From Here to Eternity

Serena Vinci, virtuoso dancer of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, sent us a school theme she wrote for her summer program – indeed, her favourite one as it deals with dance. As maybe you know, Serena has developed herself as an élite dancer in spite of her being deaf, which earned her a public award for the ability with which she performed in overcoming deafness through dance on occasion of the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, held at the Teatro Verdi in Florence on Sunday, May 15, 2016. In her school theme she speaks about how, even without hearing any sounds, she learned to feel the waves of music moving through her, as well as the vibrations through her feet all the way to her heart. Well, we’ll provide an English translation for it as soon as we can, but for now we wish to reassure her that if she will one day have a daughter her ballet teacher will want her daughter to become a dancer as well! Photos courtesy of Serena Vinci. “The day when I will quit dancing I’ll be sad, because I know I’ll miss it so much. I will wish to be young again, as much as when I entered the school for the first time, and I weared a tutu. I will love dance all my life, and, if ever I’ll have a daughter, I hope Alessandra may yet be her dance teacher”. Serena Vinci

Serena Vinci dancing in the Associazione Culturale ”Il Delta della Luna”’s show of end year at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Photo © Stefano Marmino.

Riding the Magic Carpet

Just a memo to remind you that the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the 19th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, which will be staged at the Teatro Verdi, Via Ghibellina, 99, 50122 Florence, on Sunday, May 7, 2017, starting at 20,00.

The Reason Why They Dance

The Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the 19th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, which will be staged at the Teatro Verdi, Via Ghibellina, 99, 50122 Florence, on Sunday, May 7, 2017, starting at 20,00.

First Sunday of May

The Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the 19th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, which will be staged at the Teatro Verdi, Via Ghibellina, 99, 50122 Florence, on Sunday, May 7, 2017, starting at 20,00.

All The Way Up

Yesterday we chatted a bit with Serena Vinci (in the picture at centre), virtuoso dancer of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” who, on Sunday, May 15, 2016, was awarded by the organizers of the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” at the Teatro Verdi in Florence with the medal “A Passion Beyond The Senses” for the ability with which she performed in overcoming deafness through dance. We asked her what was her secret. She said that even without hearing any sounds, she is able (she learned) to feel the waves of music moving through her. She feels the vibrations through her feet all the way to her heart. Then the constant movement repeating and refining throughout each dance class together with her teammates and friends Arianna Settembrini (in the picture on the left), Letizia Rogai (right), and Chiara Ciocia Vida create the “miracle” of a group dance choreography. I asked her how she could understand her teacher when she was talking. “I read her lips”, she said. And what when you cannot see her in front of you? “I ask my teammates to tell me what she said”. Serena made it look easy, but it was not easy. Serena’s family, she herself, her dance teacher Alessandra, her dance teammates made it on their own way, without following any “scientifical method” except the method that works for any dancer.

Created Equal

Serena Vinci dancing in the Associazione Culturale ”Il Delta della Luna”’s show of end year at the Teatro SMS of the People’s House in Grassina on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Photo © Stefano Marmino. As you already know (or maybe not), on Sunday, May 15, 2016, Serena Vinci (Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”) was awarded by the organizers of the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” at the Teatro Verdi in Florence with the medal “A Passion Beyond The Senses”. Today we received the following letter from Mrs. Stefania Marinaccio Ballerini, which may be of some interest to our readers, as well as to Miss Serena Vinci: “Bravo, Serena! Your passion, dedication and constancy will bring you far. I know you since you small, I watched you grow and progress. Like many other children born with profound deafness, you worked hard and now you’re able to speak like everyone else. You’ve studied and learned with your professors and classmates in public schools. In short, you demonstrated that deafness can be overcome, even though, of course, with a hearing aid and rehabilitation. So you became a distinguished ballerina... Congratulations: you did it! You are an example to a lot of girls and boys. Finally, I invite you all to visit our website http://www.fiaddatoscana.org/ as well as our Facebook account Fiadda Toscana ONLUS”.

Solo for Two

From left: Sofia Nutini and Chiara Angelini, solo dancers of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, who skillfully performed two classical ballet repertoire variations in the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” at the Teatro Verdi in Florence on Sunday evening, May 15, 2016. Photos courtesy of Chiara Angelini.

Solo

And here is Serena Vinci (Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”), who not only performed in the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” at the Teatro Verdi in Florence, but was also awarded by the organizers with the medal “A Passion Beyond The Senses”. Photo courtesy of Chiara Angelini.

Thru the Mirror

A whole mirror is hardly enough for the superstars of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” who performed in the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” at the Teatro Verdi in Florence. From left: Isabella Ceccatelli, Ester Marra, Giuditta Sottili, Viola Rocchini, Chiara Angelini, Sofia Nutini, Silvia Bertini, and Olga Calamai. Photo courtesy of Chiara Angelini.

Dancing the Silence

From left: Serena Vinci, Chiara Angelini, Viola Rocchini, and Alessandra Innocenti. Photo: Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”. Sunday evening, on occasion of the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS” Award ceremony at the Teatro Verdi, the artistic director of the organization Mrs. Stefania Landi awarded the medal “A Passion Beyond The Senses” to Serena Vinci, élite dancer of Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” for the ability with which she performed in overcoming deafness through dance. Serena is deaf and reads lips to understand the world around her. When very young she came to our dance school, nobody could know that she would have became such a good dancer. Her dance teacher Alessandra as well as her dance teammates Arianna, Chiara, and Letizia didn’t follow any “method” except their own, that consisted of behaving normal with her. Serena’s family constantly helped and supported her without any valuable assistance from the institutions. Her mother left her own work – and her income as well – to devote herself more to her daughter, and her father had to work twice as hard to take care of the family – Serena, in fact, has also a brother. When dancing on stage, no one ever noticed she didn’t hear the music, and that’s worth more than any rethorical speech.

It won’t be the last one

It was such a joy to meet Silvia Bertini (Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”) who was smiling as ever! As we learned directly, tomorrow her Prince Passerby – suddenly reappeared in her fairy tale – might come to theatre for watching her dance. Since it would be his first time ever, we all hope it won’t be the last one, too!

Dribs ‘n’ Drabs

Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”’s superstars arriving in dribs and drabs at the artists’ entrance of the Teatro Verdi in Florence, where tomorrow, starting at 20,00, on occasion of the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, they will perform two ballet solos as well as contemporary and modern coreographies.

Sunday evening

The Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, which will be staged at the Teatro Verdi, Via Ghibellina, 99, 50122 Florence, on Sunday, May 15, 2016, starting at 20,00. Our restless dancers will perform two ballet solos as well as contemporary and modern coreographies.

Backstage at the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”. Standing, from left to right: Silvia Bertini, Olga Calamai, and Sofia Nutini; kneeling in the centre: Chiara Angelini. Photo: Maddalena Carbonari and Ilaria Garigliano.

Sunday evening

The Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” will participate in the 18th International Dance Festival “Vetrina Scuole di Danza AICS”, which will be staged at the Teatro Verdi, Via Ghibellina, 99, 50122 Florence, on Sunday, May 15, 2016, starting at 20,00. Our restless dancers will perform two ballet solos as well as contemporary and modern coreographies.