FLORENCE, ITALY – There will be the special guest Chelsea Clinton among the guests of “The Season”, the festival sponsored by New York University in Florence. The event will be opened, June 15, the Italian premiere of the documentary “Auf Wiedersehen” Till We Meet Again (10.15 am at Odeon cinema), followed by a conversation between the daughter of former U.S. president and Linda G. Mills.
The festival, running until June 27, presents performances, from concerts to literary readings in the original language, divided between Strozzi Palace and Villa La Pietra on June 21 where he will go on stage “Macbeth”. At Palazzo Strozzi in the program instead of June 22 “Vermeer’s Daughter”, Benjamin Binstock conversation between Lawrence Weschler and 23 and the premiere of “Flora-Essences of Dance”, with music by Philip Glass and choreographer Giorgio Mancini, who will debut at Villa La Pietra on June 27.
Also on 23 at the Palazzo Strozzi will present two films “Light is Calling” and “Spark of Being” by American director Bill Morrison, who will participate’ initiative. June 24 is dedicated to literature with Writers Reading, an afternoon with Francine Prose writers and poets, Dorothea Lasky, Yusef Komunyakaa and Ben Okri, who will read excerpts from their works at the Palazzo Strozzi.
The gardens of Villa La Pietra on June 25 and will host the Italian premiere of the new soundtrack for the animated German film from 1926 directed by Lotte Reiniger, “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” on June 26 and the English language adaptation of “The servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni.
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