The Stromboli Project

“The Stromboli Project” is comprised of summer workshops held annually in Stromboli, Italy. Each workshop is carefully designed for distinct participants and dedicated to a specific focus. The program is committed to Research, Education & Production and intends to explore and hone connections between the text, the Linklater Voice Technique, the participants, and Stromboli’s magnificent landscape. The process is dedicated to communicating the universal power of stories and natural elements through film and theatrical performances.

Stromboli

The Sicilian island of Stromboli is one of seven Aeolian Islands and among the most active volcanoes on the planet. Its dramatic black sands, lush vegetation, deep blue seas, breathtaking sunsets and volcanic rumblings offer an inspiring set for the exploration of literature and theatrical texts. Among the texts explored each year isMetamorphoses, which Ovid wrote largely in neighboring Sicily. The presence of the characters in those immortal stories inhabits this magical part of the world. The participants’ voices and the texts will resonate in Stromboli and its dramatically changing environment: a landscape of earth, wind, fire and water, evoking elemental metamorphosis.

Contacts

Website: www.stromboliproject.com
Alessandro Fabrizi: alessandrofabrizi@libero.it
Susan Main: smain@nyc.rr.com

Sicily Unpacked: Episode 1 (Full Version)

This is what the RadioTimes.com is writing about the 3 episode travel show Sicily Unpacked on BBC: Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli hop aboard a cute railway carriage and visit Mount Etna. Naturally, there are stops along the way and they call at a vineyard in the foothills, where Locatelli knocks up a tasty-looking dish of deep-fried vine leaves. Yum!

But this is an artistic as well as culinary journey, so the boys have a look at the saucy Roman mosaic of the so-called “bikini girls” in the Villa Romana del Casale and help with a little bit of restoration. 

It’s all rather lovely, and after yet another stop at yet another restaurant where the Michelin-starred chef makes a very witty tuna burger (really, it’s clever), Andrew and Giorgio agree that they’ve had a lovely time as their three-episode exploration ends.

Video of Monreale, Sicily

Video of Ragusa, Sicily

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Messina Video

Messina, with a population of about 270,000, is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It is located at 38°11’24 N, 15°33’0 E, near the North-East corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina. Inhabitants of Messina in Italian are referred to as Messinesi or poetically Peloritani.

Lampedusa Riots – Video

Unfortunately, the situation is getting worse in Lampedusa. Migrants clashed with residents.

Nike SB in Sicily (Video)

 

Do You know How to Drink a Glass of Wine?

We love this video by Tasca D’Almerita!

Sicily is a country and city, sea and mountains, is ancient history and modernity, creativity and tradition. Amazing people in unforgettable places.

The whole essence of Sicily is concentrated in the new video of Tasca d’Almerita, a historic sicilian winehouse, which decided in its latest advertising campaign signed Mosaicoon to pay tribute to the extraordinary variety and intensity of the soil from which its wines derive.

“A glass of Sicily” is a journey that explores and portrays the most beautiful places and landscapes of Sicily in a wonderful succession of forms and colors, scents and tastes, sounds and sensations.

Sicily narrated by Tasca D’Almerita is the land of juicy fruits, bright colors of markets, glances and talkative gestures, strong and spicy odors, alleys and shops full of memory. Through this deep-rooted mix of art, culture, tradition and nature, the video depicts the island like a continent in the middle of Mediterranean Sea: a territory free from the common stereotypes and enriched by a huge artistic and cultural estate, in a perfect harmony between the human being and nature.

The best images of the places portrayed in the video are collected in an interactive map through which the user can virtually travel over again the steps of the story, slide pictures of the many explored locations and discover unpublished contents regarding ancient and modern traditions that still characterize the island and make it unique in the world.

More resources:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y05oduMW5Uo
Interactive map: http://bit.ly/aGlassofSicily
Corporate website: http://tascadalmerita.it

Tarmina Video

Taormina is in the province of Messina, together with the beautiful Aeolian Islands and the ancient city of Milazzo. It can be reached via highway from Messina to the North and Catania to the South. Taormina has been a very popular destination with tourists since the 19th century. It has beautiful beaches (accessible via a funicular) by the Ionian Sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content.

Video (7:19)

Ferragosto in Messina (August 15)

August 15, 2011
10:00 am	to	11:59 pm

Today is August 15, which is called Ferragosto, an Italian holiday traditionally believed by Roman Catholics to be the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary was bodily assumed in to heaven (on the right, you see the statue carried in the procession in Messina).

This holiday was celebrated in the Roman Empire to honor the gods -specifically Diana- and the cycle of fertility and maturity. In fact, the present name of the holiday is taken from its original title of Feriae Augusti (from Wikipedia).

Ferragosto is a big national day in Italy: everything is closed and you barely find a doctor in case of emergency.

 

The Gigante and Gigantessa

 

The Gigante and Gigantessa are on view in Messina from August 10. Messina celebrates Ferragosto mixing sacred and profane traditions.
Prior to August 15, the colossal statues of a couple of giants on horseback – a Moor called Grifone and a inhabitant of the village of Camaro (above Messina) called Mata, founders of the city according to the myth (in the photo) – are taken around the city.

 

Video (1:06)

 

Map

 

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