WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 9:00pm DROM85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th St) in East Village, NYCTickets $10 in advance $15 at the door212-777-1157 / www.dromNYC.comEvent page : http://www.dromnyc.com/events/2886/daughters-of-cybele-women-percussion-ensemble#.UnAIgfmsiSqTicket link : http://www.ticketfly.com/event/410887 Internationally renouwed Singer, dancer, percussionistAlessandra Belloni (Remo Artist) proudly presents herWomen percussion Ensemble DAUGHTERS OF CYBELE, HONORING THE SEA GODDESSFeaturing guest drummers from Italy Kikki delli Santi, (Professor of percussion at Venice Conservatory) and drummer Serena Davini especially coming from Italy for PASIC INDIANAPOLIS , the largest percussion festival in the world, sponsored by REMO Inc, Yamaha, Conservatory of Venice Italy.For the first time the Daughters of Cybele ensemble from New York, which premiered at DROM in 2009, will play together with the ensemble from Italy.New article from Percussive Notes about this show with Daughters of Cybele in Indianapolis at PASIC:https://s3.amazonaws.com/pasdigitaledition/onlinemags/notesseptember13/index.htmlFeaturing:Alessandra Belloni : voice, tambourines, frame drums, ocean drum, ritual danceKikki delli Santi, marimba, djembe, frame drums, shakers, bells, dumbeck, riqq, snare drum, tamburelloSerena Davini – djembe, congas, shakers, dumbeck, snare drum, tamburelloDancers: Caterina Rago and Francesca Silvano, and Danielle Hartman, Beth Mastroianno, tamburello and dance.The concert is inspired by two geographically distant but thematically parallel traditions. Southern Italian and Brazilian purification rites and procession performed in the summer to honor the archetypical sea goddess. In Brazil she comes from the West African Yoruba culture and is called Yemanja , in Italy she is called the Black Madonna of the Sea (once called Aphrodite) . Internationally renowned singer, percussionist, dancer and REMO Artist Alessandra Belloni will be playing the ocean drum, recreating the sound of the waves of the ocean , her Yemanja drum made by Remo that combines the sound of the water with the drum, her line of Southern Italian tambourines and frame drums accompanied by a small ensemble of women percussionists, dressed in white and blue to honor the sea.They recreate rituals with songs, chanting and dancing, drumming and offerings of flowers to the images of Yemanja and the Black Madonna. The music played will include fisherman;'s songs, and love laments, from Southern Italy and Brazil, as original songs written by Alessandra Belloni inspired by her trips to Hawaii and Brazil written in honor of Yemanja. This is unique passionate show with great music and joyous ritual that invokes the healing power of primordial waters, was presented in Italy (Venice, Salsomaggiore Thermal resort, PERC FEST, New York OPEN CENTER, Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute) Trum· Alessandra Belloni & DAUGHTERS OF CYBELE Live at WOMA Jazz 2009· Tambourine Solo· http://youtu.be/-h2pyzZBUBM· Cuncti Simus' Requiemhttp://youtu.be/pdoMPzTVEKQA Serejahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ze4XlKh7J8&feature=share&list=PL7DBD7B6782604E59
$10 in advance, $15 at the door!