31 August 2012 to 04 September 2012 Rhythm is the cure registration go to: http://www.owc.be/index.php/en/courses/search-by-teacher/booking/tutor/135/1088-rhythm-is-the-cure
A dance and percussion workshop featering the tarantella healing trance dances and drumming from the South of Italy Rhythm is the Cure is a 3 -day intensive healing workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. The sessions also 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). the objectives 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 release blockages of emotional and sensual energies through the Pizzica dance of liberation, therefore expelling any feelings of depression and repression. Participants are encouraged to wear white and red, and women to wear skirts. Rhythm is the Cure is a 4 -day intensive healing workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. The sessions also 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). the objectives 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 release blockages of emotional and sensual energies through the Pizzica dance of liberation, therefore expelling any feelings of depression and repression. In this workshop featuring Southern Italian healing dances and rituals we will learn chants used to invoke the healing power of the earth, sun and moon, as well as a repertoire of therapeutic dances, accompanied by the beat of Frame drums and tambourines. Alessandra Belloni presents these unique dance movements which trace their roots from Southern Italy back to ancient Greece, with connections to the Middle East.Within this workshop participants shall become empowered through discovery of the ancient art of frame drumming and a technique of music and dance therapy that will enable them to discover the means to achieve homeostatic balance and inner relief of stress or negative patterns, while restoring spiritual and physical energy. Participants take part in:• The sensual dance and drum rhythms of the Tammoriataan elegant and sensual dance from Naples, performed by couples playing castanets to the rhythm of the large drum, the Tammorra. It is a sacred dance in honor of the Black Madonna or the ancient Earth Goddess Cybele. • Ritmo e Danza di San Rocco or Spinning Danceoriginated in Calabria during the Middle Ages. It evokes the elegant and meditative movements of the Whirling Dervish ceremonies of the Sufis. This dance was used during the time of the plague to heal people and as a release from overpowering fears of death. Because of the trance-inducing movements and incessant spinning, many dancers enter ecstatic states. • The healing dance and drum Rhythms of the Pizzica TarantellaThis dance is used traditionally to free women from a disease called tarantismo due to the mythical bite of the spider.the wild rhythm of the Pizzica, are played on medium size tambourines and accompanied by dance. It was performed as a ritual to cast out negative energy by producing a trance-like state, beneficial for the healing of many disorders and imbalances. Students will learn the steps of the Pizzica, "the bite," building up to an ecstatic culmination when each student enters the circle and lays down on a white sheet, surrounded by red ribbons, emulating spider-like movements on the ground. This ritual dance releases stress and blockages of spiritual energy and opens the heart chakra in coordination with the lower chakra. Participants are encouraged to wear white and red, and women to wear skirts.
515.00 EUR