Kairos Italy Theater

Il Teatro Puo’… – February 1st, 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:21 +0000

This is an interesting question: Cosa PUO’ il teatro?

Un video ideato e realizzato dall’Associazione TK, progettato e prodotto da Fondazione di Venezia e Euterpe Venezia, cerca di dare alcune risposte… o suggerimenti di risposta!

E secondo voi, il teatro puo’….?

IL TEATRO PUO’… from giovaniateatro on Vimeo.

Babalu Aye: danzando per guarire le ferite anche interne

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:55:35 +0000

Alla lezione di danza afro-caraibica, abbiamo imparato i passi di una danza guatritrice, non tanto delle ferite esterne, quanto di quelle interne, una danza che toglie la negativita’, che -come diremmo noi – taglia i rami secchi e comincia un nuovo cammino. Si inizia stando piegati come se si tagliassero grossi fasci d’erba, si avanza tagliando e si taglia sempre piu’ forte, sempre piu’ decisi… poi ci si alza, si e’ dritti, forse addirittura piu’ alti del solito e si avanza tastando la terra con i piedi, infine con l’erba raccolta ci si spazzola per togliere gli ultimi rimasugli di vita negativa… e comincia un nuovo giorno. E danzando, danzando, mi e’ venuto da piangere, senza pensarci, solo perche’ quel ballo stava davvero smuovendo qualcosa di dimenticato e immobile dentro… per questo la danza era nata, per questo il teatro era nato, per dare sollievo alle pene umane…

Thinking of Buzzati

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:54:57 +0000

As KIT Friends know, in the Fall of 2012 KIT is presenting 4 monologues by Dino Buzzati, a most respected writer (and painter and reporter and intellectual) of Italy. The monologues are all about women: Velia, Irma, Luisa and Iris. His monologues are always painted in dark, and they tasted something of a crime-horror story and sometime of an ironic-sad-pathetic story.

Well, today I was in a bar, getting a coffee and I saw something that remind me of the monologue where Iris, a middle age woman Tarots-reader, meets a man… today, while talking with the person I was having coffee with, a man and a woman sat at the table next to us. They were cheesy dressed, his hair very oily, her chicks very red, both images very surreal… and in that very busy bar, the man put the Tarots on the table and started to ’see’ the woman life and future… sometime his cellular was ringing, with a music that was even more surreal, an old song from the 70s, and he was -while talking- looking who’s calling and then deciding not to answer.

Their gestures, their look, the conversation (he was saying that someone needed her, and she was talking about a someone, male, who needed her attention) and the fact that it was clear that they didn’t know each other (they were very formal)… everything was like the opening of a movie… or a novel… or, of course, a play… and it made me thinking of Iris, the Tarots-reader, who maybe one day met such man… and Buzzati wrote what happened next!

As one of my teachers, Dario Fo, used to say ‘Nothing is more theatrical than reality’.

Benvenuti nel mio blog

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:51:58 +0000

Visto che ognuno pare debba avere un blog, ho deciso anche io di dare vita al diario online dei miei pensieri, giudizi, battiti e silenzi. In realta’, era parecchio che pensavo a questo blog e mi chiedevo se fosse davvero necessario, a parte le ragioni di mercato, condividere con coloro che seguono la KIT emozioni e giudizi.

Poi, qualche giorno fa, ho ricevuto l’email che allego a seguire e mi sono detta che forse chiaccherare all’aperto poteva anche essere utile e dunque da oggi seguiranno, di tanto in tanto, blog in italiano, in inglese e perche’ no bilingue… blog con ospiti e blog di ospiti… e chissa’ che qualche altra persona, come Simona che scrive qua sotto, non si senta ispirata e segua anche lei la sua passione… Buona Lettura…

DA SIMONA R.:
Ciao Laura,
mi sono appena iscritta al vostro gruppo e curiosando ho letto di come è nata la tua compagnia. Ti scrivo perché le tue parole sulla scelta del nome e sul mito di Kairos, che non conoscevo, mi hanno colpita! Suonano come l’inattesa spinta a seguire il mio istinto e ripartire per NY, lasciando la mia comoda vita in Italia.
Anche se inconsapevolmente, mi sei stata di aiuto! Grazie!

Sister, Cousin, Aunt PRESS

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:52:32 +0000

MarteMagazine – November 21, 2011
Sguardi S-Velati IV – Sister, Cousin, Aunt chiude la rassegna

TeatroTeatro.it – November 2011
Sister, Cousin, Aunt (Sorella, Cugina, Zia)

Donna10 -November 21, 2011
Sister, Cousin, Aunt: a Roma lo spettacolo di Dave Johnson

Saltinaria.it – November 20, 2011
Sister, Cousin, Aunt al Teatro Due

Corriere della Sera – November 2011
Donne che combattono in silenzio dietro una finestra sul nulla

Donors Level

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:43:27 +0000

Impresario $ 25,000+

co-Production Sponsor credit, 10 tickets to two full productions, plus PRIMI ATTORI benefits.

Primi attori $ 10,000-24,000

Production Sponsor credit, 8 tickets to two full productions, plus caratteristi benefits.

Caratteristi $ 5,000-9,000

a VIP dinner with the company, 4 tickets to one full production plus attor giovani benefits.

Attor Giovani $ 500-4,000

VIP Reserved Seating at opening night and special events, and priority in seats reservation in all General Admission events, plus comparse benefits.

COMPARSE up to $500

Acknowledgement in all programs. special gadgets from Kairos Italy Theater Inc.

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admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:33:08 +0000

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Natasha Lardera

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:56:17 +0000

Natasha Lardera has a degree in Film and Creative Writing from Emerson College and a Master in Journalism from NYU. She is a journalist, translator, writer, critic who has been managing editor of various Italian and American publications focused on theater, cinema, food, wine, and tourism. She is also an actress and songwriter. Since 2004, she has translated for KIT and collaborated on several shows including “Accattone in Jazz,” a play with Italian celebrity Valerio Mastandrea based on Pasolini’s film “Accattone,” which was performed at Lincoln Center. She has translated plays by Dino Buzzati, and poetry by Totò and other Italian personalities.

Vito Di Bella

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:52:02 +0000

Palermo, Sicily-born Vito Di Bella has garnered international praise for his stage and screen work. After studying under Luca Ronconi in Turin, Di Bella was honored with the prestigious Gianni Agus award by the National Association of Theatre Critics in his native Italy after his turn in the Ronconi-directed Qualcosa di Vero Dev’Esserci, based on Luigi Pirandello’s Noble-Prize winning literature. Di Bella, who now resides in New York City, later channeled the experience while collaborating with Martha Clarke for his lead role in the New York Theatre Workshop’s production of Pirandello’s Kaos (2006). Before coming to N.Y., Di Bella challenged his range with projects both experimental and mainstream, including acclaimed films and television series, starring in Un Posto al Sole (2003–2005), the hugely successful Italian soap opera, as well as legendary interactive endeavors with Valter Malosti and Davide Iodice. In 1994, DiBella caught the attention of visionary director Robert Wilson, who cast him in numerous shows over the following decade, including groundbreaking works such as T.S.E., 70 Angels on the Façade and G.A. Story. Di Bella, who polished his craft at The Living Theatre with Judith Malina, built on such impressive undertakings when he teamed with Carlo Cecchi. Throughout his time in the cinematic heavyweight’s company, Di Bella, who is also trained in classic and modern dance as well as singing, earned praise for his portrayal of William Shakespeare’s iconic characters, Rosenkrantz (Hamlet) and Claudio (Measure for Measure) – and Molière’s Damis in Tartuffe (2007-2008). Di Bella has performed all over Europe, capturing audiences at the Festival D’Automne in Paris and the El Greco Festival in Barcelona.

Romina Bufano

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:11:37 +0000

Romina Bufano, attrice e cantante, unisce una formazione puramente attoriale ad una forte passione per il canto e la musica jazz. Studia recitazione per oltre dieci anni con nomi quali Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Roberta Nicolai, Reimondi e Capogrossi per il teatro Aurelio Grimaldi per il cinema. Sul palco lavora in molte produzioni teatrali e musicali degli stessi maestri nonchè di Piero Martini e Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, scrive e produce spettacoli-concerto, prende parte a diversi cortometraggi e tiene laboratori teatrali per adulti ed adolescenti. Romina ha fondato con Donatella e Laura la KIT Italia nel 1996.