English or... nothing!

"Talents are meant to be shared"

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
[Leo Buscaglia]

28th May 2016 - 08:30 PM

Teatro S.Teresa - Via Molinara, 23 - 37135 Verona

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“English or… NOTHING!“ is a project we created in 2013 to get students to experience the use of English in an intercultural frame using two of the worlds which fascinate them most: music and drama.

This is the 2016 edition of the project.

"Talents are meant to be shared"

What is a talent? A natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught: in other words it’s a gift we have received. There are no “insignificant” people in the world: we have all received a special something that makes us who we are and sets us apart from other people.

If we think our talents are simply for us to make a lot of money, have success, retire, and die, we’ve missed the point of our life. We have been given talents to benefit others, not ourselves, as others have been given talents that benefit us. Whether we are musicians or accountants, teachers or cooks, we have been given these abilities to serve the world and make it a better place to live in. A talent is like a muscle: if we use it, it will grow but if we don’t, we’ll lose it.

If you use your talents wisely, you will be given more. If you use your energy wisely, you will receive more energy. If you use your influence wisely, your influence will be increased.

The people we are presenting have used their talents to:

♥ attribute a new sense to laughter ♥
♥ give voice to our soul beyond language barriers ♥
♥ help us never to give up ♥
♥ fight indifference ♥
♥ learn the meaning of sharing ♥
♥ grasp the value of giving ♥

In this show a great number of students of "Galileo Galilei" High School have tried their hand as singers, musicians, actors, scenographers, dancers, technicians ,with songs from groups like Five FIngers Death Punch, Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, Iron Maiden, Avantasia, Joe Satriani, U2, Angra, Dream Theater, Bullet For My Valentine and many others played live by the group
MISSING LINK.
We started from the almost obvious choice fundamental in the world we live in, that is to say "English or... Nothing!!!", and hit upon the choices which invite us to make the RIGHT choices, those that allow us to be real men and real women!

THE ART OF LAUGHING

Laughter is more than “the sun that drives winter from the human face” (V. Hugo): it can change lives and save lives.

Comic Relief is a major charity founded in 1985 and based in the UK with a vision of a just world, free from poverty.

Their mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment: they have raised millions of pounds, mainly through their two big fundraising campaigns, Red Nose Day and Sport Relief, and spent the money raised to tackle the roots of poverty and social injustice in the UK and across the world.

THE ART OF DANCING

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”

Attraction are a Hungarian shadow theatre group from Budapest who transform events and sentiments into touching dance sequences, inspiring nations across the world and breaking language barriers.

A dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen can become effective only if all the components act and move literally as one body: each performer is essential to the perfection of the image cast but can only create the image with all the other members. Thus Attraction’s performances speak to man’s soul not only through the affecting themes they choose but also through their moving and feeling as one.

THE ART OF LIVING

“If God can use a man without arms and legs… to be His hands and feet then He will certainly use my willing heart.”

Nick Vujicic - An Australian Christian evangelist & motivational speaker, Nick was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterised by the absence of all four limbs.

From his early years of depression and loneliness, constantly wondering why he was different from all the other kids, questioning the purpose of life, or if he even had a purpose, he has come a long way… He’s now an author, musician, actor, whose hobbies include fishing, painting and swimming: he travels around the world, sharing his story with millions, bringing hope and finding meaning into their life.

THE ART OF CARING

“Death is not the enemy: indifference is! You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”

Patch Adams - An American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and writer, in 1971 he founded the Gesundheit! Institute, the culture of which is the same one he has decided for himself: happy, funny, loving, cooperative, creative and thoughtful. His health care model integrates the traditional medicine with alternative ones such as naturopathy, acupuncture, and homeopathy.

His humanitarian clowning is based on the idea that laughter is an integral element of effective doctoral care so each year he organizes groups of volunteers from around the world to travel to war zones, refugee camps and natural disaster sites using clowning as a means to get love and compassion close to orphans, patients, and other people in need.

THE ART OF SHARING

“Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.”

Carlinhos Brown - A Brazilian musician, songwriter and record producer from Bahia, he was born and grew up living the social problems of the Candeal slum.

In the late 1980s he started to form percussion ensembles to unite the people in his hometown, at first simply gathering people in the streets and teaching them basic percussion patterns, but eventually creating a band called Timbalada which soon became very popular. Many of the proceeds of Timbalada went towards fixing up the streets of Candeal by repaving roads and renovating houses.

In 1994 he founded the Pracatum Music School to give poor children access to education and the possibility to change their own situations.

THE ART OF GIVING

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

Ulises De La Cruz - A retired Ecuadorian footballer, in 2002 he set up a charity, Friends of FundeCruz, in his home village Piquiucho, in one of Ecuador’s poorest regions, focusing on children's nutrition, health, education and sports development, providing daily meals for primary school children, running water for a whole village, a hospital, a school and a community sports centre. For his work he has been named a UNICEF ambassador.

When he retired in 2013 he announced that he would devote his time to politics in Ecuador to fight against poverty with better means: since then he has been a member of his country’s National Assembly for the governing PAIS Alliance.

Teatro S.Teresa
Via Molinara 23, VERONA

28th May 2016 - 08:30 PM

The Crew:

(alphabetical order)

ANDRIANI Alessandro
AVANZINI Roberto
BALLARIN Riccardo
BALLATO Ilaria
BARATTA Francesca
BIEM Ester
BISSOLI Chiara
BOLLA Davide
BONACHINI Pietro
BONETTI Federico
BONTEMPO Francesco
BRUNO Gabriele
CAMPANELLA Enrico
CANCILLERI Daniele
CANDELA Emma
CAPRARA Giulia
CENTO Alice
CERULLO Michela
CHIGNOLA Davide
CHIRUMBOLO Irene
CICCIARELLA Enrico
CICCIARELLA Lorenzo
COSTANZI Marco
CURRO’ Krystal
D’EREDITA’ Elisabetta
FAEDO Gianmarco
FAGNANI Gaia
FERRARI Silvia
FILIPPI Alberto
FILIPPI Luca
FINEZZO Brandon
FORIGO Leonardo
FRACCAROLI Anna Giulia
FUGGINI Michelle
GAROUAD Imane
GIARDINI Joshua
GIARDINI Shane
GIRELLI Luca
GIULIARI Giacomo
GUGOLE Nicola
INTURRI Sofia
LA CROCE Martina
LIGABO’ Ginevra
LONARDI Marco
MAGONARA Claudia

MANTELLI Davide
MARTINELLI Luca
MATTIOLO Paolo
MELEGARO Matteo
MERLIN Chiara
MINALI Silvia
MINOZZI Matilde
MORANDINI Francesco
MORATI Giada
MOUSSA Fedior
OLIOSI Sofia
PACE Nadia
PAGNOTTA Enrico
PANEBIANCO Riccardo
PERONI Giorgia
PICCOLI Elia
PINOTTI Alessandro
QUINTO Gabriele
ROMAGNOLI Pietro
RONCARA’ Giulio
ROTELLA Jasmina
RUFFO Alessandro
RUOCCO Giusy
SCATTOLO Linda
SECHI Greta
SORIO Leonardo
STATACHE Marian
TERLIZZI Daniel
TOFFALI Jacopo
TONIOLO Fabio
TOSI Annalisa
TRAZZI Matteo
TURRINA Michele
URBANI Enea
VALERIO Luca
VASIAN Angela
VENTURI Nicola
VESENTINI Iacopo
VOLPE Giorgia
ZAMBONI Matilde
ZANINELLI Michela
ZANONI Emanuele
ZEN Francesco
ZENDRINI Sara

Music arranged an performed by

MISSING LINK

"where Music is a Family Affair..."

Missing Link is (ladies first...):

Silvia MAZZAU: Keyboards, vocals
Joshua GIARDINI: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, vocals
Shane GIARDINI: Drums and Percussions, vocals
Paul GIARDINI: Fretted and Fretless Basses, Acoustic Guitar, vocals

www.missinglink.it

Setlist

overture…:“Kingdom Of Rock” - Magnus Karlsson
“The Last Fight” - Bullet For My Valentine
“45” - Shinedown
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” - Nightwish
“Lost in Space” - Avantasia
“Stairway To Heaven“ - Led Zeppelin [acoustic version, Paul & Joshua]
“Seasons” - Dragonforce
“Song For Someone” - U2
“Always With Me, Always With You” - Joe Satriani [Missing Link only]
“Wrong Side Of Heaven” - Five Finger Death Punch
“Dance Of Death” - Iron Maiden
“Another Day” - Dream Theater
“The Day” - Sonata Arctica
“Rebirth” - Angra
“Uptown Funk” - [Cole Rolland metal version]