The Campania dei Festival Foundation continues to support local culture with a series of free meetings dedicated to the protection and enhancement of Neapolitan linguistic heritage. This year, the Circolo Artistico Politecnico di Napoli, located in Palazzo Zapata in Piazza Trieste e Trento, will host a series of events that will take place from January 20 to May 19, 2025.
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Dialect meetings
The “Dialect Meetings” are promoted by the Fondazione Campania dei Festival and are curated by the Scientific Committee established by the Campania Region. This committee is composed of experts in the field, including professors Nicola De Blasi, Umberto Franzese, Rita Librandi, Carolina Stromboli, Francesco Montuori, Nunzio Ruggiero and Amedeo Colella. During the past edition, the meetings were a great success with the public and this year important guests from the cultural and entertainment scene are expected, including Mario Martone, Antonella Cilento and Antonio Franchini.
Each meeting will take place from 16:00 pm to 18:30 pm and admission will be free for all interested parties.
All events in 2025
The program of “Dialect Meetings” includes a variety of themes that highlight the importance and richness of the Neapolitan language. Here is a preview of the events:
- January 20: The Use of Dialect Between Series and Cinema
- January 27: Dramatized reading “rusina”
- February 3: Dialect in the hands of writers: poetry
- February 10: Musical Remediation: From Cantanapoli to Contemporary
- March 3: The Languages of the Theatre
- March 17: Dialect, comics and advertising
- March 31: Song form and history of culture in Naples between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries
- April 14: Contemporary Neapolitan Poetry
- April 28: Dramatized readings from texts by Ruggero Cappuccio
- May 5: Dialect in the hands of the director
- May 12: Dialect in great literature: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- May 19: Dialect in the Hands of Writers: Fiction
For further details on the program, you can visit the Official site.
Article published on 25 January 2025 - 17:49
