Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same name that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II. The term was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and board chairman. The musical colloquialism exotica means tropical ersatz, the non-native, pseudo experience of insular Oceania, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, the Amazon basin, the Andes, the Caribbean and tribal Africa. Denny described the musical style as "a combination of the South Pacific and the Orient...what a lot of people imagined the islands to be like...it's pure fantasy though." While the South Seas forms the core region, exotica reflects the "musical impressions" of every place from standard travel destinations to the mythical "shangri-las" dreamt of by armchair safari-ers.
Pietro Nardini was an Italian composer and violinist, a transitional musician who worked in both the Baroque and Classical era traditions.
Daniela Nardini is a Scottish actress who played Anna Forbes in the BBC Two television series This Life. The role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress award in 1998 and also earned her a Scottish BAFTA. She won a second Scottish BAFTA in 2009 for her role in Annie Griffin's New Town.
Riccardo is a male given name, Italian version of Ricardo or Richard. It also may be a surname. It means "Powerful Leader".
Paul Joseph Nardini, was a German diocesan priest and the founder of the religious congregation of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family, also commonly known as the Nardini Sisters, or the Mallersdorfer Sisters from the town where they are now headquartered. He was beatified in 2006 by the Catholic Church. He is commemorated on 27 January.
Flavio Lazzari is an Italian former footballer who played for Atletico Gallo Colbordolo as a midfielder.
Nardini is an Italian grappa that has been produced and bottled in Bassano del Grappa, in the northeastern part of Italy, since 1779.
Non pensarci is a 2007 Italian-language Comedy directed by Gianni Zanasi. The film follows Stefano Nardini a post-punk guitarist stuck in a strange career limbo.
The Three Pilots is a 1942 Italian war drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Michela Belmonte, Leonardo Cortese and Alberto Sordi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and at the Accademia Aeronautica in Caserta. The film's sets were designed by the art director.
Tom Nardini is an American film actor who had a lengthy career in television in which his best known role was in Cowboy in Africa (1967). In film his best known role was in Cat Ballou (1965) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
MarescialloGuido Nardini (1881-1928) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Love and Marriage is an American situation comedy television series starring Anthony Denison and Patricia Healy as a New York working couple trying to raise a family. The series premiered September 28, 1996, on Fox as the first series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, who would later go on to create Gilmore Girls and Bunheads. The show was canceled after three episodes.
Gastón Brugman Duarte is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy.
Stefano Nardini was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Jack Frusciante Left the Band is a 1996 Italian teen drama film directed by Enza Negroni. It is based on Enrico Brizzi's bestseller Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band.
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga is a style of yoga as exercise created by American yogini Sadie Nardini in 2006. Central to this style is a movement referred to as a 'wave' (softening). The structure of this practice includes a 7-step framework which is applied to each pose within a sequence. Nardini incorporates aspects of Kundalini Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and portions of movement sequences from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Maintaining an internal focus on joy in the moment is part of the practice philosophy. This style integrates postures with learnings from many disciplines including physics, biology, and geometry, influenced by the works of Leslie Kaminoff. It incorporates traditional yoga philosophy from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It emphasizes muscles that are deep within the body and includes the use of 'waves' in order to enter and exit poses. Examples include physical moves that activate muscles close to the spine—such as psoas and quadratus lumborum in order to build support for the body from within before generating outward expression of that movement. The purpose of deep core focused poses in this practice is to improve and deepen breathing. This perspective differs from other styles in which the purpose of deep core work is to stabilize the back. In this practice, keeping belly soft and core strong improve breathing. "Belly Bonfire" breath is one example of a deep core breath technique that involves focus and target of attention and breath with softer abs. Pelvis is viewed as the body's physical center of gravity in this system.
Il paradiso delle signore is an Italian period drama television series on RAI Italian television, loosely based on the 1883 novel Au bonheur des dames by Émile Zola. The series focuses on the lives of the owner and workers of a department store based in Milan.
Neumann Preparatory School was a private, Catholic college-preparatory school located in Wayne, New Jersey, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. It was founded as The Blessed John Neumann Preparatory Seminary in 1965. In 1970 Neumann was designated a Preparatory School and was all-male until the 1974–1975 academic year.
Nardini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
William Joseph Nardini is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
