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Theater

The theater celebrates… on his International Day

Message from the Italian comedian, author, theater director and composer Dario Fo

It has been celebrated for half a century now World Theater Day at 27 Of March: From the 1962 that the institution was established by the International Theater Institute, the world honors an art that looks like it, despite the problems, not to be daunted by anything. A text, an actor, a stage and light constitute the essence of theater which is enriched by sets and costumes, colors, effects and video.

Nobel laureate Dario Fo was chosen for this year's message. It's a habit, every year, a recognized personality to write the message, which is read and transmitted all over the world. They have preceded, including, Jean Cocteau, Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, Jean Louis Barot, Peter Brook, Pablo Neruda, Eugene Ionesco, Luchino Visconti, Martin Eslin, Iakovos Campanellis, Arian Mnuskin, Robert Lepage, Augusto Boal, Judi Dench, John Malkovich.

The message of the Italian comedian, author, theater director and composer Dario Fo is as follows:

“Many years ago, the authorities solved the problem of their tolerance towards the actors of the Commedia dell’ Arte driving them out of the country.

Today, actors and troupes have trouble finding public stages, theaters and spectators, because of the crisis.
Therefore, the rulers, they have no problem controlling those who express themselves through irony and sarcasm, since there is no room for the actors, but neither an audience to which they can address themselves.

On the contrary, during the Renaissance, in Italy, the rulers had to try hard to put the comedians in a difficult position since they were enjoyed by a large portion of the public.

It is known that the great exit of the actors of the Commedia dell’ Arte took place in the century of the Counter-Reformation, with the institutionalization of the abolition of all theaters, especially in Rome, where they were accused of desecrating the Holy City. The 1967, Pope Innocent XII, under the constant pressure of the conservative side of the bourgeoisie and the clergy, ordered the demolition of the Tordonina Theatre, which according to moralists, had featured the largest number of obscene scenes.

At the time of the Counter-Reformation, Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, who operated in the north of Italy, had devoted himself to the redemption of "the children of Milan", setting for art a clear division, as the highest form of spiritual education, and the theater as the expression of obscenity and vanity. In a letter he addressed to his associates, which I quote almost verbatim, expressed his beliefs roughly as follows: “I am concerned about the elimination of the bad seed, we have made every effort to burn the texts that contain odd reasons, to obliterate them from the memory of men, and at the same time prosecute those who circulate these texts in printed form. But apparently while we were sleeping, the devil was at work with renewed zeal. What the eyes can see can be more penetrating to the soul than’ what they can read in such books! How destructive to the minds of young men and women can be verbal speech and indecent movements, than a lifeless word printed in books. For’ this is urgent to rid our cities of those who make theater, as we do with unwanted souls".

Therefore the only solution to the crisis is to hope that the great witch hunt is organized against us and especially against the young people who wish to be taught the art of the theatre.: a new dispersion of Comedians, creators of the theater, who through this restriction will create unimaginable benefits for a new representation".

Born on 24 March of 1926 _closed them 87 of years, Fo received the Nobel Prize in Literature 1997. With his work, which picks up the thread from Italian Comedy of’ until, criticizes societies, in political corruption, in the dogmatism of the church, in the bad texts of everyday life. Together with his wife, the actress Franka Rame was founded, the 1959,  the Theater Company that bears their names and started with humorous television sketches. They soon became known and so they developed, gradually a "resistance" theater, often blasphemous and mocking. At the end of the 60s they founded an acting school, were actively associated with the Communist Party of Italy and the 1970 they created the Collective Communist Theatre (La Comune Theater Collective), while also starting factory tours, parks and gyms.

Dario Fo has to his credit around 70 projects, several of which he co-signs with Rame: "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist" stands out (is being performed this year at the Alexandrakis Theater by Spyros Papadopoulos), the “I don't pay! I don't pay", which for years was uploaded by Stefanos Linaios with her Elli Fotiou at the Alpha Theater, while in the list of his plays performed in Athens is also this year's great success of "Mister Bufo", directed by Thomas Moschopoulos at the Thision Theatre.

Source : tovima.gr

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Ηλεκτροκίνητο scooter από την ΚΤΜ

H KTM παρουσίασε το «E-Speed», ένα νέο ηλεκτρικό σκούτερ μηδενικών ρύπων, στο Σαλόνι Μοτοσυκλέτας του Τόκιο. Σχεδιάστηκε και αυτό από το στούντιο του Gerald Kiska, ο οποίος ευθύνεται για την εμφάνιση όλων των ΚΤΜ εδώ και 20 years.

Βασισμένο στην τεχνολογία που κινεί το χωμάτινο play bike Freeride E, το πρωτότυπο E-Speed φέρνει την αυστριακή εταιρεία σε απόσταση «βολής» από την αγορά των αστικών commuter, δηλαδή των διτρόχων που προορίζονται αποκλειστικά για περιορισμένες αστικές μετακινήσεις, όταν και εάν αυτή ανθίσει.

Πλασάροντας το εντυπωσιακό σκούτερ ως ένα σπορ δίτροχο, η KTM δηλώνει ότι ο κινητήρας του παράγει σχεδόν 15PS, όταν εκείνος του Freeride E δεν ξεπερνούσε τους 10. Επίσης η μπαταρία ιόντων λιθίου έχει τώρα χωρητικότητα 4,36 kWh, όταν στο Freeride είχε μόλις 2,1. H μέγιστη ροπή δηλώνεται στα 3,6 kg.

Η αναβαθμισμένη απόδοση του υγρόψυκτου «σύγχρονου» ηλεκτροκινητήρα δίνει στο E-Speed τελική 80 χλμ ανά ώρα μέσω τελικής μετάδοσης με ιμάντα.

Η μπαταρία φορτίζεται πλήρως σε 2 ώρες από μια πρίζα οικιακού ρεύματος.

Όσον αφορά τα πιο «συμβατικά» χαρακτηριστικά του, το σκούτερ χρησιμοποιεί ένα πλαίσιο-χωροδικτύωμα και κορυφαίες αναρτήσεις από την WP, με την οποία η αυστριακή εταιρεία συνεργάζεται στενά από τη δεκαετία του ’90 και λίγο αργότερα ενέταξε στο στόλο της.

Δήλωσε ο CEO της KTM Stefan Pierer: «Εμείς στην KTM είμαστε απόλυτα πεπεισμένοι για την ηλεκτροκίνηση, ως το τέλειο συμπλήρωμα των συμβατικών συστημάτων κίνησης. Μακροχρόνια οι ηλεκτροκινητήρες θα επικρατήσουν σε χρήση περιορισμένων διαδρομών και ειδικά όπου η προστασία του περιβάλλοντος θα αποτελεί τον ρυθμιστικό παράγοντα, όπως στη φύση ή στις πυκνοκατοικημένες μητροπόλεις».

«Οχήματα σαν το E-Speed και το Freeride E μπορούν να βοηθήσουν τα δίτροχα, αυξάνοντας την αποδοχή τους από την κοινωνία. Όχι μόνον χάρη στα φιλικά προς το περιβάλλον χαρακτηριστικά τους, αλλά και επειδή προσφέρουν ευκολία χρήσης, οικονομία χρόνου και είναι διασκεδαστικά».

Ωστόσο φαίνεται πώς η «πίστη» του Pierer στα ηλεκτρικά δίτροχα είναι μια κυμαινόμενη ποσότητα. Πριν μερικές εβδομάδες, μιλώντας στο ιταλικό Motociclismo είχε δηλώσει πως δεν βλέπει πολύ μέλλον στα ηλεκτρικά δίτροχα, όχι τουλάχιστον όσο θα χρησιμοποιείται η τρέχουσα τεχνολογία μπαταριών, τις οποίες χαρακτήρισε στα ίσια «πολύ επικίνδυνες (εννοεί τις ιόντων λιθίου) και πανάκριβες, με χαμηλή απόδοση και πολύ μεγάλη διάρκεια επαναφόρτισης».

Αν αυτά τα αρνητικά δεν αλλάξουν μέσω της τεχνολογικής εξέλιξης, δεν αξίζει είπε να ασχοληθούμε με τα ηλεκτρικά δίτροχα, συμπλήρωσε, αναγγέλλοντας ουσιαστικά ότι το «Σχέδιο Freeride E» έχει μπει στο ράφι.

Source : newsbeast.gr

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Eleonora Zouganelis – Christoforos Papakaliatis: Η νέα συνεργασία- surprise;

Μια αναπάντεχη συνεργασία είναι πιθανό να δούμε την επόμενη σεζόν.

Σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα του HELLO!, ο Χριστόφορος Παπακαλιάτης και η Ελεωνόρα Ζουγανέλη έχουν δεχθεί πρόταση για να συμμετέχουν στο ιστορικό «Καμπαρέ» που θα σκηνοθετήσει ο Σταμάτης Φασουλής στη σκηνή του «Παλλάς». Η Ελεωνόρα Ζουγανέλη θα έχει τον πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο της παράστασης, ενώ ο Χριστόφορς Παπακαλιάτης θα ερμηνεύσει τον ρόλο του Βρετανού φοιτητή που παραδίδει μαθήματα αγγλικών.

Still, για τον ρόλο του κομπέρ ακούγεται έντονα το όνομα του Τάκη Ζαχαράτου, καθώς μετά τη μεγάλη επιτυχία που σημειώνει στη σκηνή του θεάτρου «Αλίκη» αυτή τη σεζόν, η εταιρία παραγωγής Ελληνική Θεαμάτων επιθυμεί να συνεχίσει τη συνεργασία μαζί του.

Source : yupiii.gr

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Τόμας Πρωτόπαπας: Η γνωμάτευση των Άγγλων γιατρών και τα νέα δεδομένα

Το απόγευμα της Τρίτης έφτασε στο ΚΑΤ η γνωμάτευση των Άγγλων ιατρών για την κατάσταση αλλά και την μελλοντική πορεία του Τόμας Πρωτόπαπα.

«Η αλήθεια είναι ότι οι Άγγλοι γιατροί δεν έκαναν λόγο για “ένα θαύμα”, όπως είχαν αναφέρει οι Αμερικάνοι -χωρίς όμως αυτό να κάνει απαραιτήτως τα πράγματα πιο αισιόδοξα. Συμφώνησαν στη μέχρι τώρα αγωγή που ακολούθησε ο Τόμας, με την οποία η εγκεφαλική του πίεση μειώθηκε αισθητά, αλλά ακόμη δεν είναι στο φυσιολογικό επίπεδο. That is, from 70 που ήταν στην αρχή, έπεσε στο 50-αν και το φυσιολογικό είναι στο 20. Για τέτοιες αποκλίσεις μιλάμε… Γι’ αυτό και δεν μπορούν να πουν τίποτε ακόμη με σιγουριά. Όπως και οι Αμερικάνοι, έτσι και εκείνοι, μιλούν για μία δύσκολη περίπτωση» αναφέρει πηγή του Yupiii και συνεχίζει «Το μεγάλο στοίχημα είναι να υπάρξει κάποιο σημάδι ενεργοποίησης του εγκεφάλου. Γι’ αυτό, οι Άγγλοι γιατροί έδωσαν μια νέα φαρμακευτική αγωγή -αρκετά πιο ισχυρή από την προηγούμενη που χορηγούνταν στον Τόμας. Τα πρώτα της αποτελέσματα αναμένονται μετά από 72 ώρες και ο στόχος είναι να πέσει κι άλλο η εγκεφαλική πίεση, ώστε ο εγκέφαλος να δώσει κάποια σημάδια, όπως για παράδειγμα κάποια κίνηση των ματιών ή του σώματος. However, όλοι διατηρούμε την ψυχραιμία μας και περιμένουμε τα αποτελέσματα της νέας αγωγής. Ειδικά οι γονείς του, ο αδελφός και η κοπέλα του Τόμας, που δεν λείπουν στιγμή από το πλευρό του, έχουν εναποθέσει τις ελπίδες τους στο θεό. Ελπίζουν και περιμένουν».

Source : yupiii.gr

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The theater celebrates… on his International Day

Message from the Italian comedian, author, theater director and composer Dario Fo

It has been celebrated for half a century now World Theater Day at 27 Of March: From the 1962 that the institution was established by the International Theater Institute, the world honors an art that looks like it, despite the problems, not to be daunted by anything. A text, an actor, a stage and light constitute the essence of theater which is enriched by sets and costumes, colors, effects and video.

Nobel laureate Dario Fo was chosen for this year's message. It's a habit, every year, a recognized personality to write the message, which is read and transmitted all over the world. They have preceded, including, Jean Cocteau, Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, Jean Louis Barot, Peter Brook, Pablo Neruda, Eugene Ionesco, Luchino Visconti, Martin Eslin, Iakovos Campanellis, Arian Mnuskin, Robert Lepage, Augusto Boal, Judi Dench, John Malkovich.

The message of the Italian comedian, author, theater director and composer Dario Fo is as follows:

“Many years ago, the authorities solved the problem of their tolerance towards the actors of the Commedia dell’ Arte driving them out of the country.

Today, actors and troupes have trouble finding public stages, theaters and spectators, because of the crisis.
Therefore, the rulers, they have no problem controlling those who express themselves through irony and sarcasm, since there is no room for the actors, but neither an audience to which they can address themselves.

On the contrary, during the Renaissance, in Italy, the rulers had to try hard to put the comedians in a difficult position since they were enjoyed by a large portion of the public.

It is known that the great exit of the actors of the Commedia dell’ Arte took place in the century of the Counter-Reformation, with the institutionalization of the abolition of all theaters, especially in Rome, where they were accused of desecrating the Holy City. The 1967, Pope Innocent XII, under the constant pressure of the conservative side of the bourgeoisie and the clergy, ordered the demolition of the Tordonina Theatre, which according to moralists, had featured the largest number of obscene scenes.

At the time of the Counter-Reformation, Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, who operated in the north of Italy, had devoted himself to the redemption of "the children of Milan", setting for art a clear division, as the highest form of spiritual education, and the theater as the expression of obscenity and vanity. In a letter he addressed to his associates, which I quote almost verbatim, expressed his beliefs roughly as follows: “I am concerned about the elimination of the bad seed, we have made every effort to burn the texts that contain odd reasons, to obliterate them from the memory of men, and at the same time prosecute those who circulate these texts in printed form. But apparently while we were sleeping, the devil was at work with renewed zeal. What the eyes can see can be more penetrating to the soul than’ what they can read in such books! How destructive to the minds of young men and women can be verbal speech and indecent movements, than a lifeless word printed in books. For’ this is urgent to rid our cities of those who make theater, as we do with unwanted souls".

Therefore the only solution to the crisis is to hope that the great witch hunt is organized against us and especially against the young people who wish to be taught the art of the theatre.: a new dispersion of Comedians, creators of the theater, who through this restriction will create unimaginable benefits for a new representation".

Born on 24 March of 1926 _closed them 87 of years, Fo received the Nobel Prize in Literature 1997. With his work, which picks up the thread from Italian Comedy of’ until, criticizes societies, in political corruption, in the dogmatism of the church, in the bad texts of everyday life. Together with his wife, the actress Franka Rame was founded, the 1959,  the Theater Company that bears their names and started with humorous television sketches. They soon became known and so they developed, gradually a "resistance" theater, often blasphemous and mocking. At the end of the 60s they founded an acting school, were actively associated with the Communist Party of Italy and the 1970 they created the Collective Communist Theatre (La Comune Theater Collective), while also starting factory tours, parks and gyms.

Dario Fo has to his credit around 70 projects, several of which he co-signs with Rame: "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist" stands out (is being performed this year at the Alexandrakis Theater by Spyros Papadopoulos), the “I don't pay! I don't pay", which for years was uploaded by Stefanos Linaios with her Elli Fotiou at the Alpha Theater, while in the list of his plays performed in Athens is also this year's great success of "Mister Bufo", directed by Thomas Moschopoulos at the Thision Theatre.

Source : tovima.gr