Editing Roberto Benigni (section)

===''TuttoDante''===
[[File:Roberto Benigni in TuttoDante a Padova.jpg|thumb|Benigni on the stage of ''TuttoDante'' in [[Padua]], June 2008]]
Benigni is an improvisatory poet (''poesia estemporanea'' is a form of art popularly followed and practised in [[Tuscany]]), appreciated for his explanation and recitations of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' (''Divina Commedia'') from memory.

During 2006 and 2007, Benigni had a lot of success touring Italy with his 90-minute "one-man show" ''TuttoDante'' ('Everything About Dante'). Combining current events and memories of his past narrated with an ironic tone, Benigni then begins a journey of poetry and passion through the world of the ''Divine Comedy''.

''TuttoDante'' has been performed in numerous Italian piazzas, arenas, and stadiums for a total of 130 [[performance|shows]], with an estimated audience of about one million spectators. Over 10 million more spectators watched the [[Television show|TV show]], ''Il V canto dell'Inferno'' ('The 5th Song of Hell'), broadcast by [[Rai 1]] on 29 November 2007, with re-runs on [[Rai Italia|Rai International]].

Benigni began North American presentations of ''TuttoDante'' with an announcement that he learned English to bring the gift of Dante's work to English speakers. The English performance incorporates dialectic discussion of language and verse and is a celebration of modernity and the concept of human consciousness as created by language.

Benigni brought ''TuttoDante'' to the United States, Canada and Argentina in the TuttoDante Tour between 2008 and 2009 with performances in San Francisco, Boston and Chicago. Benigni was feted in San Francisco at a special reception held by the National Italian American Foundation in his honour on 24 May 2009. Following his U.S. premiere Benigni performed his last presentation on 16 June 2009, in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina where he was awarded ''Honorary Citizenship of the City of Buenos Aires'' in a ceremony held at the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace|Legislative Palace]] in homage to the notable [[Italian Argentines|Italian diaspora and culture]] in Argentina.<ref name="Buenos Aires: Un Benigni Da Nobel">{{cite web|url=http://www.unbenignidanobel.it/tag/buenos-aires/|title=Roberto Benigni è stato nominato 'Huésped de Honor de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires'|trans-title=Roberto Benigni was appointed "Guest of Honour of the City of Buenos Aires"|language=it|website=Un Benigni da Nobel|access-date=2009-06-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302044959/http://www.unbenignidanobel.it/tag/buenos-aires/|archive-date=2009-03-02 }}</ref>