Paolo Pacciolla and Luisa Spagna at the Katevan World Sacred Music Festival – Goa
The Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival located in Old Goa combines musical traditions from different eras from the East and the West. It is a project of musical and artistic coexistence; a space where the language of music becomes a bridge to connect and foster dialogue among cultures. Paolo Pacciolla, pianist, percussionist, and ethnomusicologist, teaches […]
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Gained in translation at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
The KGAF presents the roundtable Living in other languages with Arunava Sinha, K.Srilata & Clara Nubile, moderated by Sampurna Chattarji. Clara Nubile is a writer and a literary translator currently based in Mumbai. She has been translating fiction for the last 17 years.Among her translations from English into Italian, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, […]
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RIFF on Tour at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Selected as one of “20 film festivals worth the entry fee,” by Movie Maker Magazine, the RIFF welcomes films and filmmakers from around the globe to share the art of independent film with international audiences, to entertain and enlighten festival attendees, to provide filmmakers the opportunity for professional networking and development, and to encourage cultural […]
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Floating Body – A Dance Workshop at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Stefano Fardelli is an Italian dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He has performed in numerous European cities and has collaborated with institutions such as the Opera in Berlin, BBC, The Place, Royal Finland Opera, Cie Twain Company and the English National Opera. He has graduated from the M.A.S. Academy, Milan and has studied with Susanna Beltrami. […]
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The Art of Focaccia Making at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
When we think of Italy, the first things that come to mind are the delicious food and wine and the rich cultural heritage. This presentation will explore that intricate weave of science, know-how, history, tradition and innovation found in Italian cuisine. The second event at the KGAF is a lesson on how to make focaccia, […]
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The Science of Coffee at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
When we think of Italy, the first things that come to mind are the delicious food and wine and the rich cultural heritage. This presentation at KGAF will explore that intricate weave of science, know-how,history, tradition and innovation found in Italian cuisine. These elements so impeccably combine to create a common product, simple yet complex. […]
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Il fattore umano by Matteo Alemanno and Francesco Rossi
On the eve of the 1968 protests,a young man unable to accept the way the main power portrayed all its opponents, decided to become a photographer to put things in order. Taking a beautiful picture is an act of faith. Tano D’Amico started a new path which led him to the forefront during the social […]
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Gente dei bagni. A documentary by Francesca Scalisi, 2015 (59 min)
A small red-brick building stands out with a big neon light: BAGNI (baths). These are the last public baths in the city where everybody can take a shower. It’s a microcosm of people’s stories told during one of the most intimate moment of their routine: the personal hygiene. It’s a meeting place for people coming […]
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Altamente by Gianni De Blasi
Every year, from January 11th to 18th, the people of Novoli, a small village in Salento (Italy), celebrate Sant’Antonio Abate. There they build a pile of shoots, The Fòcara, that is lit up when liturgical and religious rituals are over, thus giving the start signal to a series of concerts, cultural and convivial meetings: it […]
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The Night of the Panthers: a crooked cop in a very crooked city
Piergiorgio Pulixi presents his latest novel, The Night of the Panthers at the Somaiya Centre for Lifelong Learning. Money, sex, and power, Inspector Biagio Mazzeo is the head of a special unit trained in the investigation of organized crime. He is a kind of father figure to these hard men and he often leads them […]
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