ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~ internationally renowned percussionist, singer-dancer Artist in residence at Cathedral of St John the Divine REMO Signature series artist Presents : ‘RHYTHM IS THE CURE” Special New Year Healing Percussion workshop focusing on the origins of the Tarantella as a healing dance & drumming in honor of the Black Madonna Tuesday January 23rd from 7pm to 9pm - Italian American Museum – 155 Mulberry St. (nearGrand St) $ 45 ($40 for 2 or more classes) ABelloni@aol.comwww.alessandrabelloni.com Featuring Southern Italian unique style of tambourine combined with ritual dances used as music and dance therapy focusing on the ancient healing trance rhythms & dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. In Part 1 – frame drum & tambourine technique - rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammorriata – done in honor of the Black Madonna(originally ancient rites for the Earth Goddess Cybele).
Part 2 Students will also learn the trance 6/8 rhythm and dance of SAN ROCCO called the : THE SPINNING DANCE, Based on a trance tarantella from Calabria in honor of San Rocco, dating back to the Middle ages, used as a healing ritual against the plague. Everyone spins together in a spiral and in a circle.