COME BACK HOME EVENT

Torna a Casa (Come Back Home) is a narrative performance, an invitation, a celebration, a call. This event symbolically invites Italian emigrants around the world to return to their homeland. The event consists of three parts: An artistic part with 18 performers (dancers, singers, actors, acrobats) directed by Marco Savatteri. An institutional and narrative part, where institutions and emigrants sign the Book of Roots. This book, representing a sort of reverse Ellis Island, is dedicated to those who left, and the signing underscores the indissoluble bond with their homeland. The third part features a tasting of foods prepared by Italian chefs in the United States, coordinated by Celestino Drago, a key figure in Italian cuisine. This aims to strengthen and celebrate the candidacy of Italian cuisine for UNESCO heritage status. Food is a major connective tissue of our country abroad and one of the greatest places of union and representation of Italy in the world.

Torna a Casa is a project by Io Compro Siciliano / Made in Sicily, and the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Directorate General for Italians Abroad (DGIT) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, responsible for the “Tourism of Roots” initiative.

A production by Io Compro Siciliano with Savatteri Productions, VediPalermo, Innovazione, Balarm.

Curated by Giovanni Callea, Celestino Drago, Davide Morici, Marco Savatteri, Raffaella Valentini

Supported by the Sicilian Region Department of Productive Activities, Regional Department of Cultural Heritage and Identity, Regional Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Mediterranean Fishing, Department of Family, Social Policies, and Labor, Archaeological Park Valley of the Temples, City of Palermo, City of Catania, UNPLI National Association of Pro Loco of Italy, Usef.

Thanks to Prosecco DOC, Consorzio Sicilia DOC, Consorzio Vino Chianti

Torna a Casa Introduced by Raffaella Valentini, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles Hosted by Romina Caruana, Davide Morici, Giovanni Callea On stage: Omar Barole Adbu, Alba Chiara Borrelli, Aurora Catalano, Ilaria Conte, Claudia D’Agostino, Martina Maria Di Caro, Aurora Di Cristina, Toti Maria Geraci, Giovanni Geraci, Davide Maria Incandela, Gioele Rosario Incandela, Federica Lo Cascio, Giulia Marciante, Cristina Mazzaccaro, Chiara Cardalano, Ketty Sardo, Andrea Scaglione, Chiara Scalici, Giulia Tarantino. Live decorations by artist and ceramist Domenico Boscia Filming, video stories, reportage: Antonio Messina, Claudio Martin, Antonio Macaluso, Costante La Bruna.

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