Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia Inc.

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Leonardo Da Vinci Decoded Competition for S.A. schools. The winners are….

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No. 18 – March 2016

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The Execu)ve Commi/ee of the Dante Alighieri Society of S.A. wasposi)velyimpressedbythecrea)vityandthequalityofthesubmissionsthe schools that have taken part in the 2015 "Leonardo Decoded”compeGGon. All the submissions were of excellent quality and theCommi/eewaspar)cularlyhappytoassigntheprizesasfollows:The third prize was awarded to the year 8 students of Italian of theNorwoodMorialta High School, for the imagina)on dedicated to theprojectandfortheproduc)onofavideo-interviewofLeonardoDaVinci- of which only a small number of screen shots was on show at theCarnevale.The second prize is awarded to the year 8 students of Italian of theNorwood Morialta School, for their inven)veness, understanding,pronuncia)onandinterpreta)onoftheFloren)negenius.The Commi/ee has awarded the first prize to the work submi/ed bythe year 9 students of the Charles Campbell College for theirinven)veness, the holis)c informa)on, the ar)s)c talent and theobviouspassiontheydedicatedtopreparingtheirfolioonLeonardoandhis genius. Their teacher Maria Kitching was also awarded a 100%Campus"L’infinito”scholarshipthatincludesanintensive4-weekItalianlanguage course, plus cultural and recrea)onal ac)vi)es (Le InfiniteEsperienze).OnceagainIwouldliketoextendtheCommi/ee’scongratula)onstoallpar)cipantsandthankyoutoallteachersinvolved,Lucianad’ArcangeliPresidentoftheDanteAlighieriSocietyofS.A.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).

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 DanteAlighieri of Melbourne, we present here anar:cle published on their Newsle=er “DanteOggi” (December 2015) about the DanteAlighieriSociety82ndInterna:onalCongressheld in conjunc:on with the Expo 2015 inMilano.“A world network to support the sympathyfelt towards Italy and its language. DanteAlighieriSocietyattheCongress”.Representa)ves from many Interna)onalDante Alighieri Socie)es gathered in Milanofrom25to27September2015foritsbiannualCongress.Itwasorganisedinconjunc)onwiththeExpo2015andforthe750thanniversaryofthe birth of Dante and with the aim topromote the Italian language and culture inthe world. “Nourish the presence of Italy onthe planet” was the mo/o of the CongresswhichderivedfromthemaintopicoftheExpo2015“FeedingthePlanet,EnergyforLife”.Dante Alighieri Society was created in 1889butitwasonlyin2015thatforthefirst)meinits long history, a President of the ItalianRepublicwaspresentattheCongresswithanimportantaddressonSaturday26September.The President Sergio Ma/arella (in thepicture) expressed his view that Italy has anenormous poten)al embodied in thesympathy the world feels for its culture,language, music, design and living style. Hesaid: “The wish for an Italian living style is

placed very high in the list of desires in theworld.Ipersonallywitnessthiswisheach)meImeetauthori)esfromothercountrieseitherhereorabroad.Ourcomplexhistory remindsus that in hard )mes the Italian genius hasalwaysbeenabletogrowandassertitself”.TheDanteAlighieriSocietyMelbournebranchhasalwaysbeenawareof thegreatdesireofpeople in the State of Victoria to becomemorefamiliarwithmanyaspectsofItalianlifeandculture.ThePresidentofDASMelbourne,Dr. Dominic Barbaro had the opportunity tomen)onthemanyac)vi)esorganisedbyouroffice when the audience was asked tocomment.OurSocietywaswellrepresentedinMilano by Dr. Dominic Barbaro and his wifeLeanne, Dr. George and Mrs Susan Santorowho have always believed in what Italy canoffertothisna)on“Downunder”.Thosewhowishtoviewsomemomentsfromthe 82nd Interna)onal Congress of DanteAlighieri Society, can go to the websiteh/p://ladante.it/in-primo-piano/298-la-dante-una-risorsa.html

The Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia

Presents

Cineforum 2016

Cost: DA members $45 Non DA members $65 Uni/DA Students of Italian FREE

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

“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, 6:15 for a 7p.m. start 182 Victoria Square (1.1) , CBD (unless indicated)

Sanremo e la Sicilia alla ribalta Pergen:leconcessionedell’autoreripor:amounar:colo pubblicato nell’edizione di marzo-apriledel Ficodindia (BolleVno informa:vo culturaledeiSicilianid’Australia).Gli Stadio vincono il FesGval col brano bocciatol’anno precedente ma sono i siciliani cheincantanoSanremo.'UnGiornomidirai'.ConquestacanzonegliStadiomeritatamentehannovintoilFes)valdiSanremo.AlsecondopostosièpiazzatalagiovaneFrancescaMichielinconilbrano'NessunGradodiSeparazione'. Viadaqui.Puòsembrareunaminacciamalorocirimangonoeconquistanoilterzoposto. Anche quest’anno la Sicilia è stata degnamenterappresentata a Sanremo: siaMichael LeonardicheMiele hanno ben figurato fino “a due passi”dal traguardoper poi anche loro)fare per i duecolleghi ragusani che il vessillo della Trinacrial’hannoportatofinoallafine.LacoppiaGiovanniCaccamoeDeborahIuratoha“bucato” il video, come si suole dire. È apparsaben affiatata, il testo della canzone è buono, lamelodia gradevole, e il pubblico ha gradito. DaSanremo voleranno ovunque, come è capitato alVolo,chehannostravintoaSanremoefuori.Nell’edizione 2015 del fes)val, ricordiamoceli, avincere fu il terze/odi tenori,moltosiciliano.EdoralacoppiaCaccamo-Iurato.LaSicilianonèmaistata di casa a Sanremo con l’eccezione diDomenico Modugno naturalizzato nell’-Isola, piùsicilianochepuglieseperl’interacarrieraar)s)ca.MasicilianoèancheLorenzoFragola,unaltrobigin gara, catanese,divenutonotodopoaver vintol’o/ava edizione del talent showX Factor. Tra lenuove proposte, siciliana meno fortunata ancheMiele, di Caltanisse/a, che si è esibita poi come

ospitedopoesserestataeliminatadallagara,nons e n z a p o l e m i c h e .Poic’èNinoFrassica.Chehaposatolamascheradisempre,quelladiScasazza,perindossarneuna,inedita, di “fine dicitore” e poeta. La suainterpretazione del “gioco” ha toccato il cuore,senzaspegnere,equestoèdavverostraordinario,la luce che emana dal personaggio beffardo eumanissimo di sempre. Questo piccolo miracoloha una spiegazione: Frassica nella vita è assaisimile al personaggio che interpreta, è un po’ sestesso, magari con alcuni aggiustamen) cheperme/anodiammiccarealpubblico.Nonsolo,dunqueicantanGsiciliani,maancheilcomico che “gioca” con i bambini di qualunqueetà che subiscono le intemperie del mondo.

Riprende la sagradel CommissarioMontalbano.Èunanuovaserie,chevieneannunciata,conspotassai felici, dal più sgarrupato e simpa)copolizio/o del mondo, grazie al quale AndreaCamilleri si fa beffe dell’intelligenza digitale (ilpolizio/ostralunatoèungeniodelcomputer).La Sicilia, insomma, c’è. Sul piccolo schermo enella storia canora d’Italia. Se ci fosse anchealtrovesaremmoacavallo. Sarà Francesca Michielin (nella foto) arappresentarel’ItaliaalprossimoEurovisionSongContestchesiterràaStoccolmainSvezia(pressola Globen Arena) il 10, 12 e 14Maggio. Dopo larinuncia degli Stadio, come da regolamento delFes)val, la scelta del rappresentante italianoall’Eurovision è stata fa/adire/amentedallaRaitra tur i partecipan) ed è ricaduta sul secondoclassificato(appuntolaMichielin).

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WhatisPLIDA?ThePLIDA(ProgettoLinguaItalianaDanteAlighieri)certificateisanofficialdiploma issued by the Società Dante Alighieri under an agreementwiththeMinistryof ForeignAffairs and theUniversityofRome.ThePLIDA isalso recognisedby theMinistryof LabourandSocial Policies andby theMinistry of University and Research as a qualification for the universityentryofforeignstudents.

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Segnaliamo….

The Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia is proud to organise next November

an Opera talk and MEETING with the STARS of the STATE OPERA of SA

presenting

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March1stCircoloStudioDivinaCommedia-InfernoCantoXXVII21stAGMClasses9th16th23rd30thPLIDAA28th22ndCaffèItaliano

April6thCineforum–Andiamoaquelpaese(FicarraePicone,2014)11thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXVIIIClasses6th13th27thPLIDAA212th26thCaffèItaliano

May9thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXIXClasses4th11th18th25thPLIDAA210th244tCaffèItaliano

June1stCineforum–Unapiccolaimpresameridionale(Papaleo,2013)20thCSDC–InfernoCantoXXX18thRenaissanceDinnerClasses1st8th15th22ndPLIDAA214th28thCaffèItaliano

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August3rdCineforum–Song’eNapule(ManefBros.,2014)8thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXIIClasses3rd10th17th24th31thPLIDAA29th23rdCaffèItaliano

SeptemberTBACineforum–GroupscreeningattheLavazzaItalianFilmFesUval12thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXIIIClasses7th14th21st28thPLIDAA213th27thCaffèItaliano

October5thCineforum–Efuorinevica(Salemme,2014)17thCSDC-InfernoCantoXXXIVClasses5th12th19th26thPLIDAA211th25thCaffèItaliano

November

23rdCineforum–Laquartavia(Aden,2012)–Q&AwiththedirectorKalaMohammedAden14thCSDC–PurgatorioCantoIClasses3rd9thPLIDAA28th22ndCaffèItaliano__PLIDAExams__QuizNight

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