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On November 6th 2013, Milan

NAVIGLI POETRY SLAM: THE CHALLENGE OF POETRY

12 Italian and International poets on the stage of Le Trottoir, the public will vote them!

On 6 November at 21.30 will start at The Trottoir, date of onset of the scene of the Navigli Poetry Slam, the  poetry contest under the rules of poetry slam. The poetry slam was born in the 80s in the U.S. by Marc Kelly Smith and asserts itself in Italy thanks to Lello Voce in 2001. To revive and celebrate the Poetry Slam, Max Ponte and Annelisa Addolorato give birth to Navigli Poetry Slam in one day in November (on the Sundays of November 1984 Marc Smith began the Slam, with an ' open mic' , then formalizing it in Poetry Slam around in 1987). It is a poetry competition which has ancient origins, from trobadour songs to the popular rhymes. Poetry returns to its original oral form - the triumph of the spoken word - becoming direct expression, addressed to society, to the community, and the community evaluates and discusses it . The formula of the Poetry Slam has helped to give a real jolt to the Italian Poetry, approaching with its vitality an audience than ever before. Poetry becomes a game show and immersing himself in our contemporary world. The rules are very plain: only a 3-minute head and unpublished poems, no theatrical acts. The speed, the pace of the show and voting extended to the entire audience make this event a very dynamic and exciting literary event.

The poets in the race are 12, selected through a public competition and from various Italian cities and from abroad.

The race is led by the poets Max Ponte and Annelisa Addolorato, who will propose short texts out of competition. Max Ponte, author of the poetry collection ‘Eyeliner’, is one of the leaders of the Italian Poetry Slam and he conceived the event deciding to twin it with the scene of Murazzi, in his city, Turin. Anne Addolorato, writer, translator and hispanist, recently published in New York the bilingual poetry collection ‘My Voice Seeks You’.

The Navigli Poetry Slam is the first date of the Lombard Poetry Slam League, which will continue with a packed schedule. Guest of the evening of 6 November will be the poet Dome Bulfaro, engine of "Poesiapresente" (Monza/Brianza) and engaged in Lombard and national Poetry Slam scenes.

The Navigli Poetry Slam raises the poetry slam in Milan, giving the city a poetic form that animates the nights of Europe, nowadays. The date of November 6 is the first of a series of similar events organized by Navigli Poetry Slam .

SLAMMERS:

1.Marko MIladinovic (Switzerland)
2. Anna Lamberti-Bocconi (Milan)
3. Sergio Garau (Torino)
4.Laura di Corcia (Switzerland)
5. Duska Kovacevic (Udine)
6. Evelina Schatz (Milan - Moscow)
7. SAC-Filippo Saccardo (Saronno)
8. Massimiliano Antonucci (Pisa)
9. René Miri (Turin)
10. Giacomo Ranco (Saronno)
11. Elisa Orlando (Saronno)
12. Elena Gerasi

Guest: Dome Bulfaro

Hosted by:
MC Max Ponte & Anne Addolorato
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Info: naviglipoetryslam@gmail.com
http://naviglipoetryslam.blogspot.it/