Alessandra Belloni
SPIDER DANCE trance dance &drumming ritual with dancer Sherrie Cox & drummer Richard Noel form Jam2gro and dancer Andrea Nehesi at LIGHTINING IN A BOTTLE FRIDAY NIGHT MAY 27TH TEMPLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Bradley California Alessandra Belloni vocals, frame drums & ritual dance together with drummer Richard Noel onndjembe, congas, kick drum, and dancers Sherrie Cox & Andrea Nehesi will lead the audience into a collective healing trance dance ceremony with the ancient PIZZICA TARANTATA - Spider Dance at the TEMPLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS at LIB Festival LIB Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/LightningInaBottle/?fref=ts LIB Temple line-up: http://lightninginabottle.org/temple-consciousness-full-lineup/
Featuring excerpts of the musical Tarantella Spider Dance about the myth of the spider & ecstatic rites of Dionysus 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, (TAMMORRIATA) love ballads, and the healing trance dance of the PIZZICA TARANTATA. Alessandra Belloni's original compositions honoring Yemanja and Oxun, Goddesses of Love and Waters, Xango, of the Afro- Brazilian Yoruba tradition . The dancers all dressed in white, blue and red (traditional colors in Italy & Brazil) will lead the audience in a final ritual dance, from Southern Italian 6/8 trance rhythms of the Pizzica to the Brazilian Samba and Baiao celebrating two cultures that have common roots in Africa.
“Ms. Belloni sang in an exultant voice… The songs blazed with an age-old momentum.” – The New York Times Extraordinary vocalist, hand-percussionist and dancer Alessandra Belloni creates a voluptuous exploration of Tarantella— the frenzied ritual dances that enact the release of built-up erotic desire— in a contemporary incarnation of the southern Italian folk form. In the traditional “Pizzica Tarantata” healing rite, performers suffering the effects of spider “love bite” are accompanied by furious percussion as they spin, stomp, writhe and otherwise work up an ecstatic lather in a bid to purge the “venom” from their bodies. Belloni uses both traditional and modern instrumentation to dramatize an account of the curative power of the ritual. .www.lol-la.com/review-alessandra-bellonis-hypnotic-tarantata-spider-dance- ...1 day ago ... Living Out Loud LA ... 4, 2015) evening at REDCAT located in the Walt Disney Hall complex, I was transported not just back to Italy but learned ... L.A. Press review: LiVING OUT LOUD: By Humberto Capiro The evening began with the "Tarantella Di Sann'lcandro" from the southern region of Puglia, as two lovers feel the bite of the tarantula spider and go into an erotic frenzy and make love. Accompanied by a 10-piece orchestra to the left of the stage, Belloni entered striking an Italian tambourine while wailing with her operatic strength voice as she accompanied the dancers. This was the start of the myth of the Tarantula and the beginning of the ritualistic healing power of the tarantella dance as explained and presented to us by the energetic and charismatic Belloni, accompanied by actor Randy Vasquez as the voice of Dionysus. Made up of local and international artists, the I Giullari Di Piazza Dancers performed the very intricate and sometimes hypnotic pieces with passion, including the mesmerizing Francesca Silvano who along with Peter DiGeronimo were featured in most of the dance segments throughout the evening.Headed by singer Vida Vierra and the wonderful dancer Dani Lunn, this show stopping number capped off an evening of dance, myth, history and spiritual healing at the hands of the incomparable Alessandra Belloni. Live Music and More: Allessandra Belloni's Tarantata Spider Dance at Redcatby Jane Rosenberg With her compelling stage presence, throaty mezzo, and raging tambourine, Allessandra Belloni is a force of nature. Through Southern Italian folk music, chant, and dance, Belloni and her company explored the sound and movement world of tarantella trance dancing at Disney Hall's Redcat. Belloni's virtuosity on the tambourine is without question.
Pizzica Tarantata Spider Dance from Rhythm Is The Cure Workshop, Tuscany Italy 2013. http://youtu.be/16-TIZ40ZfU
Requiem Fire Dance http://youtu.be/19fN2KZb-f4