Person Detail: Emelise Aleandri
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| Full Name: Dr. Emelise Aleandri | ||
| Biography: Emelise Aleandri is an actress, writer and producer. She is Artistic Director of Frizzi & Lazzi The Olde Time Italian-American Music & Theatre Company, which revives the turn-of-Italian immigrant entertainments. She has a Ph.D. from CUNY in Theatre. She also produced the documentary, "Teatro: The Legacy of Italian-Amercian Theatre" which airs annually on CUNY/TV. Her numerous articles and interviews have been published in many magazines as well as scholarly journals. Dr. Aleandri was for 12 years the creator, host and Producer of " ITALICS: the Italian-American Magazine," a nationally syndicated cable TV program for CUNY/TV. Most recently she starred in Italian journalist Etta Cascini's new play SHHHHH! at the Miranda Theatre in New York City and received the ETTA Award for her work in the theatre. She also created the starring role of the famous 19th century Italian actress, Eleonora Duse, in "Of Penguins and Peacocks," for Cable TV. She has appeared in over 50 feature films, in numerous theatre and television productions, among them Spike Lees films "Summer of Sam" and "Crooklyn," the Walnut Street Theatre production of ITALIAN FUNERALS AND OTHER FESTIVE OCCASIONS in Philadelphia, and the 1999 Off-Broadway production of the play, SWEATSHOP, praised in the NY Times. |
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| Category: | N.Y.S. | |
| Travel Range: | Writer is willing to travel to New York City and in tri-state region (NY, NJ, CT) surrounding New York City. | |
| Transportation: | Public | |
| Dates Available: | Writer is available any time. | |
| Fees: | Negotiable but absolute minimum fee is $100-$150 plus travel, lodging, and meals. | |
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NY Email: ealeandri@aol.com |
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| Year: 1999 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Italian-American Immigrant Theatre of New York City (Pub: Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, 2 Cumberland Street, Charleston, SC 29401. phone: 843-853-2070 fax: 843 853 0044; email: arcadia@charleston.net Book delivery can be discussed when contact is made. ISBN: ISBN: 0-7385-0097-6 paper) about which she was interviewed for the PBS production "The Italian Passion for Life." ISBN: 0-7385-0097-6 paper. Little Italy by Dr. Emelise Aleandri. Separated from other immigrants because of their language, Italians who arrived in New York City in the 1880s often formed communities apart from their new neighbors. Collectively, they perceived themselves as a small Italian colony: La Colonia. In each of the five boroughs, Italians formed close-knit neighborhoods. Several of these neighborhoods dotted Manhattan - in East Harlem, the West Village, what is now SoHo, and the downtown area of the Lower East Side, straddling Canal Street. The Lower East Side neighborhood is still identified as Manhattan's Little Italy, and is the best-known Italian neighborhood in America. Little Italy is made up of stunning photographs culled from numerous private and public collections. The story begins with the first phase of immigrants to Lower Manhattan in the early 1800s, including political and religious refugees such as Lorenzo Da Ponte and Giuseppe Garibaldi. Then, in the 1870s, there was a surge in Italian immigration, and New York's first "Little Italy" emerged. The tumultuous history of the Five Points area, the "Bloody Ole Sixth Ward," and many faces and memories from the Italian newspapers L'Eco d'Italia and Il Progresso Italo-Americano are all included in this long-awaited pictorial history. |
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