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The cow Casolina

La Mucca Casolina (The cow Casolina) is a food education project which kicks off on 27 January at the Parona Primary School (Verona) and continues until May with 65 events in primary schools in the provinces of Vicenza, Treviso, Padua, Trento, Verona, Rovigo, Mantua and Brescia. The aim of the initiative is to tell children about the production chain of a cheese, its thousand-year old history and nutritional qualities.

La Mucca Casolina (The cow Casolina) is a fairy tale that narrates the adventures of a poetess cow and her friends. The text is written by Pino Costalunga, a writer and director specialised in theatre for children, and co-artistic director of Fondazione Aida. Actor Gioele Peccenini narrates the tale in a workshop that will take place in the classroom, face to face with students and teachers. The educational path is completed by the didactic booklet illustrated by Sara Gitto, which will be distributed to children. In the booklet, the cow Casolina is accompanied by the various characters of “Happy Valley”: the dog Fido, the “salvanelli”, little elves from the Veneto folk tradition, Ettore the Cheese Maker and Prince Secondo. These likeable characters accompany the children on a discovery of the various stages in the production of Asiago DOP: from milking to maturing and curdling.

The history of cheese making is one of the oldest in human history, and is even described in the Odyssey and in the Sumerian “Dairy Frieze”. It is a story handed down through the centuries and arrived around the year 1000 in the areas of the Asiago Plateau. In fact, to this fascinating tradition is linked the Asiago DOP cheese, between the provinces of Vicenza, Trento, Padua and Treviso.

The initiative is promoted by Consorzio Tutela Formaggio Asiago with the collaboration of Fondazione Aida.

The ABC – Brenner Motorway in the city

How fast should I drive in the rain? What should I do when faced with a broken-down car? Who should I contact in an emergency? What are the best practices to follow when travelling on the road, especially on motorways?

These are the objectives of L’ABC – l’Autostrada del Brennero in Città, the educational project of Autostrada del Brennero, carried out in collaboration with the Traffic Police, produced by Fondazione Aida and with the participation of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum, which will involve more than 2,500 students from secondary schools along the A22.

Each stage will take place over the course of a morning and is divided into several moments:

viewing of Quando passa Nuvolari, a show with Jacopo Pagliari directed by Raffaele Latagliata, which recounts the intrepid adventures of the racing driver Tazio Nuvolari through the voice of his trusted mechanic
interactive workshop on road safety by Pino Costalunga, author, actor and director of children’s theatre.

The topics covered by the workshop will be explored in depth thanks to the educational booklets produced for the project. This is a guide written by Pino Costalunga and illustrated by Tuono Pettinato, one of the most popular young comic strip authors.

For some of the leg will be attended by the Traffic Police and Traffic Wardens which will be present with the supplementary didactic itinerary on the Pullman Azzurro and the Furgone degli Ausiliari, information stations where youngster will have the opportunity to directly understand what it means to travel in safety.

The stages

26 November / 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. / Mantua – Multisala Ariston
04 December / 10.30 am / Carpi (MO) – Auditorium, Is. G. Fassi
05 December / 9.00 / Bomporto (MO) – Teatro Comunale
03 February / 10.30 / Reggiolo (RE) – Reggiolo Pool
27 February / 9.30 / Pegognaga (MN) – Teatro Tenda Anselmi
06 March / 9.30 / Gonzaga (MN) – Teatro Comunale
17 April / 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. / Rovereto (TN) – Teatro Rosmini
22 April / 10.30 / Bardolino (VR) – Corallo Theatre
23 April / 9.30 am / Mezzolombardo (TN) – Teatro Comunale
24 April / 10.00 / Pastrengo (VR) Auditorium
28 April / 9.00 a.m. / Egna (BZ) – Auditorium, IC Bassa Atesina
29 April / 10 am / Vipiteno (BZ) – Aula Magna, middle school

Off the Net

How can we guide young people towards responsible use of the web? How does the law protect families? But also: what happens in our brains when we talk about internet addiction in its various forms?

Aims

These are the main objectives of Out of the Net. Educational paths for the use of the web, a project that, through the languages of music, theater and cinema, aims to explore the risks and opportunities of the internet and sensitize young people to correct preventive behavior. An initiative to say NO to bullying, ghettoisation and the numerous consequences that derive from improper use of the network.

Period

The implementation of the Out of the network project was scheduled for spring 2020, due to the ongoing health emergency it is being re-proposed from 9 February 2021 to March 2021 in an online version.

The choice to propose most of the online activities has taken on a particular value within the project, it is the demonstration that the network should not be demonized but is a tool that can be extremely useful and effective if known and used consciously.

Activities

In addition to the appointments reported below, we are organizing (dates to be defined) the following activities:

round table with Simone Grandi (U.O.C Dependencies Verona ULSS Scaligera) live with the Fusinieri Institute of Vicenza. The content will be available for one year on Vimeo. To access the contents, write to Fondazione@fondazioneaida.it
Theatrical show and discussion with the students of the Modigliani Art School of Padua.
With the director Pino Costalunga the show “Put away that mobile phone” will be screened with video contributions interspersed with insights on the scenic transposition of the text by Aldo Cazzullo
Theatrical workshop in presence at the Fusinieri Institute of Vicenza if the anti Covid regulations allow it
From 19 March until 18 April 2021, the in-depth analysis by Simone Grandi, U.O.C., will be available free of charge in streaming. Ulss 9 Scaligera, entitled Internet: resource and risks. To access the contents you need to register.

For info: Fondazione@fondazioneaida.it

Festival of Ville Venete

After five months of magic, in the name of the culture and food and wine excellence of Veneto, the eighth edition of the Festival delle Ville Venete ends on Friday 30 October. The event will be closed by the well-known populariser of science and writer Alberto Angela.

More than 150 events in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia animated the Festival: a real project of itinerant, cultural, architectural and food and wine realization, an initiative successfully carried out by the Ville Venete Regional Institute under the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Veneto Region, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Anci Veneto.

On Friday 30 October at 5 p.m., on the occasion of the Ceremony of the Villa Veneta Prize 2015, that will be held in the Sala dello Scrutinio of Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Alberto Angela will be awarded for his precious contribution to the enhancement and dissemination of the artistic, architectural and cultural heritage that he has been giving with his work for years. Presenting his latest book, ‘Viaggio nell’Impero di Roma seguendo una moneta’ (Journey into the Roman Empire following a coin), published by Mondadori, Angela will lead the participants through an ideal and intense journey to the borders of what was once the Roman Empire. Step by step, you will discover the behind the scenes of the first great globalisation in history. The book is ideally the continuation of ‘Una giornata nell’antica Roma’ (A Day in Ancient Rome), another editorial success of the cosmopolitan writer.

Fatti di Musica

Mantua, Verona, Vicenza, Belluno and Ancona are the provinces involved in this initiative which, based on solid professional experience and scientific assumptions guaranteed by the partners, aims to involve the community at large. The initiative starts with children and then extends its impact to families and schools, proposing special actions and musical and theatrical productions to be disseminated in the areas of greatest interaction for the social and cultural growth and general well-being of the new generations.

Based on scientific assumptions, “Fatti di musica” aims to have an impact on the entire community through musical and theatrical actions and productions specially designed and produced. The concerts and performances are the result of productive interactions between the partners with the scientific advice of CSB onlus, which, in collaboration with the partners, also organises training courses in the areas covered by the project.

Fondazione Aida contributes with co-production, distribution and programming activities, organisation of seminars for library teachers, and summer camps for children where music, theatre and storytelling are the protagonists of the educational and recreational pathway. It is also active in the steering committee and in the coordination of training, production and distribution actions of the project with Oficina OCM, the lead organisation. The partnership and the project have been inspired and made possible by the “Valore Territori 2018” competition announcement by Fondazione Cariverona, with a contribution of € 200,000.

Partners

A national network of 5 partners – led by Oficina OCM of Mantova and joined by Fondazione Aida of Verona, Centro per la Salute del Bambino Onlus “Nati per la Musica” (CSB onlus), Comune di Cassola (Vi), Centro Studi Vocali Nova Cantica of Belluno, Associazione Amici della Musica “G. Michelli” of Ancona.

Cicerone at home

“Ciceroni a casa nostra” is a project financed by the Veneto Region and implemented by Fondazione Aida. The aim is to teach young people how to enhance their own territory, through a series of meetings and workshops. The young people who took part in the project created itineraries aimed at promoting the territories of the municipalities involved in the project: San Bonifacio, San Giovanni Ilarione, Monteforte d’Alpone and Zimella.

Project phases

The first phase involved a series of organisational meetings between the partners, Fondazione Aida and the young protagonists.

In a second moment, in the period between 10 November 2016 and 27 February 2017, the phase comprising 17 meetings was launched. A group of 6 young people enrolled in the course: Andrea Dal Bosco, Arianna dal Bosco, Chiara Castellan, Marianna Ambrosini, Giulia dal Grande, Giulio De Marchi. The group then reached the number of 10 members in the next part of the project with the arrival of: Giada Bosaro, Francesco Segneghi, Mirca Mattioli, Rosanna Carli.

Stefania Carlesso, actress and expert in art and architecture, tried to explain the mechanisms behind the creation of events. Historical-artistic or literary themes are conveyed in formats that combine high popularity with entertainment.

Then, she assigned, dividing them among the young participants, the paths to be built in the municipalities involved in the project: San Bonifacio, San Giovanni Ilarione, Monteforte d’Alpone, Zimella. In the course of the weeks the participants were guided in the elaboration of the paths themselves. Therefore, a series of useful skills were transferred to the group of young people to convey cultural contents in an engaging and dynamic way.

Social Network.

On 10 March, 24 March, 7, 14, 21 April there was a phase of five meetings where the participants had the opportunity to practice the creation of a promotional video, acquiring the basic techniques and thus deepening the skills to promote the paths/projects they created. The youngsters received the necessary indications to make the most of the world of social networks for the promotion of the projects. A Facebook profile and an Instagram profile related to the project were created.

Project strategies

On 27 March, a training seminar was held on innovation processes and promoting one’s own activity in the territory. The trainees got to know dynamic projects and realities that deal with territorial promotion. They were able to compare themselves with national and international projects. They were able to learn the project strategies implemented by established organisations, deepen their understanding of the development of territorial promotion and transform the knowledge gained into an exercise adapted to the project on which they have been working successfully over the past few months.

Telling the itinerary

During the weekend of 22 to 25 April 2017, they took part in a fair space made available by the municipality of San Bonifacio for the San Marco fair. In shifts which they planned and organised themselves, the participants told the story of the project and presented it to a wide audience, supported by representatives of the administrations involved. In that context, for the first time they were able to relate to the outside world with satisfactory results. The group remained cohesive even after the end of the project steps, and planned further meetings with the help of the administrations of the municipalities of origin, which they will manage independently.

Grains of History

The project involved a group of young people from the territories of Nogara, Sorgà and Gazzo Veronese. They realised a documentary that could tell the specificities of this area, the evolution of its economy, the living conditions, the thought and the habits of its inhabitants. Above all, the work that characterises this area: the cultivation, harvesting and processing of rice.

Through interviews with the workers of the past and the exposition of their memories, anecdotes and private stories, the analysis of archival documents, testimonies of scholars, with the participation of young people who live and work in the area, we tried to tell moments of the work of the past and the changes that have characterized the life of the local population over the decades.

The documentary underlines the importance of understanding how, even in these difficult times, it is possible to find in one’s own cultural roots the basis for building a possible future. Recounting the past, the present and the ideas for a possible future of men and companies linked to the territory means telling the story of a small world with its difficulties and joys, with its merits and also its defects, with its hopes and disappointments, but above all it means giving a positive testimony of operability and possible economic but also cultural and social development.

A closing event was held on the 15th October at the municipal theatre in Nogara. The documentary was first screened, followed by a discussion on the history of Vialone Nano. At the end there was a reception with risotto for all those present.

Activities carried out

Creation of a working group, comprising a minimum of 5 young people from the area;
research and collection of data, documents, stories, by the young participants, on the basis of the indications received from one or more memory experts in the area;
processing of the documents, carrying out of interviews, video shooting, under the guidance of an expert video maker;
elaboration and realisation of the finished multimedia product, under the guidance of an experienced director and with the support of the video maker;
dissemination of the product through social channels, in order to offer an opportunity to get to know the area, especially to a young audience;
final presentation of the multimedia product and dissemination of the results of the experience.

In our Home

“A casa nostra” is an innovative project financed by the Veneto Region to “revive” the regional live performance system, dedicated to companies from the Veneto region that have been active in our region for at least three years (theatre, dance, music), called to operate in municipal theatres with artistic residencies to trigger virtuous mechanisms for the rebirth of the theatre as a creative and productive sector.

We at Fondazione Aida are among the companies chosen and, with Febo Teatro, are developing a residency project at Fondazione Teatro delle Dolomiti.

What are we doing?

A rather complex theatrical project involving the staging of a new children’s theatre show, ‘The Secret of the Pied Piper’, which we will present to you between December and March.

The project is realised by the Fondazione Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza, leader of the municipal theatres, in partnership with Arteven – Circuito Multidisciplinare Regionale and with the Teatro Stabile del Veneto; artistic coordinator of the project is Giancarlo Marinelli, writer and director.

In our Home is realised within the framework of the Accordo di programma Regione del Veneto. L.R. 22 febbraio 1999, n.7 – art. 51.

The grammar of fantasy lands in the Big Apple… and more

Gianni Rodari has accompanied the history of the Aida Foundation from its earliest years through reading projects, shows for children and productions. In 2009 we presented the work and life of the writer from Omegna (VB) through various performances. In fact, the show “La Freccia Azzurra” (The Blue Arrow) with Emanuela Camozzi and Monica Ceccardi was staged. There was also an exhibition of the covers of books illustrated by Bruno Munari (in collaboration with the Corraini publishing house), Francesco Altan (in collaboration with the Edizioni El publishing house) and Emanuele Luzzati, as well as animated readings accompanying the exhibition.

The speech by Massimo Lazzeri, director and teacher, were fundamental in explaining the work of the master from Omegna. In fact, Lazzeri explained the work of the children’s writer, who was also a journalist committed to civil issues. Rodari, a pedagogue-educator, wrote a fundamental book on children’s imagination (Grammar of Fantasy), and edited, among other things, Andersen’s fairy tales for Edizioni Einaudi.

The project was created thanks to a vast network of partners such as the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and Chicago, the Consulate of New York and Chicago, Italidea, IACE Italian American Committee on Education of New York, Scuola Italiana Guglielmo Marconi, Edizioni EL and Casa Editrice Corraini and the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

American stages of The Grammar Fantasy

17 APRIL, NEW YORK 14.15 (animated readings and exhibition) NECTFL – North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway Times Square

18 APRIL, NEW YORK 10.15 a.m. (animated readings and exhibition) and 2.15 p.m. (presentation of Rodari’s work and theatrical performance) NECTFL – North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway Times Square

20 APRIL, NEW YORK 6.00 p.m. (project presentation) Italian Institute of Culture New York, 686 Park Avenue, New York NY 10065

21 APRIL, NEW YORK 9.45 a.m. (performance in Italian) 11.45 a.m. (performance in English) 2.15 p.m. animated readings, Scuola d’Italia “G. Marconi” New York, 406 East 67th Street (bet. 1st Ave & York Ave) New York NY 10065

APRIL 22, NEW YORK 9.45 a.m. (performance in Italian) 11.45 a.m. (performance in English). Scuola d’Italia “G. Marconi” New York, 406 East 67th Street (bet. 1st Ave & York Ave) New York NY 10065

23 APRIL, BALTIC (CONNECTICUT) 1.00 p.m. (performance in English), IACE Connecticut Sayles School 25 Scotland Road, Baltic CT 06330 Connecticut

24 APRIL, NEW YORK 3.45 p.m. (animated reading), Centro Raccontami 100 W 14th street, New York NY

27 APRIL, CHICAGO 10.30 am (performance in English) Darwin School 3116 W. Belden Avenue Chicago IL 60047

APRIL 28, CHICAGO 10.30 a.m. (performance in English) Ridgewood High School 7500 W. Montrose Avenue Norridge IL 6070. Montrose Avenue Norridge IL 6070 6 6.00 pm presentation of the project, Italian Institute of Culture, 500 N. Michigan Ave 1450

29 APRIL, CHICAGO 10.30 am (performance in English), The Ogden School of Chicago, 24 W. Walton StreetT Chicago IL 606. Walton Street Chicago IL 60610

European Literary Marathon

On the 9th May 2007, on the occasion of the Europe Day, the European Literary Marathon was held in the Cortile Mercato Vecchio in Verona and at the same time in the Casa di Reclusione di Isili in Cagliari and in seven other European cities. This project aims to enhance the European literary heritage, highlighting both its richness and the aspects common to all national literatures.

An initiative born from an idea of Prof. Mario Allegri, Professor of Italian Literature at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Verona and member of the scientific committee of Fondazione Aida.

The text:

The marathon in Italy involves the full reading of Italo Svevo’s novel La coscienza di Zeno. One of the most European writers, starting from his own biography, in which different and sometimes distant cultures intersect and merge, arriving at his novel, the most significant of the entire Italian Novecento.

The partners:

The project also involved other countries such as: Finland, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, Spain, Greece.

Readers:

The readers were: teachers and students, librarians, actors, musicians, writers such as: Pietro Spirito, Giuseppe Longo, Alberto Cavaglion and Pino Roveredo.

Participants from Cagliari included: prisoners, police and prison educators, the director of the prison. Some representatives of the Ministry of Justice also took part in the project.

The events:

During the marathon in Verona, moments of conviviality were shared thanks to the polyphonic concert by the Choir of the Liceo Scientifico Fracastoro, directed by Rhonda Moore.

This was followed by a sporting moment with the literary relay (from Via Italo Svevo to Cortile Mercato Vecchio).

The European Literary Marathon thus offered the opportunity for citizens from different countries to get involved, making them the protagonists of a unique European event. All marathons were dedicated to the reading of a masterpiece of the Novecento literature that was particularly significant for the culture of each country.

The marathons will take place simultaneously in the European countries:

Bulgaria 12.00 – 19.00 in Sliven at the “Stefan Kirov” Theatre reading of the novel The Bowler Hat by Yordan Radichkov

Finland 11:00 – 20:00 in Järvenpää at the Municipal Library reading of Rautatie (Railroad), by Juhani Aho

Greece 12:00 – 10:00 p.m. in Athens at the “Athinais” Cultural Centre in Votanikos reading of the 154 poems collected in the anthology The Canon , a collection of works published during Kavafis’ lifetime

Poland 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. in Cracow at the Regional Public Library of Cracow reading of texts from the works: The Green Goose Theatre by Konstanty Ildefons Gaczyski; The Second Killing of a Dog by Marek Hasko, The Adventures of Sindbad the Sailor by Bolesaw Lemian

Romania 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. in Bucharest at the ROR National Radio Romania reading of Pe Strada Mântuleasa (The Old Man and the Civil Servant) by Mircea Eliade

Spain 11.00 – 21.00 in Cartagena at the Casino de Cartagena reading of Mujer sin Edén (poemía), La Rambla (novel) Vivientes de los siglos (poemía), Poemas de Mar Menor (poemía) and Cita con la Vida (poemía) by Carmen Conde Abellán

United Kingdom 12.00 – 21.00 noon in York at Ruins Crafthouse reading of a selection of early texts and poems and plays from The English Auden and The Age of Anxiety