Alessandra Belloni

TARANTELLA: Spider Dance A Healing Dance Workshop by Alessandra Belloni From the Ancient Mediterranean to today, Alessandra Belloni conducts this world renowned workshop for Women, featuring Southern Italian folk dances and rituals          SUNDAY  January  29– 1:30 to 3:30 PM                      Center for Modern Dance Education                                                84 Euclid Avenue,                                           Hackensack, NJ 07601   Price: , $30 day of; call 201-342-2989 to purchase   In this workshop we will learn healing dances that trace their roots from Southern Italy back to ancient Greece, with connections to Andalusia, North Africa, Sicily and Calabria, including TAMMORRIATA - a sensual Neapolitan dance with African influences in honor of the Earth Goddess cycle/Black Madonna - and TARANTELLA DE’ 600 – an energetic Renaissance folk dance. These movements are a part of the different dance traditions we know today as TARANTELLA! It is preferred that women wear skirts and bare feet, and if possible white clothe, to help facilitate the feeling of being part of a "ritual." 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 in NYC, and Artistic Director/Founder of I Giullari di Piazza (Players of the Square).  Acclaimed for her mastery of musical styles at home and abroad, she has her own signature series of Italian tambourines designed with the largest percussion industry in the world, REMO.  More information and videos go to www.alessandrabelloni.comandwww.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni. Currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary Year, the Center for Modern Dance Education (CMDE)is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making dance available to everyone. For more information and class schedules visit www.cmde.org.