
nuove proposte, siciliana meno fortunata anche
Miele, di Caltanisse/a, che si è esibita poi come
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The Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia
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an Opera talk
and MEETING with the STARS of the STATE OPERA of SA
presenting
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6th–7thCarnevale
25th–CineforumopeningnightDjango(corbucci,1966)–6pmstart,partof
FlindersUniversity’s“StepBack!1966inReview”
Classes
24thPLIDAInformaUonEvening@262Carringtonstreet6p.m.
1stCircoloStudioDivinaCommedia-InfernoCantoXXVII
March
21stAGM
Classes
9th16th23rd30thPLIDAA2
8th22ndCaffèItaliano
6thCineforum–Andiamoaquelpaese(FicarraePicone,2014)
11thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXVIII
Classes
6th13th27thPLIDAA2
12th26thCaffèItaliano
9thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXIX
April
May
Classes
4th11th18th25thPLIDAA2
10th244tCaffèItaliano
1stCineforum–Unapiccolaimpresameridionale(Papaleo,2013)
20thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXX
18thRenaissanceDinner
Classes
1st8th15th22ndPLIDAA2
14th28thCaffèItaliano
June
11thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXXI
Classes
26thCaffèItaliano
3rdCineforum–Song’eNapule(ManefBros.,2014)
July
August
8thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXII
Classes
3rd10th17th24th31thPLIDAA2
9th23rdCaffèItaliano
TBACineforum–GroupscreeningattheLavazzaItalianFilmFesUval
12thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXIII
Classes
7th14th21st28thPLIDAA2
13th27thCaffèItaliano
5thCineforum–Efuorinevica(Salemme,2014)
September
October
17thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXIV
Classes
5th12th19th26thPLIDAA2
11th25thCaffèItaliano
November
23rdCineforum–Laquartavia(Aden,2012)–Q&AwiththedirectorKalaMohammedAden
14thCSDC–PurgatorioCantoI
Classes
3rd9thPLIDAA2
8th22ndCaffèItaliano
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__QuizNight
12thCSDC–PurgatorioCantoII
December
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