After the hit  at the RED CAT DISNEY CENTER in LOS ANGELES in 2015 !    Internationally renowned Singer, Dancer, Percussionist   ALESSANDRA BELLONI  & I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA  Italian folk music & dance company  artist in residence at the Cathedral of  St.  John the Divine   Invite you to  CELEBRATE  THE ANCIENT NIGHT OF THE TARANTULA and the Feast of the TARANTATI, Feast of St Paul in Apulia with    " TARANTATA – SPIDER DANCE "   Featuring  TARANTELLA TRANCE DANCES, HEALNG CHANTS FOR THE BLACK MADONNA ending with BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS       WEDNESDAY JUNE 29,  2016   -   8:00pm  ST JAMES CHAPEL - CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE 1047 AMSTERDAM AVENUE (112th Street) New York City  tickets 25.00 CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS! www.alessandrabelloni.com www.igiullaridipiazza.com   Traditionally celebrated for centuries in a Church in a collective Euphoria to heal from depression & sadness caused by unrequited love & abuse      Featuring excerpts of the musical Tarantella Spider Dance  about the myth of the spider &  ecstatic rites of Dionysus   ALESSANDRA BELLONI –lead vocals, ritual dance, tambourines, frame drums, JOE DENINZON - electric and acoustic violin WILSON MONTUORI – electric & acoustic guitar, SUSAN EBERENZ – flute, piccolo, recorders -   PETER ABAZIA - drum set, percussion-   GIUSEPPE DE FALCO- Neapolitan singer Dancers:  PETER DE GERONIMO in the role of Dionysus,  FRANCESCA SILVANO in the role of the tarantata,   GRETA CAMPO,  AMARA – in the role or Aracne Stilt dancer  MARK MINDEK    Alessandra Belloni "Spider Sex documentary” on National Geographichttp://youtu.be/vp8dE3jJnq0   BEN BRANTLEY RECOMMENDS More New York Times Critics' Picks » The "Spider Dance" or Tarantella, is a quite erotic trance dance ritual from Southern Italy, which has been used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. This new 'Spider Dance' production infuses the ancient melodies and instrumentation of the authentic tarantella with modern electronic dance beats. It features aerial, fire and stilt dancers, acrobats and a techno Tarantella trance dance. As with all of Belloni's presentations, the show is meticulously researched, with costumes and instrumentation as authentic as possible. The music ranges from traditional 6/8 southern Italian to 12/8 heavy-accented modern sounds, and includes tarantellas, sensual love songs, and women's work chants.    Reenacting the ancient celebration  of the TARANTATI TRANCE RITUAL on June 29th,for the Feast of St Paul that took place in a church for  many centuries!    Alessandra Belloni, international REMO artist and award-winning Southern Italian percussionist and singer, returns with her company I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA to  the Cathedral of St John the Divine where they are artist in residence her unique 12-member ensemble that includes musicians, vocalists, stilt dancer, acrobats, tarantella dancers in the exotic spectacle "Tarantata- Spider Dance," a sensual and mystical show about the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance. A rich and fascinating trip into Southern Italian music, dance, history, and ancient legends.   - Spider Dance" - abuse, repressed sexuality, powerlessness, and the feeling of being "caught in a web that binds them" - causes many women, known as "tarantate" to suffer "tarantismo" - a lethal mixture of depression, loneliness, and oppression. Their cure is to dance the "pizzica tarantata"- The Spider Dance! We witness the healing journey of a "tarantata" as she is taken by Dionysus to the shaman (Alessandra Belloni), who cures her with the tarantella trance dance. Her amazing journey includes  a powerful procession of the Black Madonna in Southern Italy a healing ceremony of the pizzica tarantata, the wild erotic trance dance, attended by townspeople in the piazza.    SPECIAL FEATURE:  For the first time the Company reenacts the authentic trance dance & healing ceremony as it was done for many centuries in Apulia, in a church and by the altar!  in the town called GALATINA, on June 29th, for the feast of St Paul.  This  Saint replaced Dionysus, and was supposed to grace in a vision the tarantati during their collective euphoria when they entered the small church of San Paolo di  Galatina in Salento (Puglia).   All all of Belloni's & I GIULLARI’S presentations, the show is meticulously researched, with costumes and instrumentation as authentic as possible. The music ranges from traditional 6/8 southern Italian to 12/8 heavy-accented modern sounds, and includes tarantellas, sensual love songs, and women's work chants. Instrumentation is both traditional and modern. Traditional instruments include flute, folk guitar, piccolo recorders, frame drums, tambourines, dumbeck. Electric violin and guitar, and techno beats have been added to the more modern music segments.   TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE presentation video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2VPrBUqdw&lc=yzssJlpJyHf5aAz8zXbyH1ISYghbVf6zM1bpqr-8wDg&lch