3 JUNE 2025: SOLO ART EXHIBITION “A BETTER PLANET, A BETTER WORLD” AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, USA, WITH THE PERMANENT MISSION OF ITALY TO THE UN, FOR THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF ITALY’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS

Per courtesy of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN

*A BIG THANKS TO DR. LUDOVICA MURAZZANI

Alessandra Mattanza’s AI art installation about “Nature Dances,” inspired by a series of her canvases, “Desert Dance for Hope,” “Forest Dance for Peace,” at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN, “Ice Dance for Hope,” and “Ocean Dance for Love.”
“Nature Dances” canvases:
https://alessandramattanzashop.com/collections/nature-dances

"DESERT DANCE FOR FAITH"

*Photos and videos copyright Alessandra Mattanza

"FOREST DANCE FOR PEACE"

"ICE DANCE FOR HOPE"

"OCEAN DANCE FOR LOVE"

The book “SOS – PLANET EARTH” by Alessandra Mattanza, Borge Brende (Foreword), the President of the World Economic Forum, and Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt (Introduction), Director of NASA GISS in New York, published by National Geographic Italy and White Star.
The book:
https://abetterplanetabetterworld.com/sos-planet-earth/

“The Epos of Love,” an installation of Alessandra’s four paintings that explore empowering female figures as goddesses of the planet and symbol of its protection through the four elements of nature: “The Angel” for the Air; “The Mermaid” for the Water; “The Geisha” for the Earth; and “The Snake” for the Fire.
“The Epos of Love” canvases:
https://alessandramattanzashop.com/collections/new-collection-2022-the-epos-of-love

*Photos copyright Alessandra Mattanza

*A BIG THANKS TO ARCHITECT AND ART CURATOR DR. AUGUSTO FERRETTI

The four dance performances created and choreographed by Analia Farfan, founder of the International American Ballet, performed by her and her dancers, and inspired by Alessandra Mattanza’s AI art installation “Nature Dances” by Alessandra Mattanza, with the music of Gounod, Mei-Lan, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi.

*Photos and video copyright Alessandra Mattanza

The dance inspired by Alessandra Mattanza artwork “Desert Dance for Faith”
Dance except from: “Faith”
Choreographer: Analia Farfan
Composer: Mei- Lan
Dancers: Misa Mochizuki, Anastasia Barsukova, Fiorella Armando, Chloe Aiello

The dance inspired by Alessandra Mattanza artwork “Ice Dance for Hope”
Dance except from: “Artic Love”
Choreographer: Analia Farfan
Composer: Danny Elfman
Dancers: Misa Mochizuki, Bret Coppa

The dance inspired by Alessandra Mattanza artwork “Forest Dance for Peace”
Dance except from: “Walpurgis Night”
Choreographer: Analia Farfan after “Faust Opera”.
Composer: Charles Gounod
Dancers: Anastasia Barsukova, Fiorella Armando, Chloe Aiello

The dance inspired by Alessandra Mattanza artwork “Ocean Dance for Love”
Dance except from: “Ocean Realm”
Choreographer: Analia Farfan
Composer: Vivaldi “Storm”
Dancers: Bret Coppa and Analia Farfan
Costume Designer: Xiomara Goodsell-Grossett

Per Courtesy of the American International Ballet

MOMENTS OF THE EVENING

*Photos per courtesy of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN in New York

AI generated art created for the event:

“LA TEMPESTA”, Alessandra Mattanza, extraction from “Ocean Dance for Love”, inspired by “La Tempesta” by Antonio Vivaldi