Internationally renowned Singer, dancer, percussionist ALESSANDRA BELLONI PRESENTS: TARANTATA Southern Italian Gypsy Music & Brazilian rhythms SATURDAY JULY 19TH - CONCERT TARANTATA at the New York Open Center New York Open Center 22 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016 http://www.opencenter.org/events/tarantata-tarantela-trance-dance-and-brazilian-sounds/ 212-219-2527 ext 0 email: info@opencenter.com View Open Center Digital Catalogs click: https://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/8815/329733/pub/ Members $33/ Nonmembers $35 Early Bird rate $28/ $33 by July 11 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, Francesca Silvano, Jillian Guinta, 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.
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