Internationally renowned Singer, dancer, percussionist ALESSANDRA BELLONI PRESENTS: TARANTATA Southern Italian Gypsy Music & Brazilian rhythms
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7 AT 9:00m MEHANATA BULGARIAN BAR 113 Ludlow (btw Irvington & Delancey) tickets $ 10
http://www.alessandrabelloni.com/ http://www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni www.facebook.com/alessandrabelloni ALESSANDRA BELLONI - vocals, southern Italian tambourines, ritual dance Joe Deninzon, acoustic & electric violin, Giuseppe De Falco: vocals, guitar, Vinnie Scialla durms & percussion , Peter Abazia drumset, cajon dancers: Peter De Geronimo, Francesca Silvano , Hillary Litwin This fiery "percussive journey" through the South of Italy and crossing to Brazil will explore through songs, dance and rhythm, magic rituals, tarantellas used as music therapy to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula , healing chants and ritual drumming in honor of the Black Madonna, lullabies, love ballads, work chants and protest song. Alessandra Belloni's original compositions honoring Yemanja and Oxun, Goddesses of Love and Waters, Xango, of the Afro- Brazilian Yoruba tradition Alessandra Belloni’s links to TV appearances:Alessandra Belloni Live Appearance on ABC-TV7 Chicagohttp://youtu.be/3J9ZlzKLzPw TARANTELLA TRANCE DANCE film trailer https://vimeo.com/59786628 pw shaman Alessandra Belloni featured on CNN Worldbeat http://youtu.be/IkOqBrpcB9Q Alessandra Belloni "Spider Sex documentary " on National Geographichttp://youtu.be/vp8dE3jJnq0 Don Hackman, writing in the Los Angeles Times, found that "Alessandra Belloni and "Tarantata: Dance of the Ancient Spider" is a revelation, utterly fascinating." Drum Magazine noted that "Italian-born virtuoso Alessandra Belloni is established as a unique phenomenon, not just a percussionist, but also an actress, lecturer, entertainer, and healer." Jon Pareles of The New York Times, reviewing an I Giullari di Piazza show, remarked that "Ms. Belloni sang in an exultant voice. The songs blazed with an age-old momentum."
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