Theater for the New City Crystal Field director presents: celebration of the epiphany - the coming of the light! with
Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza 'DRUMS OF ILLUMINATION' Native American, Southern Italian & Middle Eastern Sacred Drumming & Chants, sensual bellydances bringing in the New Year with A World Peace Celebration, originally premiered at Theatre for the New City Special Guests: the SilverCloud Native American Singers & Dancers
Sunday, January 5th - 5:00pm Theatre for the New City - 155 First Avenue (10 St ) Tickets: $25 Reservations: 212-254-1109 or www.theaterforthenewcity.net Link to Drums of Illumination Sample Video: http://youtube/ekDfEYvluDw Watch Alessandra Belloni and her group perform live on ABC-TV in Chicago:ABCLocal.go.com Featured Performers: Alessandra Belloni - artistic director, voice, percussion, ritual dance. Her instruments include Southern Italian tambourines, frame drums, ocean drum, Bodhran, shakers SilverCloud Singers and Dancers Kevin Tarrant - director, lead vocals, pow wow drum Murielle Borst - vocals, drums Josephine Tarrant - vocals, dance
Sergio Bellotti - drum set Vinnie Scialla - Middle Eastern percussion Hillary Litwin - bellydance Peter DiGeronimo - capoeira, Brazilian & Southern Italian dance
Mark Mindek - stilt dancer Francesca Silvano - ritual dance Giuliana Pico - ritual dance "Alessandra Belloni, before each song, outlined the tradition in each culture. Her intense love of each form supported the entire event. And what could be more appropriate for an evening of connection and community than to end with an invitation to the audience to dance? ... We all linked hands and made our way to the stage to share in joyous movement and music." -Mary Ellen Carafice, Bearnstowjournal.com, December 2011
$25