Internationally renowned Singer, dancer, percussionist ALESSANDRA BELLONI PRESENTS: TARANTATA Southern Italian Gypsy Music & Brazilian rhythms Special Workshop June 9-13th (for Omega residents) and Concert on June 14th! Omega Holistic Center 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck, NY 12572 http://www.alessandrabelloni.com/ http://www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni ALESSANDRA BELLONI - vocals, southern Italian tambourines, ritual dance Wilson Montuori, acoustic & electric guitar, Vinnie Scialla durms & percussion, Peter Abazia drumset, cajon Dancers: Peter DiGeronimo, Jillian Guinta, 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