The 7th Edition of
All free performances
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Kids Euro Festival! It’s like a trip to Europe — but you don’t need a passport! Kids Euro Festival is a festival of European arts and culture that presents free activities to metro-area families. Performances, concerts, workshops, movies, storytelling, puppetry, dance, magic, cinema… and it’s all brought to you by the 28 European Union Member States! Here is Italy’s contribution to this edition.
November 6 and 7 @ locations below
The Italian Fairy: Sempreverde (Evergreen)
Bilingual (Italian – English) Edu-musical for schools and families
November 6 at 10:00AM Hardy Middle School
November 7 at 10:00AM, 1:00PM, and 3:30PM
PG County Center for Visual and Performing Arts
November 7 at 6:30PM @ Embassy of Italy
Il Sole Dentro (Bright Flight), movie screening
Directed by Paolo Bianchini
Italy, 2012, 100 min
Italian/English/French with English subtitlesAge: 10+
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THE ITALIAN FAIRY: SEMPREVERDE (EVERGREEN)
“SEMPREVERDE: EVERGREEN” is an original bilingual work designed to expose children to the beauty of the Italian language and culture. Since 2010, thousands of students have enjoyed learning Italian directly at the theatre through music and dance.
On the occasion of the Kids Festival 2014 in Washington D.C. The Italian Fairy will perform and interact with the audience 45 minutes of her new musical.
“SEMPREVERDE: EVERGREEN” is dedicated to one of the most important subjects that affect humanity: the environment. The show is a combination of art, music, science, world languages with songs in Italian and speaking parts in English.
The Italian Fairy will bring the young audience through the beauty of Italy and the importance of preserving the nature and recycling.
Props and costumes by actor and visual artist Johna Mancini who worked in “And the Ship Sails On” Federico Fellini’s movie (1983).
“ A wonderful work for children. It is absolutely impossible not to love it.” Vinnie Favale, Vice-president CBS TV
“I could not have been more proud that Incanto Productions once again brought a unique show to Queens Theatre this year. Simona Rodano and her team have an uncommon level of passion and creativity. The students and community members who see this show will have a memorable educational experience.” said Taryn Sacramone, Managing Director at the Queens Theatre, New York.
About Simona Rodano – The Italian Fairy
Simona Rodano is an internationally-renowned singer, songwriter, actress, producer and award winning with 15 years of career on TV and theatre. Ms. Rodano worked on RAI TV and RAI INTERNATIONAL TV networks in one of the most popular Italian TV shows “Ci vediamo in TV” hosted by Paolo Limiti. Mr. Rodano played the role of “Angela” in Pinocchio The ItalianMusical (music by I Pooh) a first class production that turn out more than 450.000 viewers in all the most prestigious Italian theaters from 2003 till 2010. Ms. Rodano is the winner of the IBLA Grand Prize Award at Carnegie Hall, the NY Mets Award, the Columbia Association of U.S. Customs Award as an International Singing Sensation, the AIAE Award (Association of Italian American Educators). She is Honorary Citizen of Little Rock, Arkansas. Ms. Rodano is the founder of “La Fata Italiana The Italian Fairy®” (www.italianfairy.com) a specialized language-through-music edutainment program for children and families. She is currently working on a TV pilot of La Fata Italiana The Italian Fairy® for the American networks. As a producer, Ms. Rodano brought to America from Italy and co-produced the Off–Broadway “Pinocchio The Italian Musical” that amazed more than 4,000 patrons in New York in 2010. Ms. Rodano is the producer of Off-Broadway bilingual shows for kids and families (“Italian The Magical World of The Italian Fairy”, “Seven Worlds”, “Sempreverde: Evergreen”).
Il Sole Dentro
The true story of two teenagers from Guinea who write a letter “To their Excellencies the members and leaders of Europe”, asking for help with schools, food, and health care. With the letter in their pocket, the teens hide in the cargo compartment of a Brussels-bound plane — and so begins their remarkable journey of hope. Their travel intersects with the story of another trip ten years later, this time from Europe to Africa, which is made by two other teenagers and their soccer ball. Il Sole Dentro received the support of both UNICEF and Save the Children.
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