{"id":366,"date":"2025-09-24T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eleonorafisco.it\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=366"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:37:26","slug":"translating-performance-poetry","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/eleonorafisco.it\/en\/project\/translating-performance-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating Performance Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;4&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;179515&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image dynamic=&#8221;yes&#8221; dynamic_source=&#8221;secondary&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; advanced=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_overlay_opacity=&#8221;50&#8243; media_overlay_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; media_text_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; media_image_magnetic=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;508481&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;969172&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2022, Eleonora Fisco has been taking her performances abroad, exploring ways to make her poetry accessible to audiences who don\u2019t speak her language. In 2024, she joined an artistic residency at the <\/span><b>University of Chicago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of the <\/span><b>slampapi Marc Smith project, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marckellysmith.net\/international.html\"><b><i>One Poetic Voice<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This innovative approach <\/span><b>focuses on performing the translation, transcending language barriers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a bilingual experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside Italian poet and scholar <\/span><b>Alessandro Minnucci<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Chicago-based poets <\/span><b>Andy Karol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Ryan Doyl<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eleonora performed at the historic <\/span><b>Green Mill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the birthplace of poetry slam, with the show <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Poetic Voice: the Italian Connection<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using a <\/span><b>performance practice as research approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she transformed this experience into an academic essay (soon to be published) and a practical workshop, bringing the power of performative translation to new audiences. In 2025 Eleonora worked with the founder of the New York slam scene Bob Holman for a bilingual performance of his poem \u201cWe are the Dinosaur\u201d at the City University of New York.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;894408&#8243; el_class=&#8221;workshop-details&#8221;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;635&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;148731&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161650&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are the Dinosaur\/Siamo noi i dinosauri\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob Holman &amp; Eleonora Fisco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduate Center &#8211; City University of New York<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 October 2025<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleonora Fisco\u2019s performances break language barriers through bilingual poetry. 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