Dance workshop with Silvia Gribaudi
On the occasion of the Canadian tour of the show “Graces” by Silvia Gribaudi’s dance company, the Italian Cultural Institute invited the Italian artist and choreographer to discuss her show and dance with her. Thursday October 6 2022 from 12pm to 1pm, we are happy to welcome you to our institute for a totally original […]
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“Graces” by Silvia Gribaudi
Graces is a performance project inspired by Antonio Canova’s sculpture and the concept of beauty and nature. The inspiration is mythological. On stage three male bodies, three dancers inside a sculptural work that symbolizes beauty in a journey of skill and technique that takes them to a suspended place and time. Here the masculine and […]
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”Retour en Italie” – ”Ennio” by Giuseppe Tornatore – Cinéma du Musée
The documentary marks the 13th collaboration between Morricone and his long-time friend Tornatore, for whom he has scored most of his films, including Cinema Paradiso. In addition to interviews with filmmakers and musicians, including Wong, Bernardo Bertolucci, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood and Bruce Springsteen, the film features fragments of Morricone’s private life, recordings from his […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini – Retakes
Given that 2022 marks the hundred-year anniversary of Pasolini’s birth, we would like to bring Pasolini back to Montreal. With this in mind, Concordia University, Université du Québec à Montréal, and St. Paul University in Ottawa joined forces to organize an international conference, artist talks, and a series of screenings. Informations: pppinmontreal@gmail.com https://labdoc.uqam.ca/ppp-rrr-montreal-2022/?lang=en
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Lucani in Québec, the Basilicata of Radio Lausberg
“Lucani in Québec, the Basilicata of Radio Lausberg” takes its name from the song “Lucani in Québec” written by the poet and singer Enrico “Erriquez” Greppi (leader of Bandabardò and artistic producer of Radio Lausberg) together with Giuseppe Oliveto, singer and leader of the Lucanian band. Released in December 2021 exclusively for a Canadian label […]
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Reading club dedicated to the novel “Fontamara” by Ignazio Silone
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to present the Italian-language reading club animated by Maria Eugenia Giochi and dedicated to the novel Fontamara (1945) by Ignazio Silone. Wednesday, September 14 2022, 6:30pm Free event in Italian. Registration required.The reading circle will take place online, via Zoom. The invitation link will be sent to […]
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Pierluigi Billone – ‘No Hay Banda’
Thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, the ‘No Hay Banda’ presents a series of three concerts dedicated to the works of the Italian composer Pierluigi Billone, one of the most original voices of the European avant-garde. His music will be performed by renowned local and international artists, among his closest […]
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”Retour en Italie” – ”La légende du Roi Crabe” by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis
Italy, nowadays. Some elderly hunters reminisce about the tale of Luciano together. Late 19th century, Luciano lives as a wandering drunkard in the Tuscian countryside. His lifestyle and constant opposition to the despotic local prince have turned him into an outcast for the community. In an ultimate vengeful move to protect (from the lord) the […]
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“Apri gli occhi! / Ouvre les yeux! Pasolini à voix haute” – Exhibition
In this work significantly titled “Apri gli occhi! / Ouvre les yeux! Pasolini à voix haute“, Spanghero challenges Gideon Bachmann’s long conversations with Pasolini (ten hours preserved by Cinemazero in Pordenone, Italy). September 7th – October 23rd, 2022Cinémathèque Québécoise335, boul. De Maisonneuve EstMontréal
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“Dialogo con Pasolini” – Cycle di films
Pier Paolo Pasolini would have turned 100 this year. From his early writings to his untimely death in 1975, he traced a path and a corpus of works – cinematographic, literary, non-fiction – that have never ceased to fuel reflection, debate and inspire artists and thinkers over the decades. As part of the university symposium PPP […]
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