Internationally renowned Italian Singer & percussionist Alessandra Belloni with her women's ensembleThe Daughters of Cybele - Women Drummers Against Violence in 'VOICES OF THE TARANTATE'Written and directed by Alessandra Belloni Saturday March 14th at 8:00pmat the Italian American Museum - tickets: $ 25.00
Alessandra Belloni will present her all-women's ensemble, Daughters of Cybele, in "Voices of the Tarantate," which will include real stories of women's, their healing, woven into powerful sacred chants, drumming and healing trance dances in Honor of the Black Madonna.Alessandra Belloni artist/healer/clairvoyant, described by the LA Times as “a force of nature,” – travels the world bringing relief to troubled women though trance dance and drumming with the entrancing 6/8 rhythms of “the Tarantella”- coined by Alessandra as the Spider Dance.This dance is a cure for sexual abuse, repressed sexuality and the feeling of being "caught in a web that binds" - a feeling that causes many women, known in the Italian language as "tarantate," to suffer a malady known "tarantismo" -a lethal mixture of depression, loneliness and oppression A native of Rome, Italy, Belloni has created in 2009 a Women's Ensemble of voice, percussion and dance, dedicated to the healing power of drumming. She regards frame drums and tambourines as "female instruments," connected with the mother/child heartbeat as well as the use of these instruments in ancient times, when women priestesses used them in healing and esoteric ceremonies all over the Mediterranean, honoring the Goddesses Cybele, Isis, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hecate, and Inanna.These ceremonies are still practiced in Southern Italy, though women are not as active in the drumming. In the past, it was usually older peasant women who played the tammorra (large drum) and acted as healers, removing the evil eye and healing broken bones and skin diseases. Alessandra Belloni continues this tradition through her tireless field research, education in these rituals, and belief in their effectiveness. "I have experienced a lot of healing," she notes, "and some miracles." http://www.theaterscene.net/music/voices-of-the-tarantate/jean-ballard-terepka/ http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/BWW-Reviews-VOICES-OF-THE-TARANTATE-20141104http://stagebuddy.com/reviews/review-voices-tarantatehttp://america24.com/news/voices-of-tarantate-il-ritmo-batte-contro-la-violenza-arriva-new-york
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