Tango Total with maestros Korey & Adeline—and their Bandoneón!, until Sep 1 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

The Patamango Association is very excited to receive tango dancers, teachers, musicians Korey & Adeline Ireland <www.koreyadeline.com> here in Nairobi, for a series of master tango classes PLUS the special treat of live tango music, featuring the quintessential yet rare tango instrument the Bandoneón, at milongas (tango social dancing) on the evenings of Thursday 30 August and on Saturday 1 September.

Please see the facebook event covering their 4 day stay:
http://www.facebook.com/events/447970361892368/

@IIC Fri 31 Aug, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Workshop: Dynamic variations in cross system

@IIC Sat 1 Sep, 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Workshop: Floor, balance, pivot – technique resources for tango dancers
@IIC Sat 1 Sep, 11:30 am – 12:15 pm — “lunch box” break!

@IIC Sat 1 Sep, 12:15 pm – 2:15 pm – Workshop: Center and circumference

@IIC Sat 1 Sep, 7:30 pm – late: Farewell Milonga in company of Korey & Adeline, with a mini solo & accompanied Bandoneón recital from Korey & friends! (Usual refreshments table + 500 Kes venue rental.)

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All workshops will be 1h30 minutes of class time followed by a 30 minutes of “guided practica”. Pricing per workshop per individual:

Drop-in Rate 1 workshop: 1400 Kes
Pre-pay 2 workshops: 2400 Kes
Pre-pay 3 workshops: 3200 Kes

Pre-payment may be made in person at beginning of first workshop in question or by M-Pesa to 0715 357 507. Note no refunds for unattended pre-paid workshops.

Korey & Adeline have very kindly also accepted to extend our Patamango hardship rate policy to their workshops–if this may be relevant to your situation, please contact us explicitly PRIOR to participation to any of the workshops.

Private classes: may be possible in late afternoons of Fri or Sat (and requesting very reasonable rates). Please contact them directly on their kenyan mobile: 0700 038 973.

Please see www.patamango.com/locations for venue location details, and please email <nairobi.tango@patamango.com> for reservations or any additional information.

Film Screening: Baaria, Jul. 11 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè and Raoul Bova
Running time: 150 minutes
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Year of production: 2009

The award winning film begins in the 1920’s where Giuseppe “Peppino” Torrenuova lives with his brother Nino and his parents in a hovel. Peppino becomes a shepherd in order to help support the family and struggles through school, progresses to young adulthood and falls in love with Mannina. The two elope
Peppino’s idealistic concept is that his future lies in politics and he becomes a Communist, rises in the ranks, eventually even visiting Moscow to meet with Stalin, and returns to Baarìa to help the people in their struggle for land reform and socialism. His dream of being a successful politician is as fragile as it is unattainable.

The director of the film, Giuseppe Tornatore, was born in Baarìa which is Sicilian slang for Bagheria. This is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.

Winner of two David di Donatello Awards: Best actor, Best music

* FOR MEMBERS OF IIC ONLY
(Please show membership card at the door)

ENTRANCE FREE

At Italian Institute of Culture
On Wednesday, 11th July 2012 – Film starts at 6.30pm

Film Screening: La Bellezza del Somaro (Love & Slaps), Jul. 4 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

Directed by: Sergio Castilitto
Starring: Sergio Castellitto, Laura Morante and Enzo Jannacci
Year of production: 2010
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 107 minutes
Language: Italian with English subtitles

It was to be a relaxed weekend in the country for Marcello and Marina – he an architect, she a psychologist, two modern, enlightened fifty-year-olds – if their daughter Rosa, 16, rebellious and spoiled, hadn’t decided to bring her new boyfriend home.
Marcello and Marina prepare to meet their daughter’s new love, but they’re unaware of what (and who) awaits them…
In a weekend of extraordinary madness, besieged by a hoard of friends on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Marcello and Marina see their non-conformist convictions suddenly topple.
A hilarious, modern-day comedy centred on the generation gap between two parents who don’t want to grow old and a seventeen-year-old daughter who wants to become an adult.

Italian Institute of Culture
Wednesday, 4th July 2012

Film starts at 6.30pm

Theatre and Performances: Right You Are ( if You Think You Are), May 4-19, 2012 @ Phoenix Players


Phoenix Players & The Italian Institute of Culture present;
Right You Are( if You Think You Are). A situational comedy by Luigi Pirandello directed by Millicent Ogutu

Opening Night: May 4, 2012
Time: 7pm
Venue: Phoenix Players, Professional Centre

Dates: May 5-19, 2012
Times: Wed-Fri 7pm, Sat 6pm and Sat 19 (3 & 6pm)
Tickets: Kshs. 650.
Student nights: Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @ Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free.

SYNOPSIS
A government official is deployed to a small town where everyone knows everything about everybody! He has, in tow, a wife and his mother-in-law. Peculiarly he houses both women separately and nobody gets to see his wife who is permanently ensconced in a fifth floor apartment. The tongues begin to wag as Pirandello plays on the fickleness of the human being when faced with a situation they do not understand!

Lecture (in English): Venice-between myth & reality (past, present &future), May 9 2012 @ IIC


Dates: May 9, 2012
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture
Location: Grenadier Tower (6th Floor) Westlands next to Sankara
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free

Lecture by Prof. Shaul Bassi of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

About
Shaul Bassi is Associate professor of English Literature at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. He specializes in Shakespeare and postcolonial studies.
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Conference: A new entrepreneurship as a bridge between Italy and Kenya, Apr. 26 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura requests the pleasure of your company at the conference in English

A new entrepreneurship as a bridge between Italy and Kenya

Speaker: Prof. Mario Molteni (Full Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Strategy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Milan)

Date: April 26, 2012
Venue: the Italian Institute of Culture
Time: 7.00pm
Entry: Free

About Mario Molteni
Mario Molteni is Full Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Strategy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.
He is Founder and Director of ALTIS (Postgraduate School Business & Society) at the same university, an international research and education center for CSR and entrepreneurship. Mario was born and resides in Italy. He is the author of numerous books and scientific articles on Corporate strategy, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship.

For more info: IIC website