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Vita Nuova MAY 2017, Issue 22
Bollettino bilingue della Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia Inc.
Letter from the President
Fatti non foste a viver come bruti,
ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.
(Inferno Canto XXVI)
Dear Members,
Welcome to the winter issue of Vita Nuova. My father read the above quote to me
when I was only 8 years old. Some memories never fade, marking key moments in
our lives. That is how my father introduced me to Dante and how I fell in love with
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
the writings of ‘il padre della Lingua Italiana', the father of the Italian language. The
quote above for me is a reminder of how important it is to live every day fully,
following our dreams and travelling whatever distance - physical or emotional – 1. Letter from the President
trying to fulfill them. My dreams have always been associated with travelling and
writing and here I am, three years in Australia and new president of The Dante 3. Totò, un’icona del Cinema
Alighieri Society of South Australia. Yet, still seeking 'virtute e canoscenza'. italiano
Much has happened since the last issue of Vita Nuova in December 2016, including a
new President and Committee. At our AGM in February Luciana D’Arcangeli 5. La Bella Lingua al cinema
finished her mandate from her position after three years of very hard work, delivering
great successes for the Society. On behalf of the whole Committee, I would like to
officially thank her for the incredible work carried out and for her commitment, 6. Locandina
dedication and passion for the Italian culture and language throughout the years as “As inside a mirror”
President and Vice President of the Society. A thank you note goes also to Luciana’s
family, her husband Alessandro and her son Duncan, for their constant active 7. Face to Face
participation, presence and support to the Society.
I would also like to thank Giuliana Otmarich who has recently resigned from the
Committee, thanking her for all the hard work and invaluable support. 8. Calendario 2017
I would like to give a warm welcome to the new Committee members and to 9. Membership Form
introduce the Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia’s Committee:
Natasha Marona - Vice President
Ciro Pipolo - Treasurer and Circolo Studio Divina Commedia Coordinator
Beatrice Barbieri - Schools Project Coordinator and Italian teacher
Emma Luxardo - Secretary
Maria Russo, Antonio Mercorella, Anna Mazzone - members, the latter also
Italian teacher
Luigi Masciantonio, Isabella Bracco and Stefano Bona - co-opted members,
the latter also Italian teacher and webmaster
Sanne Rejenga e Irina Gomanyuk - co-opted members and newsletter co-
editors
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The 2017 DA Committee
Donate to the Dante
PLIDA Language Proficiency Courses
March saw the start of the first semester of the Italian classes for adults. This
Alighieri Culture &
year we are running three classes: one for beginners (A1), one for continuers
(A2) and one for intermediate speakers of the language (B1). Our second
Education Fund
semester will start in August. Please contact us for enrolment and for more
details.
Schools Project
All funds are used to support our For the fifth year, the Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia has received
many exciting projects which will funds from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue the program that
allows Dante to employ a number of qualified Italian language assistants to work
revitalize the love of Italian language closely with Italian teachers in the classrooms of selected schools. This year we
have started collaboration with Perugia University from which some language
and culture in South Australia. assistants have been selected. The program started in early May with a workshop
for teachers and assistants in collaboration with the SA Department of Education
ü Language classes and Child Development and the Catholic Schools Office.
ü Cineforum Upcoming social events
ü Opera and music appreciation As you know, the aim of this Society is the promotion of the Italian Language and
Culture, both within and outside the Italian community. In designing some of
ü Public lectures our social events we also think about keeping a connection with all generations of
ü Dante Alighieri Commemoration the Italian community - from those who came here a few decades ago to the ‘new
Italians’ who are still seeking a bright future far from home. In his writings,
Day
instead of the Latin language used at that time, Dante used ‘il volgare’ to have a
ü Grants, scholarships and prizes common language that could be understood by all. In the same way, our Society
is a link and a support for the whole Italian community and needs the support of
the whole community. For this reason, we are planning a series of fundraising
All donations over $2 to the Dante dinners to take place in the Italian clubs where we will highlight cultural insights
of the various regions with related entertainment.
Alighieri Culture and Education Fund
are tax deductible The first fundraising dinner will be on 15th June at the Campania Club with a
Pizza and film night to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Toto’s death. We are also
planning a Cross-Cultural evening on 12th August, ‘Italy meets China’ at the
Or Italian Centre, in 262 Carrington Street, Adelaide which includes a
multicultural banquet, cooking demonstrations and entertainment. Put these
dates in your diaries and read on for more information on the posters in this
Become a Sponsor
issue. November will see our participation in Carnevale and our support of the
‘Settimana della Cucina Italiana’ promoted by the Italian Consulate.
I would like to thank everyone for their good wishes in taking on my new
position, they are very much appreciated. I look forward to new members
joining and invite you to read our news and continue to follow and like our page
Dante Alighieri Society of SA Inc. on Facebook.
Grazie,
Silvia De Cesare
Silvia De Cesare
(President)
For more information
Visit us at: www.ladantesa.com
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Or phone at 0423 359 503
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Totò,
un’icona del cinema
italiano
He was a brilliant comedian, film and theatre actor, screenwriter, writer, singer and songwriter who could (and still can)
make you laugh or cry with just a facial expression or a gesture.
“Signori si nasce ed io modestamente lo nacqui” (1960 movie ‘Signori si nasce’) - Totò was born Antonio Clemente on 15
February 1898 in a poor district of Naples, Rione Sanità. He was the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and the
Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples who legally recognized him only in 1937.
Despite his mother’s wish for him to become a priest, Totò started his career as a comedian in small local theatres at the age
of 15. After serving in the army during World War I, Totò returned to acting, developing some of the trademarks of his
style such as puppet-like and disjointed gesticulation, emphasized facial expressions, and a distinctive sense of humour.
To perform in bigger theatres, the actor moved to Rome in 1922 and by the 1930s he had his own company. Totò starred in
a total of 97 movies, of which many are still frequently broadcast on Italian television. Among the many movies, we
remember Fifa e Arena, Totò Sceicco, Totò terzo uomo, Guardie e ladri, Totò e le donne, Totò Tarzan, I soliti ignoti, Totò, Peppino e la
malafemmena, La legge è legge and the first Italian colour movie, Totò a colori in 1952. Throughout his career, Totò worked
with every major Italian actor of the time and successfully teamed up with Aldo Fabrizi and Peppino De Filippo in many
movies.
Totò also wrote poetry and music. 'A Livella’ is probably his most famous work and recounts the meeting of an arrogant rich
man with a humble poor man after they die. The famous song ‘Malafemmena’ was written after he separated from his wife
Diana and is still considered a classic Italian popular song.
The Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia is celebrating Totò with a fundraising Pizza and film night on 15th June at
the Campania Club. During the evening, guests will enjoy readings from Le poesie di Toto’ and 'A Livella’, will listen to a
live version of the song ‘Malafemmena’ and will watch one of Toto's famous movies on the big screen.
Come join us and support us. As Toto’ said ‘è la somma che fa il totale!’ (Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi, 1960). In the
meantime, here is a reminder of some of Toto’s famous and hilarious quotes:
“Il coraggio ce l'ho. È la paura che mi frega.”
“Come è gentile per essere una parente: sembra un'estranea!”
“È difficile capire le donne... sono occulte.”
“Si dice che l'appetito vien mangiando, ma in realtà viene a star digiuni.”
“Io non rubo, integro. D’altra parte in Italia chi è che non integra?”
“Tutti i giorni lavoro, onestamente, per frodare la legge.”
“Il napoletano lo si capisce subito da come si comporta, da come riesce a vivere senza una lira.”
“Siccome sono democratico, commando io.”
“E’ un affare? No, è un furto, garantisco io.”
“Lei non sa chi sono io!”
“Italiani, elettori, inquiline, coinquilini, casigliani! Vota Antonio! Vota Antonio! Vota Antonio!
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15 JUNE 2017
@6PM
THE DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY
INVITES YOU TO A FUNDRAISING DINNER
TO CELEBRATE A TRUE ICON OF ITALIAN CINEMA:
ANTONIO DE CURTIS AKA TOTÒ.
COME ALONG FOR A NIGHT OF FOOD, CINEMA, AND
ENTERTAINMENT "ALLA NAPOLETANA"
TICKETS: $28
Pizza + 1 beer + coffee + dessert + movie on the big screen
drinks available from the bar
@ CAMPANIA CLUB
5 Famechon Cres, Modbury North SA 5092
INFO@LADANTESA.COM/0417860932
Bookings are essential 4
Payment to: Dante Alighieri Society of SA
BSB: 065-107 / ACCT: 10236915
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La bella lingua al cinema
Anche quest’anno la Dante Alighieri Society of SA invita gli studenti di italiano a partecipare alla
“Dante Competion” – un concorso a premi aperto a tutte le scuole del South Australia che vuole
favorire la creatività e l’amore per la lingua italiana. Il tema del 2017 sarà “L’italiano al cinema,
L’italiano nel cinema”, in onore della XVII Settimana della Lingua italiana nel mondo, che si terrà a
ottobre a Canberra. Ma di cosa si tratta? Abbiamo chiesto alla nostra nuova segretaria – Emma
Luxardo – di raccontarcelo.
Alcuni studenti del Thomas More
Secondary college, mentre ricevono il
premio per la Dante Competition
2016, in occasione dell’AGM della
Dante SA.
Scanned by CamScanner
“L'ITALIANO AL CINEMA, L'ITALIANO NEL CINEMA”
16-22 OTTOBRE 2017
La manifestazione è stata inaugurata nel 2001 – anno europeo delle lingue – su iniziativa di Francesco Sabatini,
presidente dell'Accademia della Crusca, con lo scopo di promuovere nel mondo la lingua italiana e la sua cultura. In
collaborazione con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, ogni anno viene scelto un tema specifico legato all'uso della lingua
italiana e attorno a tale tema si sviluppano proposte e svariate iniziative su scala internazionale.
Di anno in anno l'iniziativa ha riscosso sempre maggiore interesse e ha coinvolto un numero crescente di partecipanti:
gli eventi sono stati molteplici, adatti al pubblico più vario, a dimostrazione che la lingua e la cultura italiana riscuotono
ovunque un grande appeal.
All'estero, la manifestazione è affidata ai vari Istituti italiani di cultura, ai Consolati italiani, alle cattedre di Italianistica,
alle Associazioni di Italiani all'estero e, con un ruolo cardine, ai vari Comitati della Società Dante Alighieri, il
tutto sotto l'alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica.
La XVII Edizione della Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel mondo, che si terrà dal 16 al 22 ottobre 2017
è dedicata al tema "L'italiano al cinema, l'italiano nel cinema".
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COME PARTECIPARE AL CONCORSO
LE EDIZIONI
Quest’anno la Dante Alighieri Society of SA promuove ben due
PRECEDENTI
concorsi:
1. La “Dante Competition” rivolta agli studenti sia della Primary che Nel 2016 la rassegna, in programma dal 17 al 23
della High School di Adelaide, sarà dedicata proprio al tema “L'Italiano
al cinema, l'Italiano nel cinema”. ottobre, è stata dedicata alla creatività italiana e ai suoi
Gli studenti sono invitati a dare libero sfogo alla loro creatività e a marchi, ed in particolare ai settori della moda, dei costumi
partecipare come classe al concorso.
Il tema di quest'anno offre mille ispirazioni: la storia del cinema italiano e del design, come recita il titolo “L’Italiano e la
(il 28 aprile Cinecittà ha compiuto 80 anni), i vari concorsi
creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design”, fulcro
cinematografici in Italia, come il famoso Festival del Cinema di
Venezia, gli attori italiani considerati delle icone nel mondo, film del “saper fare italiano” anche negli anni a venire.
stranieri ispirati dall'Italia e dalla sua cultura.
E' possibile partecipare in varie modalità e supporti: poster, audio,
video… Lo scorso anno, la Settimana della Lingua ha avuto luogo
I vincitori verranno premiati durante la settimana del Carnevale di
dal 19 al 24 ottobre 2015. Il tema prescelto è stato
Adelaide (5-7 novembre 2017) e bisognerà far pervenire gli elaborati
alla Dante Alighieri SA entro il 30 settembre prossimo. “L’Italiano della musica, la musica dell’Italiano”. La
Per ulteriori informazioni potete scrivere direttamente a: distribuzione geografica degli oltre 1300 eventi è stata
info@ladantesa.com la seguente: 435 nelle Americhe, 408 nell’Unione
2. "Come dentro uno specchio - L'Italia vista fuori dall' Italia". Questo europea, 163 in Asia e Oceania, 171 nell’Europa extra
secondo concorso, promosso dalla Dante Alighieri di Roma in UE, 113 nel Mediterraneo e in Medio Oriente e 75
collaborazione con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, è rivolto ai giovani
registi emergenti (e non), di età compresa tra i 18 e i 26 anni di tutte le nell’Africa Subsahariana.
nazionalità.
Il bando è scaricabile a questo link: Nel 2014, nell’ambito del Semestre di Presidenza
http://www.consadelaide.esteri.it/consolato_adelaide/resource/doc
italiana dell’Unione Europea, la Direzione Generale ha
/2017/04/2017_04_sda_come_dentro_uno_specchio.pdf
avviato una riflessione sistemica sulle industrie culturali
Vi terremo aggiornati!
in Italia, con il tema “Scrivere la nuova Europa:
editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell’era digitale”
(20-25 ottobre 2014). La distribuzione geografica
degli eventi è stata la seguente: 324 eventi nell’Unione
Europea, 153 nell’Europa extra UE, 144 in Asia e
Oceania, 88 nel Mediterraneo e Medio Oriente, 67 in
Africa Subsahariana.
Nel 2013, intorno al tema “Ricerca, Scoperta,
Innovazione: l’Italia dei Saperi”, che ha sottolineato la
centralità di scienza e tecnologia nella cultura italiana, 6
sono state organizzate 1200 iniziative da 153 sedi –
Istituti Italiani di Cultura, Consolati e Ambasciate – in
102 Paesi.
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Face to face
We asked Irina Gomanyuk, who attends the first semester of our
Italian course PLIDA A1, to tell us why she decided to study Italian.
I fell in love with Italy and the Italian language after watching movie “Under the
Tuscan Sun” back in 2010. It was like a lightning bolt: I want to go to Tuscany,
to walk those cypresses lines roads and to admire plush green hills, to eat Italian
food and to drink Italian wines looking at the sun go down over Val D’Orcia. Enrolments
Enrolments are openfor
are open forthe
thesecond
second
I dream of having a coffee in piazzas of Cortona and Arezzo chatting to signoras semesterof
semester of our
our Italian
ItalianCourse.
Course.
nearby who tell me barzelletta (a funny little story) about the café owner. I have
The 2nd semester starting in the first
even started practicing tarantella imagining that one day I will be dancing it in a The PLIDA Certification Level Beginners A2
traditional dress somewhere in piazzas of Italy. week of August and is 15 weeks @
3hours per week for a total of 45
I want to immerse myself into this beautiful language to feel it, to taste it, to
learn the art of dolce far niente (“the sweetness of doing nothing”) and learn how hours. Classes will be held at our
to be more of la bella figura (‘presenting yourself in the best light possible in all premises in 262 Carrington St, Adelaide
your interactions”).
SA 5000 from 5 to 8 pm.
There were plenty of books about Italy I read since my Italomania has started.
But the one stands out and I name it my Italian Bible. It is called “La Bella
B1 (Upper intermediate level)-
Lingua” by Dianne Hales.
The words from the book precisely describe how I feel about this fascinating Wednesdays
language: A1 (Beginning level)– Thursdays
“While other tongues do little more than speak, this lyrical language thrills the ear, A2 (Intermediate level) – Fridays
beguiles the mind, captivates the heart, enraptures the soul, and comes closer than any
other idiom to expressing the essence of what it means to be human… There is no English
word that quite captures the sensation of innamoramento, crazy head-over-heels love,
deeper than infatuation, way beyond bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. An official Dante Alighieri attendance
But that’s what I am – an innamorata, enchanted by Italian, fascinated by its story and certificate (ADA) will be issued to
its stories, tantalized by its adventures, addicted to its sound, and ever eager to spend
more time in its company”. participants who will achieve an
attendance record of at least
I have studied language myself for a while, watched movies (with subtitles, of
80%. Our specifically designed courses
course J), read simple articles and tried translating lyrics of my favourite songs
by Toto Cutugno, Adriano Celentano, Zucchero and Luciano Pavarotti. Still, I also prepare students to sit the PLIDA
was not able to hold a simple conversation. And with this New Year’s certification exams.
resolution to learn Italian I found myself enrolled into DA course level A1.
What can I tell you? I love every minute of our three hour Thursday lessons
with such a fantastic teacher as Stefano Bona and my great classmates. We all Cost: $650 per semester – ONLY
are so different yet one thing unites us all – this unexplainable love of the most $14.50 p/h + $50 Textbook to be
beautiful language in the world.
purchased through us after enrolment.
Viva l’Italiano!
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What is PLIDA? The PLIDA (Progetto
Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri) certificate is
an official diploma issued by the Società
Dante Alighieri under an agreement with the
Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia Inc.
Connecting you with Italian language and culture
Il mondo in italiano
2017 Membership Application
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1) Concession rate is available to holders of pension, disability, unemployment, health care and student cards.
2) Persons enrolled in DA language classes receive automatic membership of the DA society
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“DANTE ALIGHIERI CULTURE AND EDUCATION FUND”
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