February 2023 sees the start of a partnership between the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio d'Amico and the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo in the Pelanda facility, which will be hosting two education and performance projects under the guiding hands of Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and Antonio Latella respectively in March and April.
The first project, under the artistic supervision of Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, focuses on the study of three works by Pier Paolo Pasolini staged by 2nd year filmmaking students.
Study of "Porcile",
filmmaking student Sergio Biagi, with the second-year students taking the acting course for the Level One Academic Diploma: Alessandro La Ginestra, Michele Montironi, Arianna Pozzi, Dario Schutz, Virginia Sisti and graduate student Davide Fasano.
Study of the "Histoire du soldat",
filmmaking student Giulia Funiciello, with the second-year students taking the acting course for the Level One Academic Diploma: Francesca Iasi, Negrar Mojaddad, Juan Moro, Edoardo Raiola and graduate student Luca Carbone.
Study of "Pilade - Appunti da un’Orestiade pasoliniana",
filmmaking student Mattia Spedicato, with the second-year students taking the acting course for the Level One Academic Diploma: Eleonora Bernazza, Ludovica Cerioni, Andrea De Luca, Riccardo Di Cola, Giuseppe Palmese, Stefano Poeta, Vittoria Salamone, Alice Sellan, Leonardo Simone, Ana Trif and graduate student Renato Civello.
Set design: Massimo Troncanetti; costumes: Francesco Esposito; sound: Franco Visioli; video (for theHistoire du soldat project) Igor Renzetti; stage manager and lighting: Camilla Piccioni; assistant director: Luigi Siracusa; sound engineer: Akira Callea Scalise; dressmaker: Loredana Spadoni; photography: Manuela Giusto; video footage: Carlo Fabiano.
The project will wind up with a travelling show open to the public.
The second project, in April, explores the production of Male Sacro by M. Binazzi, 3rd year acting recital for the Level One Academic Diploma, directed by Antonio Latella (Theatre 1); rehearsals will be open to the public on 27 and 28 April.
Starring: Ilaria Arnone, Jacopo Carta, Vanda Colecchia, Eny Cassia Corvo, Leonardo Della Bianca, Chiara Di Lullo, Leonardo Di Pasquale, Luca Ingravalle, Fabiola Leone, Paolo Madonna, Federico Nardoni, Fausto Stefano Mario Peppe, Maria Vittoria Perillo, Domenico Pincerno, Michele Scarcella, Maria Grazia Trombino and Teresa Vigilante; assistant directors:: Consuelo Bartolucci, Fabio Faliero, Enrico Torzillo; set design and costumes: Graziella Pepe; movement: Francesco Manetti; sound and music: Franco Visioli; lighting: Simone De Angelis; organisation: Brunella Giolivo. Footage of the set design for the performance of “In cerca d’autore” directed by Luca Ronconi: Bruno Buonincontri.
Concurrently, the Pelanda's two foyers will be hosting rehearsals of the Camilleri Award’s winning performances (rehearsals open to the public on 27 and 28 April), also under the guiding hand of Antonio Latella in his capacity as Project Tutor. The last edition of the project was a tie with two winners:
Il supermaschio, directed by Marco Corsucci; starring: Andrea Dante Benazzo; playwright: F. Bellini; video designer: I Renzetti; sound designer: F. Mezzana; set designer: Giuseppe Stellato; light designer: Simone de Angelis;
Parole Morte Comunque, directed by Diego Parlanti; starring: Matilde Bernardi, Chiara Ferrara, Federico Fiocchetti and Diego Parlanti; playwright: F. Bellini; set designer: G. Stellato; light designer: Simone de Angelis; video designer: I. Renzetti; sound designer F. Mezzana.