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Divina Commedia “Illusion Dance”, NoGravity Theatre (2021)

April 10, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“Sul palco, i ballerini si muovono volando dentro l’aria e creano figure irreali! Ispirazione per le feste del teatro barocco e attingendo alle possibilità tecnologiche attuali, Emiliano Pellisari, autore di questo spettacolo totale, è l’inventore di una singolare arte coreografica, al crocevia della magia, illusionismo e circo. I suoi ballerini, come liberati dalla gravità, fluttuano nell’aria al ritmo della musica che spazia dal rock al classico. Ispirato alle cantiche più famose di Dante, unisce Magritte ed Escher nel suo universo surrealista.  Pellisari ci porta in un sogno ad occhi aperti, sbalorditivo  per non dire bellezza pura.”    –Anne-Catherine Sutermeister, NoGravity Theatre

Divina Commedia is one of the shows put on by touring, acrobatic theatre company NoGravity. For more information about the show and the production company, visit their website here.

See our other post featuring NoGravity and their adaptation of Dante’s Inferno here.

Categories: Image Mosaic, Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2021, Acrobatics, Choreography, Dance, Divine Comedy, Italy, Performing Arts, Sculpture Dance, Surrealism

Divinity and damnation — why Dante still matters Article, Financial Times (2021)

March 30, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“‘Onorate l’altissimo poeta!’ — ‘Honour the supreme poet!’ In Dante’s Divine Comedy, these words are said of Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory. Now, 700 years after Dante’s death on September 14, 1321, it seems more right than ever to apply the words to Dante himself.

“Dante’s reputation has never stood higher. He has been revered by an extraordinary number of the greatest poets and writers of the past hundred years — Eliot, Pound, Joyce, Beckett, Borges, Montale, and the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, to name only a few.” [. . .]    –Robert Chandler, Financial Times, September 28, 2021 (retrieved March 30, 2022)

Chandler’s article, published originally in the British newspaper Financial Times, goes on to review three Dante-related books: Dante by Alessandro Barbero, a translation of Purgatorio by D.M. Black, and Visions of Heaven by Martin Kemp. View our posts for each of these by clicking their respective links. The full text of the article is available here.

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Articles, Dante, Dante's Biography, Newspapers, Purgatorio, Reviews, United Kingdom

Depths of Dante Novel, Kevin Cady (2021)

March 27, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

kevin_cady_author_headshot“In his new book, Depths of Dante, Colorado Springs author Kevin Cady invites readers to explore one man’s journey into the darkest regions of the human condition.

“The book follows Dante Trakas on his journey to an unimaginable world. What begins as a search for a lost ship, the Cursed Nomad, turns into a down-the-rabbit-hole adventure where Dante explores not only the furthest reaches of himself but of humankind.

“Trakas descends into the world of eternal punishment, where he explores the furthest reaches of himself, pushed by the devil’s deceitful questions. While in hell, Trakas encounters a wall of bodies, grotesque-looking beasts that defy imagination and psychological warfare on the journey to the devil’s castle.” [. . .]    –William Dagendesh, North Springs Edition, October 19, 2021 (retrieved March 27, 2022)

Depths of Dante was originally published on October 13, 2021.

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, Books, Colorado, Colorado Springs, exploration, Hell, Journeys, Literature, Novels, Punishment, The Devil

Journées Dante Alighieri in Montauban, France (2021)

March 27, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“La soirée inaugurale des Journées Dante Alighieri a rassemblé le monde de la culture, les élus et de nombreux italophones au théâtre Olympe-de-Gouges. Un vrai succès pour cette institution culturelle italienne, la plus ancienne et la plus prestigieuse dans le monde, implantée à Montauban depuis plus de cinquante ans. Pour son président Alain Crivella : ‘J’ai le grand honneur d’ouvrir ces journées avec vous, le rôle de Dante dans la création de l’Italie est prépondérant, son message 700 ans après sa mort incroyablement actuel et universel. Écrivain hors pair et théoricien politique, linguiste, il a fait face à la crise idéologique du Moyen Âge en défendant la spiritualité face aux valeurs marchandes.’

“Aujourd’hui à 18 h 30 au Théâtre Olympe de Gouges, deux artistes, Odile Cariteau et Cathy Teil, exposent entre peintures figuratives et abstraites, enluminures, écritures, collages, elles retranscrivent l’univers dantesque.” [. . .]    —Ladepeche.fr, February 2, 2021 (retrieved March 27, 2022)

Categories: Performing Arts, Places
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Arts Festivals, Cultural Centers, Dante Days, France, Montauban, Music, Readings

Lucca Comics and Games Festival: “A Riveder le Stelle” (2021)

March 8, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“‘Lucca Comics & Games is a unique cross-media event dedicated to pop culture, cosplay, and comics held in a medieval Tuscan town,’ said Emanuele Vietina, Director of Lucca Comics & Games.

“This year Italy is honouring poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri by celebrating the 700th anniversary of his death and Dante’s Divine Comedy sets the tone for the returning festival with this year’s theme being ‘rebehold the stars: light’.

“‘The theme of Light will visually accompany the Festival experience with contemporary Italian illustrator Paolo Barbieri creating the image of Lucca Comics & Games poster (above). In the year of Dante’s celebrations, he creates a link between Lucca Comics & Games to Dante’s journey with Virgil through the darkness of Hell.” [. . .]    —SciFiNow, September 24, 2021 (retrieved March 8, 2022)

The festival took place, in-person, from October 29 – November 1, 2021.

Categories: Odds & Ends, Places
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Comics, Cosplay, Festivals, Games, Italy, Lucca, Pop Culture, stelle

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