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Paul Taylor, "Scudorama" (1963, 2009)

http://www.instantencore.com/concert/details.aspx?PId=5030337

In Scudorama eight dancers, wearing street clothes and bright leotards and using beach towels as shrouds (with sets and costumes designed by the artist Alex Katz), disintegrate into ravaged forms. Like shifting shadows they crawl across the floor in jagged bursts of bewilderment, emptiness and rage. The dance's accompanying program note, from Dante, begins with "What souls are these who run through this black haze?" For Mr. Taylor, those words refer to the "lost souls in purgatory, because they hadn't done anything good and they hadn't done anything bad."

Gia Kourlas, The New York Times, February 13, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/arts/dance/15kour.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Posted on February 15, 2009

"Blasphemy! strikes Madison: Walmartopia creators discuss new disco opera"

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=24657

"Religion has always been a central element of American political strife, with the excesses and calumnies of Christian fundamentalism providing a broad and sustained target for satire by believers and nonbelievers alike. Playwrights Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn flout the latest manias and offer up laughs with Blasphemy, their new 'wicked trio of musical comedies that takes aim at creationists, George W. Bush, Rapture Christians, and intolerance of all stripes.'

Premiering at the Bartell Theatre on January 9, this production is the latest creation by the husband-and-wife team, whose previous musical Walmartopia broke theatrical box office records in Madison before hitting the national stage with an Off Broadway run last year. As they did with their send-up of the smiley-faced corporate behemoth, the pair goes for laughs in Blasphemy by taking on an American institution, in this case the tenets of faith-based politics.

In a nod to Dante's Divine Comedy, the show is split into three tales, titled 'Rapture,' 'Purgatory,' and 'Paradise.' The anticipation of politicians like George W. Bush and Sarah Palin for the return of Jesus, a disco meditation on death, and a parable about the revelation of evolution to Adam and Eve together comprise a wicked triptych of sacrilege..."

Kristian Knutsen, The Daily Page, December 23, 2008

Contributed by Patrick Molloy

Posted on January 21, 2009

Johnny Depp to play protagonist in Nick Tosches' novel, "In the Hand of Dante" (2002)

http://www.variety.com/VR1117996716.html

See Michael Fleming, "Johnny Depp books Hand of Dante"
Variety, December 2, 2008
http://www.variety.com/VR1117996716.html

Contributed by Patrick Molloy

Posted on January 21, 2009

"Dr. Who: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit" (2006)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satan_Pit

New Series 2, Episodes 8 and 9

The Impossible Planet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_Planet

The Satan Pit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satan_Pit

Posted on December 24, 2008

Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe De Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan, "L'Inferno" (1911)

http://www.cinemedioevo.net/Film/cine_inferno_1911_02.htm

See clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0jorUlq9A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4q-ZGo_kw&eurl=http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=48720

Contributed by J. Patrick Brown (Bowdoin, '09)

Posted on December 5, 2008

Marc Caro, "Dante 01" (2008)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_01

"Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force beyond imagining, Saint Georges is a man possessed by inner demons, caught up in the battle to control the monstrous power within him. It's a power that will infect the other highly dangerous occupants of Dante 01, gaolors and prisoners alike, unleashing a violent rebellion that turns this terrifying, labyrinthine world upside down. In the otherworldly hell of the ship's depths, through danger and redemption, each must journey to his very limits... each must confront his own Dragon."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487928/plotsummary

Posted on July 20, 2008

Dante Hall Theater, Atlantic City, NJ

http://dantehall.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=25

14 North Mississippi Ave.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 344.8877
http://dantehall.org/

Posted on July 13, 2008

Jozef Szajna, "Dante" (1974)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/theater/30szajna.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

"Among his other plays... "Dante," based on the journey through the realms of the dead in the 14th-century Divine Comedy but laced with Mr. Szajna's depictions of 20th-century hellishness."

Dennis Hevesi, The New York Times, June 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/theater/30szajna.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Posted on June 30, 2008

"Sex and the City" film (2008)

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Sex-And-The-City-Posters_i1629475_.htm

Samantha's handsome neighbor "Dante" inspires her to think she's going to hell just for looking at him.

Posted on June 21, 2008

"Dante: Inferno" a play by Alejandro de la Costa (2008)

http://www.danteinferno.net/home.html

"MBS Productions will be presenting the world premiere of Dante: Inferno from April 10 - May 3, yet they still haven't found the right actor to play Dante.

"If you are up to the task, they are looking for men of any race, ages 20-40. Actors interested must set up an appointment time by contact Mark-Brian Sonna at 214-477-4942 or by emailing him at info@mark-briansonna.com. The play contains adult themes and nudity (not required for the role of Dante). The show is currently in rehearsals and auditions will be held Tuesday-Thursday, March 11-13."

Shawn Parikh, Pegasus News, March 11, 2008
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/mar/11/mbs-productions-still-looking-actor-play-dante/

Posted on March 27, 2008