Words in Action

Words in Action is a multilingual, multicultural student performance directed and produced by Annamaria Bellezza (Department of Italian Studies) held every spring. Students perform scenes from plays, songs, dances, and poetry in a variety of different combinations and styles. Participation is open to all UC Berkeley students taking a world language.

Words in Action: A Multilingual Student Performance

Come and celebrate an afternoon of linguistic diversity as UC Berkeley students perform scenes, songs, and poems with the participation of their respective language lecturers:

ARABIC (Amel Belguith, Nathalie Khankan), ARMENIAN (Myrna Douzjian), CATALAN (Ana Belen Redondo Campillos), CHINESE (Lihua Zhang), FILIPINO (Cynthia Agnes Abban, Joy Barrios, Karen Llagas), FRENCH (Rachel Shuh), GERMAN (Nikolaus Euba), ITALIAN (Annamaria Bellezza, Cristina Farronato), JAPANESE (Yuriko Miyamoto Caltabiano), KOREAN (Meehyei Lee), PERSIAN (Reza Ghahramandi), PORTUGUESE (Carolina Pereira Bulcao de Figueiredo student), PUNJABI (Jvala Singh), RUSSIAN (Oksana Willis), SANSKRIT/HINDI (Sonali Langlois–student), SPANISH (Karol Alzate Londono), SWAHILI (David Kyeu), TAMIL and TELEGU (Bharathy Sankara Rajulu), UKRAINIAN (Natalia Goshylyk).

Friday, April 14, 2023 • 3 – 7PM
Durham Studio Theater, UC Berkeley. Free and open to the public.

Organized and directed by Annamaria Bellezza, Department of Italian Studies
Sponsored by Berkeley Language Center and by a generous donation from Bruce and Judy Schroffel, lifelong advocates for cultural diversity and the performing arts.

For those on stage and in the audience, you have created joy in community through and around languages.
Kimberly Vinall, BLC Director, UC Berkeley

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