New Haven is bitten by the Spider with TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE - music & dance production written & directed by Alessandra Belloni FRIDAY MAY 10 & SATURDAY MAY 11 - 8:00pm - tickets $ 33.00 at cubanakoa.ticketleap.com PRESENTED BY SOUL DE CUBA, JESUS PUERTO & MICHAEL IAMELE at Lyric Hall Theater 827 Whalley Ave New Haven, CT 06515 (203) 389-8885 web site www.lyrichallnewhaven.com CRITIC'S CHOICE OF BEN BRANTLEY from THE NEW YORK TIMES ! Spider Dance promo video : ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2VPrBUqdw&lc=yzssJlpJyHf5aAz8zXbyH1ISYghbVf6zM1bpqr-8wDg&lch Photos of TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE recent production January 2013, revised version https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151239981092665.439556.583752664&type=3 Leading off the celebration of 2013 as the "Year of Italian Culture in America," Alessandra Belloni, international REMO artist and award-winning Southern Italian percussionist and singer, COMES TO nEW hAVEN with her unique 14-member ensemble that includes musicians, vocalists, stilt dancer, aerial dancer, fire dancer, tarantella dancers drawn from the Martha Graham Dance Company, and guest percussionist Massimo Cusato of Calabria, in the exotic spectacle "Tarantella - Spider Dance," a sensual and mystical musical about the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance. A rich and fascinating trip into Southern Italian music, dance, history, and ancient legends. Cusato of Calabria, in the exotic spectacle "Tarantella - Spider Dance," a sensual and mystical musical about the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance. A rich and fascinating trip into Southern Italian music, dance, history, and ancient legends. Alessandra Belloni is known around the world as a superb percussionist specializing in Southern Italian music, dance and tradition. The Rome native has received many awards, including "Best Female Percussionist" from Drum Magazine, travels the world appearing as guest artist, performing solo concerts, and teaching workshops in ritual drumming, dance and healing. Belloni is a subject of a recent documentary by French filmmaker Manex Ibar, focusing on her gifts as a shaman/healer, possibly to be released for PBS and the BBC. Tarantella - Spider Dance" - abuse, repressed sexuality, powerlessness, and the feeling of being "caught in a web that binds them" - causes many women, known as "tarantate" to suffer "tarantismo" - a lethal mixture of depression, loneliness, and oppression. Their cure is to dance the "pizzica tarantata"- The Spider Dance! The revised show follows the new storyline created for the film, which features Shakespearean actress in the role of the Sybil, the narrator, and fire dancer/acrobat/singer/capoeira master Anthony Anderson as the young Dionysus. As in the film, we witness the healing journey of a "tarantata" played superbly by dancer Francesca Silvano as she is taken by Dionysus to the shaman (Alessandra Belloni), who cures her with the tarantella trance dance. Her amazing journey includes a powerful procession of the Black Madonna in Southern Italy a healing ceremony of the pizzica tarantata, the wild erotic trance dance, attended by townspeople in the piazza. The authentic music is mainly percussion, with large tambourines playing non-stop to a 12/8 beat with loud accents ** a celebration of the Feast of St. Rocco, where another dance form, "hip-hop," entices her and the viewers. New York Times Critics' Picks » Critics’ Picks Ben Brantley RECOMMENDS More Readers’ FavoritesThe following shows have received ratings of at least four stars from Times readers. Venue: Theater for the New City I Giullari di Piazza: Tarantella - Spider Dance · Plot Description The "Spider Dance" or Tarantella, is a quite erotic trance dance ritual from Southern Italy, which has been used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. This new 'Spider Dance' production infuses the ancient melodies and instrumentation of the authentic tarantella with modern electronic dance beats. It features aerial, fire and stilt dancers, acrobats and a techno Tarantella trance dance. As with all of Belloni's presentations, the show is meticulously researched, with costumes and instrumentation as authentic as possible. The music ranges from traditional 6/8 southern Italian to 12/8 heavy-accented modern sounds, and includes tarantellas, sensual love songs, and women's work chants. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/24430/I-Giullari-di-Piazza-Tarantella-Spider-Dance/overview Alessandra Belloni TV Appearances: To view a portion of "spider Sex Documentary" on National Geographic: http://youtu.be/vp8dE3jJnq0 Appearance on ABC-TV7 in Chicago with Italian Cultural Institute at the navy Pier http://youtu.be/3J9ZlzKLzPw Artistic DirectorI GIULLARI DI PIAZZAc/o Cathedral of St. John The Divine1047 Amsterdam Ave.New York NY 10025www.alessandrabelloni.comwww.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni(646) 322-4637
$ 33.00