Alessandra Belloni

ALESSANDRA BELLONI is a singer, percussionist, dancer and actress who stands as one of the most important voices of traditional southern Italian music and dance today. She is artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Alessandra is Artistic Director and Founder of I Giullari di Piazza (the Players of the Square). For her mastery of musical styles-both at home and abroad-she has been acclaimed as one of the greatest living percussionists in the world, and has her own signature series of Italian tambourines designed with the largest percussion industry in the world, Remo Inc.

TARANTELLA - SPIDER DANCE

Alessandra Belloni &
I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA
New production is now available for touring:
TARANTELLA - SPIDER DANCE
THE MYSTICAL POWER OF TARANTELLA
To view a VIDEO of EXCERPTS from TARANTELLA - SPIDER DANCE

TARANTELLA - SPIDER DANCE DATES

Upcoming Events

News

Thursday, October 16, 2008

8:00 pm

FUNDRAISER & Winter Solstice Performance of Tarantella Spider Dance

Music & Dance

Fundraising event honoring The Rev. Dean James Morton, Dean of the Cathedral of St John the Divine.
Food, wine, music and dance!
Tickets $75 and $60

The Players Theater
115 MacDougal St. @ West 3rd St.
in Greenwhich Village, NYC

Friday, November 7 - Saturday, November 8, 2008

Solo Concerts at U. of Mary Steel Drum Band/North Dakota Conservatory - November 7 and 8

Workshops & Solo Performance

November 7, 8
Solo Concerts - North Dakota Conservatory U. of Mary Steel Drum Band at the Belle Mehus Auditorium

Friday, December 19, 2008

7:00 pm

Spider Dance Goes Off-Broadway!!! December 19,20,21,27 & 28

Dance Theater & Music

December 19,20,21,27 & 28
Spider Dance Goes Off-Broadway!!!
Tarantella Spider Dance
Limited 5-Day Engagement

The Players Theater - Off Broadway
115 MacDougal St. @ West 3rd St

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ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~
internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer
REMO Signature series artist
PRESENTS
Special Healing Dance & Percussion workshop focusing on the origins of the Tarantella as a healing dance of purification

RHYTHM IS THE CURE
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for Current Workshop Dates and Times

Featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.

In Part 1 we will review the rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammoriata – done in honor of the Black Madonna (originally ancient rites for the Earth Goddess Cybele).
Part 2 Students will also learn the trance 6/8 rhythm and dance of SAN ROCCO called the : THE SPINNING DANCE, Based on a trance tarantella from Calabria in honor of San Rocco, dating back to the Middle ages, used as a healing ritual against the plague. Everyone spins together in a spiral and in a circle.
The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary SPIDERWEB.
Alessandra will end the sessions using the ocean drum, creating the sound of the waves in a final relaxation invoking the healing power of the water. Please wear white and red, the ritual colors of the Tarantate.
(Please do not wear black.)

Cost: $50 For more information (201) 224-3833 or ABelloni@aol.com www.alessandrabelloni.com
FIRST PRESBITERIAN CHURCH –
731 UNDERCLIFF AVE. Edgewater NJ 07020

New Book/DVD
Rhythm is the Cure
Southern Italian Tambourine

Featuring Alessandra Belloni
from MelBay Publishing

Available Now! from AlessandraBelloni.com
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