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Fun Local Classes
Italian Culture - Understanding the jungle of the Italian mind!
Italy has the funniest shape on earth – a boot. And who lives in the boot – Italians! Everyone loves Italians – their food, art, culture, beautiful language, music, creativity, the famous La Bella Figura, and romance. But what is behind these idealized notions? What do you really know about Italians?
You can begin to understand Italians, by starting with Italy’s geography. Twenty regions from north to south each with their own set of values, cuisine, and dialects! But there is a thread that connects all Italians. Discover what pulses through the Italian mind, how everything starts with old traditions and the school system, the way they communicate and their relationships, the impact of the Pope, amazing success stories, and the heavy hand of corruption – all in different contexts and situations.
You will learn the Italian Culture Code to know why Italians behave the way they do. Make sense of all this with a native Italian who has experienced, and survived, the jungle of the Italian mind!
Get updated information and tips on your next trip to the Bel Paese. Whether your reason is for leisure, business, to seek your roots, or simply for La Dolce Vita, this is your course. Are you brave enough to enter the jungle of the Italian mind?! Begin dreaming and planning your cultural adventure in Italy now!
Italian Language - Learning and Remembering!
Have you always wanted to learn Italian? Have you tried but it didn’t work out? This is a unique course where Italian is taught through a lot of different fun and effective activities that will make you learn a very good Italian in a fast way.
Thanks a unique approach based on to a series of sensory-discovery techniques that reduces the difficulties, accelerates the pace of learning, and most important, it will make you remember, everyone will be engaged in the Italian language – young students, adults, individuals and couples.
Many people feel that Italian is the most beautiful language in the world. Is it the sound? The romanticism? The connection with Italy? Learn how to always get the pronunciation right, modulate the intonation, and match the rhythm of the Italians when they speak.
Work on listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the same time. Learn how and why to pronounce the most popular Italian words the way they do. Many Italian words used in English and in other languages, in the fields of food, wine, music, art, lifestyle, fashion, science, and business – are as a matter-of-fact, Italian! Get in good shape before going to Italy, have a tool to understand and appreciate great things in life, surprise your friends with perfect pronunciations, and have fun!
Sicilian Culture - Making sense of Sicily and her culture.
Goethe, one of the greatest poets who ever lived, said after his sojourn to Sicily, "To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything."
Why does Sicily play such a critical role in Italian history and in her culture? We know that the Sicilian treasure is a very unique collection of: amazing monuments, art, archeological sites; UNESCO patrimonies from 20 different cultures over 3,000 years of history; her natural beauty; the largest variety of culinary dishes in all of Italy with superb wines to match; and rooted traditions and celebrations from the Mediterranean region and beyond.
From the Phoenicians to the Romans, from the Scandinavians to Arabs, including Africans, Americans, and many others, everyone came, lived, and left their imprint on the most popular and largest island in southern Europe.
Sicily cannot be considered merely an island. It is a miniature continent, a melting pot of races, cultures, languages, myths and religions. In ancient times, Sicily was literally the center of the civilized world. Learn how the four natural elements – crystal blue seas, the biggest volcano in Europe, “bitter” soil, and sweet air – have contributed to contemporary culture.
Learn about the Sicilians and how their values guide everyday behavior in their life – their generosity and sense of hospitality are proverbial; how the wild traffic is a metaphor of Sicilian life; the whole language of hand gestures; and how is it that villagers and the mafia can coexist?
Let’s follow Goethe’s clue and unravel these mysteries to understand Sicily’s connection with the rest of Italy through real stories of real life in Sicily shared and explained by a Sicilian.
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To register for the Free Introductory Event, please contact Da Vinci Institute
To register for the enrichment program, please contact Da Vinci Capers
To register for any of these events, call Barb Petrarca Hardesty at
Tell: (303) 284-1383
Cell: (303) 570-5287, or email her at barb@DaVincicapers.com.
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