IN SARDINIA in New York (unplugged concert)

Sardinian Choral Music, Sculpture and Literature in the City.  

As a unique international collaboration, the MusaMadre Project will stage a site-specific performance of "IN SARDINIA in NEW YORK," featuring the acclaimed  polyphonic Pauliccu Mossa Choir of Bonorva, with American playwright Jeff Biggers, author of the celebrated book, "In Sardinia." The performance will begin at The Center at West Park’s Sanctuary Space (165 W. 86th Street) at 4:45 pm and conclude with a brief outdoor performance among the historic public art sculptures of renowned Sardinian-New York artist Costantino Nivola at the Stephen Wise Towers courtyard in New York (90th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues). The Wise Towers courtyard, furnished in 1964 with urban sculptures by Nivola, gained notoriety in recent years due to a prolonged controversy over removing and repositioning Nivola's concrete horses.

Following the internationalization project, the Festival will commence in Rebeccu between July and November, supported by the Municipality of Bonorva, the Fondazione di Sardegna, and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, in collaboration with important national and international organizations such as the Fondazione Treccani, the Fabula Mundi Playwriting Europe Project, and the Italian and American Playwrights Project. Over forty events, including literature, performing arts, cinema, meetings, and "serendipitous walks," will take place in the small village of Rebeccu and in the archaeological and natural sites of the territory. Among the numerous guests are American choreographer Richard Move, actress Cristina Donadio, evolutionary biologist and philosopher of science Telmo Pievani, musician Cristiano Godano, and Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour. This year will also see the continuation of the writing residency "Ischeliu," dedicated to emigrated Sardinians and their descendants. It is now in its third edition in collaboration with the Sardegna Film Commission Foundation.