Strasbourg – Emma Dante presents “Le sorelle Macaluso”. A tale of seven women
Emma Dante, one of the most interesting and controversial Italian directors, has decided to bring on stage the story of a matriarch. “The Macaluso Sisters”, which will run at the Maillon-Wacken Theater from January 12 to January 16, 2016, tells the story of seven sisters . The performance will be staged with the support of […]
Read moreHaifa – Cinema and history, “Rinascere in Puglia: Shores of Light, Salento 1945-47”
Between 1945 and 1947 thousands of Jews who survived the Holocaust found refuge and safety in Apulia. Several hundred children were born in the Salento region but shortly after left for Israel, leaving behind their fleetingly Italian origins. Shuni, Esther and Rivka, “three daughters of the South of Italy”, are the main characters in a […]
Read moreAthens – Exhibitions, “Tracce e recessioni” colour the Italian Cultural Institute
Originality and coherence, cohesion and continuous experimenting with means and methods. In the exhibition entitled “Tracce e recessioni” (“Traces and Relinquishments”), which the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens will keep open to visitors till January 20, Maria Kompatsiari presents old and new collections of her works. Taking representation as her point of departure, the artist […]
Read moreSantiago del Chile-Director Romeo Castellucci at the STGOaMIL Festival
Santiago del Chile once again hosts the renowned STGOaMIL theatre festival with performances by some of the most important companies in the world. The Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy of Italy in Chile will offer famous actor and director Romeo Castellucci (Societa Raffaello Sanzio) as Italy’s illustrious representative at the festival, who will be performing […]
Read moreLa Valletta – Art, treasures of the Convent of San Marco enchant Malta
On Thursday 14 January, in the context of a cycle of conferences on Italian art organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of La Valletta, art historian and founder/director of the Fine Arts Museum of Malta Fr. Marius Zerafa will reveal the “Treasures of the Convent of San Marco in Florence” to the Maltese public. The […]
Read moreBeijing – Design and Architecture: the Triennale di Milano presented in China
Design, art, architecture, cinema, communication and society: the 21st Triennale di Milano prepares for its official presentation to the Chinese public at 15:00 hours on Monday 4 January at the theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing. The event has been organised by the Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Beijing in collaboration […]
Read moreSan Francisco – In search of “492 Great Things about Being Italian”
San Francisco’s Italian Cultural Institute will host a special event on Wednesday 20 January dedicated to Made in Italy and Italian creativity, culture and genius. The event is to be hosted by Boze Hadleigh, author of more than 15 books – among them“Celebrity Feuds!” and “Hollywood and Whine” – and hundreds of magazine and newspaper […]
Read moreHamburg – Alessandra Ferri pays homage to Eleonora Duse
Hamburg pays homage to Italian acting great Eleonora Duse on Wednesday 13 January at the Italian Cultural Institute, where ballerina Alessandra Ferri will offer her personal vision of John Neumeier’s “Duse”, the composer’s role in the work and the various phases of her career. The work was recently performed at the Staatsoper in Hamburg. Read more, […]
Read moreKrakow – Italian Cultural Institute explores 19th and 20th century Italy
The Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow has been under the direction of 58-year-old Ugo Rufino for a year and a half now, and it will be the director himself to hold a seminar at the University of Krakow on 20 January entitled “History of 19th and 20th Century Italy”, during a conference on Italy’s contemporary […]
Read moreDei – Oman: Orpic-Maire Tecnimont agreement worth 890 million US dollars for the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex
The signing ceremony for the contracts for the creation of the Liwa Plastic Industries Complex by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) took place on 17 December 2015. The project includes an agreement worth over 890 million dollars between Orpic and the Italian Maire Tecnimont to build polymer facilities (polyethylene and polypropylene) for the […]
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