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ESI AND THE ITALIAN THEATER

Taking up the invitation of many families of students to organize events related to Italian culture, l’ESI tries to carry out every year tours of Italian theater companies in Holland and to favor theatrical performances organized by the students themselves. The aim is to give Italian-Dutch students (but of essentially Dutch culture) a direct testimony of the culture of origin, or of paternal origin, and show them that learning Italian has a value that goes beyond the simple learning of a foreign language.

ITALIAN THEATER FOR CHILDREN

Continuing a long tradition, also in 2022 ESI organized an Italian theater tour for children in the Netherlands. The “La Baracca Theater” of Prato, con Maila Ermini and Gianfelice D'Accolti, proposed the show "The True Story of ... Meatballs”, a funny story where prof. Pagliaccia told how and when ... meatballs were born! The show took place – Saturday 11 June 2022 ad Amsterdam,, presso l’Italian Cultural Institute; – Sunday 12 June 2022 a The hague, to the theater The Zeeheldentheater. Grande successo e sale… al completo!

ITALIAN THEATER (adults)

Always in 2022, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini and in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, l’ESI ha presentato anche lo spettacolo “We do not understand one another“, realizzato dal “Teatro La Baracca” di Prato, con Maila Ermini and Gianfelice D'Accolti, mWednesday 8 June 2022 presso l’Italian Cultural Institute – Amsterdam. Carla Lonzi was an art critic and theorist of feminism, contemporary by Pier Paolo Pasolini. They never met, but a conversation between the two was established at a distance, as her diary testifies. On the scene they imagine that they meet, almost on the eve of Pasolini's death, overcoming mutual distrust in a family context, daily, simple. E’ il dialogo di due anime sole incomprese e ribelli, in controversy with the world.

2019 – A seguito del grande successo ottenuto già nel 2007, Laura Kibel returned to the Netherlands for ESI with her “Teatro dei Piedi” . Since 8 up to 10 November at Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Den Haag the enthusiasm of the public of adults and children for the extraordinary skill of the artist and the appreciation for these cultural initiatives by ESI were unanimous.

2018 – Dopo una pausa di qualche anno, the 16, 17 and 18 November 2018, respectively in Maastricht, Amsterdam e The Hague, ESI presented the show Without Ears della Compagnia di “Riccardo e Margherita”, inspired by a tale by Luigi Capuana.

Going back to the past:

The 9 and 10 October 2010, at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam and the Zeehelderteather Theater in Den Haag, la Compagnia “Teatro Gioco Vita” di Piacenza ha presentato lo spettacolo Frog, from the work of Den Haag writer Max Velthuijs.

The 21 and 22 November 2009, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam and the Museon in Den Haag, the Teatro delle Guarattelle by Brunello Leone presented the show Stories of Pulcinella.

In the days 29 and 30 November 2008, respectively at the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam and the Museon in Den Haag, the Puppet Theater Company Burambò ha presentato lo spettacolo “…Altrimenti arriva l’uomo nero!“. This show continued a tradition that began many years ago.

In November 2007 indeed, Laura Kibel he took on tour in the cities of Rotterdam, Amsterdam e Den Haag il suo originale “Theater of the Feet“, which has met with considerable success.

In the first week of February 2007, the Company of Ferrari of Parma ha rappresentato con grande successo ad Amsterdam e Den Haag lo spettacolo di burattini “The Fonte Portentosa“.

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Going back to the origins, in 1999, l’ESI ha organizzato una tournée in Olanda del “Teatro delle Briciole” di Parma, per la rappresentazione dello spettacolo “Pierino e il Lupo”. The performances took place in the cities of Maastricht, The Hague and Amsterdam, registrando ovunque il “tutto esaurito”.

In the wake of the success of the previous year, always in collaboration with the IIC of Amsterdam, l’ESI he organized in 2000 una tournée del “Teatro delle Marionette degli Accettella” di Roma, per la rappresentazione della favola originale “The Thousand and One Puppets“. The performances took place in the same locations, enjoying similar success.

The validity of these initiatives has been confirmed, l’ESI e l’IIC they also organized in 2001 una tournée della compagnia dei pupari sicilani “Sons of Art Cuticchio” di Mimmo Cuticchio, nominato poi dall’UNESCO “World Heritage Site“, per la presentazione dello spettacolo “The Grand Duel of Orlando and Rinaldo for the love of the beautiful Angelica“, on this occasion, expanding the number of Dutch locations that hosted the tour.

The 2002 saw the completion of the work Taxed Air, staged by the students of the Oegstgeest courses. After a preview in June at the Rijnlands Lyceum theater in Oegstgeest, the work was presented in Den Haag in September at the De Poort Theater.

In 2003, l’ESI he invited the Theater Company ERBAMIL (Bergamo) to make two representations of the work SYNPHONIA, un “musical clowning” per adulti e bambini, in the cities of Den Haag and Utrecht.

Contemporaneamente l’ESI has activated a collaboration with the Department of Education of the city of Den Haag and other theatrical associations, for the staging of works made by their students. In this context, the 20 June 2004 il Gruppo “Facciamo finta che…”, composed of the students of the Lisse and Oegstgeest courses, he staged the opera in Den Haag The Two Castles, based on a short story by Anna Maria Breccia and produced in collaboration with the theater group The onsetO.

During the last week of May 2004, the Sansfaçon Company of Taranto has made a tour in the cities of Maastricht, The hague, Nijmegen and Amsterdam, for the staging of the opera Odysseus versus Polyphemus, freely taken from Book IX of the Odyssey.