Rhythm is the Cure Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop Rhythm is the Cure is a 7-day intensive healing workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. Participants will learn the unique style of tambourine playing and the ancient healing trance dance of the tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
The sessions feature the ancient chants used as an invocation to the healing energy of the sun, the Black Madonna (the ancient Earth Goddess of female energy), the moon, and the Goddess of Water and Love (Aphrodite/Yemanja/Madonna del Mare).
This the 12 year at La Chiara di Prumiano, a beautiful 17th century villa set high in the rural hills of Tuscany's Chianti Classico vineyards, hosts our group of about twenty-five women and men who come from all over the world. As their guest, you'll stay in a spacious and comfortable room that boasts windows with shutters that open onto the surrounding shimmering olive groves. The Objectives of the workshop are: -To introduce the participants to the rich rhythm and dance tradition of Southern Italy known as the tarantella, an ancient form of music and dance therapy used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. --To learn the history of this powerful tambourine style, originally done mainly by women, which dates back to the rites of the Mother Earth Goddess Cybele, now worshiped as the Black Madonna. --To bring women back in touch with their lost drumming tradition. PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Due April 30 - Registration Fee $150.00 (Non Refundable)Due May 30 th - $ 550 total cost in dollars ($ 1,500 for triple room) Final Payment EU 500 -- for triple room; EU 560 -- for double room EU 650 must be made on site at La Chiara di Prumiano upon arrival
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY - Workshop is limited to 25 students
Any questions? Contact us at: ABelloni@aol.com or Tuscanyworkshop@aol.com
Payment may be made by check, credit card or paypalChecks or money orders must be made payable to Alessandra Belloni
Rhythm is the Cure
AUGUST 21 to AUGUST 28 2012
12 annual healing dance & percussion workshop
in a splendid Renaissance Villa in the magic hills of Tuscany, Italy