ArtAliT, the sounds of soul
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In addition
to theater-architectural project in Ali
Terme, with music and dance and their extraordinary impact, they had the
participation and involvement of many young people of the city. An event that
has created synergies in order to create a new and original contemporary music.
The workshop with the professor of Percussion Instruments Maria Grazia Armaleo,
and his method "New teaching of rhythm - body percussion". This has
made possible the interest of the young participants, both for music that
rhythm, in a whole new way, and it is supposed to be helpful, pleasant and fun,
using body language to develop creative skills, communication and expression,
through a totally innovative and exciting educational experience. It is all
based on strong rhythms, insistent, spontaneous and natural, blended with old
and new sounds, such as to generate an alchemy between different cultures and
musical traditions with energetic vibrations that bring in those original
rhythms of the territory. At the center
of a circle of sound, listener makes an inner journey that brings to old
memories, forgotten, lost in intimate emotions that go beyond the boundaries of
time and space. The educational workshop was held in several stages with spaces
and a set timetable, working in a group with special attention to the space
devoted to children and young people, the latter are engaged in the reading of
a repertoire, original and stimulating. The laboratories have participated in
many, with involvement and enthusiasm, ending with a concert in Piazza Nino
Prestia, where they performed young Sicilian musicians groups. The contemporary
repertoire, so extraordinary and eclectic, was composed of a mix of elements
that affected the movement with the use of the body as a musical instrument,
from which the name "Body Percussion" and the instruments of Afro-American
tradition. So between ethnic percussion, frame drums, sound objects, verbal
scanning, voice and improvisation the
concert has excited all the audience present.
In
conclusion of the event program ArtAlit: ceramic art, one of the most ancient
Sicilian craftsmanship known throughout the world. Sculptures, reliefs, vases,
containers, objects related to everyday life, decorative panels, small
sculptures; are just some of the work that the Master Alfio Busà explained to citizens intervened in educational workshop which was
held in three meetings. During the
workshop Alfio Busà explained the features and basic techniques of
ceramics and directed the participants to a personal journey deepening the
different aspects of ceramic technique, from handling to decoration, thus
giving the opportunity to everyone to discover their creative talent. The route
was then deepened, with the manipulation of clay, faced as art and immediate
release, which has given way to creativity and instinct of everyone, but he
also did discover many types of clays, different in color, texture and grain.
Ending with learning different techniques of modeling and decorating, getting
in touch more deeply with the manual and therefore regain their body
perception. A laboratory that has highlighted the need to understand and know
each other through creativity, where matter and its functionality can be
reappropriated by a capacity and of which the fruit coincides with the
processing of personal experience.
The cycle of events and workshops included in
ARTALIT program became an opportunity for the community and welcoming, with a
comparison between history and modernity, but also an occasion for cultural
knowledge to the new generations, who have had the opportunity to participate
in workshops dedicated to architecture, art and music, bringing with them their
creativity and learning in a new way the cultures and traditions that history
has bequeathed to us.
