Michelangelo’s birthday party

Celebrate in the Roman traditional manner: Michelangelo’s birthday, with a fun celebration of the life of the ‘Divine’ Michelangelo who was born on March 6 1475.

This is in support of the Italy Star Association and the 70^th Ann. of the Battle of Cassino commemoration of the NZ soldiers who fought and died there.

There will be a musical performance by a duet in from Europe. Craig on his 60 year old Accordion & Jon on his unique gypsy guitar of traditional Mediterranean regional music.

Dr. Michael Dunn art historian & artist will introduce a series of short readings of Michelangelo’s poetry and from Vasari’s Life of Michelangelo, followed by a commentary on a display of visual images of Michelangelo’s art pieces.

There will be an opportunity to win prizes in a participative quiz on Michelangelo’s life and art.

Italian style finger food and wine will be provided.

DATE: 8 March Saturday

TIME: 4 to 8pm

PLACE: Kinder House, corner Ayr St. & Parnell Road

PARKING: 470 Parnell Road at back of Bellingham & Wallace Building. Next door to Kinder House.

COST: $25 per person entry donation.

PAYMENT: Cheque post : Italy Star Association, 2 Ayr Street, Parnell., Auckland 1052.

Automatic Payment to:01 0354 0183852  00.

reference as, Michel & your name.

RSVP: Info@kinder.org.nz/ ph. 379 4008

NUMBERS: Limited to 30, confirmed on payment

Quotes:

‘If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe in love.’

‘The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.’

Sonnets.  Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475- 1564

Dante's got talent video!!

Dante's got talent 2013 from Juliette D. on Vimeo.

Ready to get back to Italian lessons at the Dante next week? We hope so and we are looking forward to having you back! In the meantime here is the video that Giulia made for us at the last Xmas Party!

Buona visione!

The Dante Team

Gli studenti del corso intensivo raccontano

From the 22nd to the 26th of January The Dante Auckland held its popular Summer Intensive Course, hosting many new students, but also several affezionati, Italian language students that have been attending the one week long course for years. 

Lessons, games, Italian food and fun! Scroll down to see some photos (by Barbara) and read the feedback form four of our students (some in Italian).

La scuola estiva 2014 mi e' piaciuta moltissimo e tutti gli insegnanti
erano bravissimi.  Erano molto accoglienti e amichevoli e il cibo ogni

giorno era buonissimo.  Sicuramente  vale la pena per me andare

da Timaru ad Auckland per frequentarla.  Bravi tutti!

Un abbraccio

Liz 

Cara Sandra

Il corso intensivo alla Società Dante Alighieri quest'anno era molto piacevole, grazie! Il gruppo era amichevole. I nostri insegnanti erano animati e creativi e tutti i giorni non vedevo l'ora di mangiare il pranzo saporito di Brunella e la sua squadra.

Grazie a te

Dorotea

This was my second Summer School and above all I enjoyed the atmosphere created by the teachers and helpers~ active, happy, relaxed and supportive. 

Questa era la mia seconda Scuola Estiva e sopratutto mi e' piaciuta moltissimo l'atmosfera creata dagli insegnanti e aiutanti ~vivace, felice, rilassante e di appoggio.

Barbara Smith

Il corso intensivo era molto bene.  Maria mi ha detto qualche cosa interessante per esempio i tempi più important, presente, passato prossimo e imperfetto.  Prima del corso ho studiato troppi tempi e c'era un po' di confusione!!  Anche abbiamo avuto molto divertentimento e ho incontrato delle persone meravigliose. 

Mel Rowsell

 Grazie a tutti e ci vediamo al prossimo corso intensivo!

Photos by Barbara Smith

Picnic con la Befana

Bring the children to meet la befana near the Band Rotunda at the Domain on Sunday 5^thJanuary at 10am.

Cancelled if it rains.

Please bring a small gift for your child  clearly marked with his/her name

Bring a picnic if you like!

Vi aspettiamo!

The Dante team

Some photos from Dante's got Talent Show and Xmas Party

Well done to all our students who performed in the Dante's got Talent at our Xmas Party! All the teachers were very impressed with your hard work, command of the language and creativity! And of course the dressing up and all the enjoyment you provided on the evening. A special thank you to Flavia for organizing the event, and to everyone who helped on the day. A total of 13 groups performed, and if you have any photos to add to this list please email them to info@dante.org.nz.

Photos by Giulia Depentor ©

Learn Italian in Auckland in 2014

The new timetables for the 2014 language courses are out now!

Italian Language Courses – Term 1- 2014

For Adults' classes click here

For Children's classes click here

Dante Alighieri Chamber Music Series: Prelude to Summer

Welcome to the last Dante Alighieri Concert for the year:

Prelude to Summer

Including works by Mendelssohn, Durufle', Reynaldo Hahn, Arthur Foote and Malcolm Arnold

Luca Manghi, flute

Wen Chuan Lin, viola

David Kelly, piano

Sunday 24 November, 5pm

St Luke’s Chruch

130 Remuera Rd

Entry: $25, Dante members $20

Watercolours in ... Italian!

The Italian Art workshop for children and teenagers with tutor Silvia Randi has started, come and join us on Friday! For more info click here

Art workshop at the Dante

Italiano e Attività Artistiche. Workshops with Silvia Randi.

For this month only we are offering Friday workshops with Silvia Randi, an Italian Architect and Teacher.

Silvia completed training in Anthroposophical Art Therapy in Florence at “Scuola di Luca” and in Stroud (UK) at “Hibernia School of Art”.

She has then gained a vast experience running artistic and art therapy courses applying her skills with both children and adults.

Silvia has also taught children with special needs in Italy and GCSE and A level students in the UK.

These Fridays workshops are created for children (ages 6 - 10) and teenagers (ages 10 – 15) and are an exciting opportunity to learn Italian trough an artistic experience.

The Class will start by reading an Italian short story or poem. Students will then paint the emotions they felt during the reading - using the wet-on-wet watercolour technique.

A very satisfying artistic experience, also suitable for beginners.

Every Friday from 8th November, 4pm to 5.15 at the Dante Rooms
Cost per lesson: $10 Dante members, $15 non-members, all materials included

Dante's Got Talent and Dante Xmas Party

Rules for the “Dante’s Got talent”

Sunday 15 December 2013

from 6pm to 8pm

Auditorium Freeman’s Bay community Centre

1.    Please enrol you or your team by the 29^th of November at info@dante.org.nz  with subject “Dante’s Got Talent” - giving us your details:

·      Your name or name of the team

·      Title of the performance and duration

·      Name of the components of the group

2.    Note: each performance can’t last more than 5 minutes

3.    If you need a backing track for your performance, please give us a copy of it by the 6^th of December.

4.    The Italian twist: you don’t need to act/sing in Italian, however an Italian touch in your performance would be really appreciated!

5.    You will be judged by a jury immediately after your performance

6.    At the end of the evening the team with the highest score will win the contest and a fantastic prize!

7.    Your team coordinators are Sandra Fresia and Martina Depentor, please let them know if you need any support or props or backing track at info@dante.org.nz

8.    For any further information please contact Flavia at info@dante.org.nz –

09 376 3853.