A fiery one-woman show featuring voice and percussion, with Southern Italian tambourines, frame drums, ocean drum, Bodhran, shakers, harmonium, and doumbek. A fiery “percussive journey” through the South of Italy exploring through songs, dance and rhythm the magic rituals and tarantellas used as therapy and exorcism the healing chants in honor of the Black Madonna, lullabies, love ballads, women’ work chants and protest songs-
Concluding with the authentic “Pizzica Tarantata,” the healing trance dance from Puglia used as an exorcism to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula, a mental disorder that afflicted mainly women, going back to the ancient Greek rites of Dyonisus.
**The Tammorriata - a sensual dance and rhythm done as fertility rite in honor of the BLACK MADONNA done all around Naples in May outside the churches, originally temples of the Earth Mother Goddess Cybele - participants will learn a 4/4 rhythm with strong African origins and a beautiful couples’ dance using also castanets.
***the ancient ecstatic dances and rhythms in honor of Dyonisus as the trance 6/8 rhythm and dance of SAN ROCCO or THE SPINNING DANCE, ***the healing trance dance of purification called PIZZICA TARANTATA used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society.
2:00pm to 7:00 pm (including break)
Cost $ 60- in a studio in New Paltz at 65 Cereus Way
The production has the flavor of Cirque du Soleil and the potential of being the new River Dance. Ms. Belloni and Antonio Fini (of Martha Graham Dance Company) have created a choreography full of surprises using masks, fire, and spiders crawling on the floor.
An earlier version of this production was presented at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 1996 and played to a sold-out audience as "The Dance of the Ancient Spider." In articles on the year's best World Music CDs, the sound track of this production made the top ten lists of Jon Pareles of the NY Times and Dan Hackman of the Los Angeles Times.
"Tarantella - Spider Dance" is intended to involve the audience of all ages, especially young people, in a collective ritual dance of liberation known as the Pizzica or Spider Dance. The traditional Tarantella was a dance to expel a spider's venom, to celebrate new energy and expel the "old poison" out of the body.
This is Ms. Belloni's first foray into "techno" music. The show features a new take on the tarantella folk rhythm and dance that Ms. Belloni calls "techno Tarantella Ecstasy." The techno sound is mainly created by the Russian violinist Joe Deninzon who is originally from St. Petersburg and leads the jam-band Stratospherus. He has been dubbed the Jim Hendrix of the violin.
Alessandra Belloni is a Remo artist with her own line of signature series tambourines. An internationally-known virtuoso of this instrument, she is reviving its use in an ancient women's tradition. Women priestesses honoring the Goddess of the Earth and the Moon, in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome mainly played the tambourine and its "cousin," the frame drum. Today it is still used in Southern Italy, and Ms. Belloni is the only woman who has mastered this instrument while combining it with singing and dancing.
A special fund raiser for I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA and our new prodcution SPIDER DANCE honoring the Very Rev Dean James PArks Morton former dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Please join us if you believe in our mission of creating a great show about the history of the Tarantella and its healing powers, we are working on making this world music opera into the Italian River Dance. Little Red School Theatre
Little Red School
40 Charlton Street downtown Manhattan
between 6th Avenue and Varick Street
tickets $ 60.00 including show, wine ,food
Alessandra Belloni
Abelloni@aol.com
Friday, June 6, 2008
7:00 pm
TARANTELLA - spider dance cocnert version
concert
Featuring ALessandra Belloni vocals, percussion and dance,
Joe Deninzon acoustic and electric violin
Antonio FIni and Caterina Rago dance
Italian Cultural Club West View Clubhouse,
Birchwood SpringLake, Long Island
Ralph Zeth
zeth8244@optonline.net
Tuesday, June 17 - Sunday, June 22, 2008
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, June 17th - Sunday June 22nd,
GODDESS CONFERENCE IN BUDAPEST HUNGARY
RHYTHM IS THE CURE Workshop and TARANTELLA Performance.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information, contact Krista at
kriszta@indigo.axelero.net
or kriszta@vereskriszta.com
A day in an Italian Village presented by Alessandra Belloni and I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA , ending with a shorter presentation of TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE
special dance and percussion workshops, parade and procession in honor of the Feast of Sat PAul and the BLack MAdonna, mask making and exhibit by CORO D'ITALIA and children's dance by Coro d'Italia
(more information to come)
Theatre of RIverside CHurch
91 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Russ Jennings and Jewel Kinch
rjennings@theriversidetheatre.org
Sunday, June 29, 2008
7:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP & CONCERT
MOnday June 30 - Wednesday, July 2nd - WARSAW, POLAND
ALLESANDRA BELLONI - RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Workshop and Concert
At the PERKUSIA Percussion Festival
Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop featuring Southern Italian
ritual dances used as music and dance therapy, combined with their unique
style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of
the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information contact stas@percussion-art.pl
WARSAW, POLAND
stas@percussion-art.pl
Saturday, July 19, 2008
7:00 pm
TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE
CONCERT
changed to August 16th
Monastery near Saratoza Spain
TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE CONCERT
info@espiritudelsur.com
Juanna
info@espiritudelsur.com
Thursday, July 31, 2008
4:00 pm
SACHEON INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSON FESTIVAL
concerts and workshop
A One woman show featuring the tarantella rhtyhm, and dance and deidcated to he healing power of drumming, presented by tambourine virtuoso, singer/dancer Alessandra Belloni, Remo Artist, and author f book/dvd RHYTHM IS THE CURE, published by Mel BAy Publications
other workshops sponsored by REMO to be confirmed
SACHEON PERCUSSION FESTIVAL
SAmcheonpo Bridge Memorial Park
Korea - sponsored by Percussion Dept - Prof Choi Jog Sil
World Percussion Research Institute Chung Ang University
Alessandra Belloni is proud to announce her eighth annual workshop in Tuscany,
Italy... In celebration of her eighth year, Alessandra Belloni proudly announces a
SPECIAL GUEST: ANGELO TONELLI, Italian writer, philosopher, theatre director
and shaman. He specializes in the healing and ritual aspects of ancient Greek
mythology, incorporating dance and theatre. He will lead meditations, visualizations
and movement exercises. In addition, reiki will be offered by Antonio Fini, lead
dancer, choreographer and Dyonisus in the production Techno Tarantella
Spider Dance.
The workshop will take place at LA CHIARA DI PRUMIANO in VAL DELSA, FLORENCE.
La Chiara is a beautiful 17th century villa in rural Tuscany with its own hamlet and
chapel. The villa offers spacious rooms with wonderful views, swimming pool and
horseback riding. Set amid 40 acres of Chianti Classico vineyards and olive groves,
La Chiara is renowned for its regional cooking and home grown vegetarian specialties.
Join Alessandra for a healing musical journey in the magical land of Tuscany, Italy.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information and a registration form, please e-mail:
ABelloni@aol.com or tuscanyworkshop@aol.com
Cost $ 1,400 double room, $ 1,300 triple room
including 3 meals, but not transportation.
Contact in Europe: info@prumiano.it
FEATURING SOUTHERN ITALIAN DANCES AND SONGS AND RHYTHMS OF THE TARANTELLA
and tambourine rhythms
Fort Laurerdale, Florida
Jay SHapiro
info@oliveoildigest.com
Sunday, April 27 - Tuesday, April 29, 2008
6:00 pm
FUND RAISER for TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE post poned to May 27
replaced with RHYTHM IS THE CURE workshop
CHURCH ON THE EDGE
710 UNDERCLIFF AVENUE
Edgewater New Jersey near Sterling Palce, bus NJ trnasit 158 & 188 stops at Veteran's park
call (201) 224-3833
admission $ 40
Alessandra Belloni
Abelloni@aol.com
Sunday, April 13, 2008
2:00 pm
TARANTELLA SPIDER DANCE
workshop
In this workshop featuring Southern Italian folk dances and rituals, learn chants used to invoke the healing power of the sun and moon, as well as a repertoire of therapeutic dances, accompanied by the beat of frame drums and tambourines. Alessandra presents these unique dance movements which trace their roots from Southern Italy back to ancient Greece, with connections to Iran, Egypt and Andalusia, as well as to the traditions of the Gypsies who traveled from Rajasthan through North Africa, Morocco and Spain to Sicily and Calabria. Carrying an unbroken chain of inspiration from pre-Christian times to the present, these dance movements embody the diverse traditions of dance we know today as Flamenco, Belly Dance and Tribal Dance. Prepare to be enraptured by these exciting and healing dances! Videos collected during Alessandra’s research are shown at the beginning of the workshop demonstrating actual rituals from outside the churches of Southern Italy.
COST: $75/woman pre-registered postmarked by March 29, 2008 (mail to The GODDESS TEMPLE of Orange County,17905 Sky Park Circle, #A, Irvine, CA92614); $85/woman at the door
The magic rituals and tarantellas used as therapy and exorcism the healing chants in honor of the Black Madonna, lullabies, love ballads, work chants and protest songs. Concluding with the authentic “Pizzica Tarantata,” the healing trance dance from Puglia used as an exorcism to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula, a mental disorder that afflicted mainly women, going back to the ancient Greek rites of Dyonisus.
The GODDESS TEMPLE of Orange County,17905 Sky Park Circle, #A, Irvine, CA92614;
Sunday, April 6, from 10 am to 5 pm - New York Open Center, NYC
ALLESANDRA BELLONI -
REMO Signature Series Artist
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Workshop Number: 08WAD03M
Admission: Open Center Members: $120 / Nonmembers: $130
Southern Italian folk dances and rituals are joyous and healing forms of music and
dance therapy. In this workshop, we’ll learn ancient Neapolitan chants used to invoke
the healing power of the sun and to honor the Black Madonna. In this way we request
miracles and healing in our lives. A central part of the workshop will be learning the
dance Pizzica Tarantata, which originated as a ritual to cure the mythical bite of the
tarantula. In the Pizzica students will dance inside a circle of tambourine players.
Each student will take a turn inside the circle, learning the fast steps and wild rhythms
of the Pizzica. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor—on a white sheet, surrounded
by red ribbons—and the dance involves spider-like movements, as if emerging
from a spider web. We’ll also learn the Tammurriata, a sensual dance from Naples, and
a Calabrian spinning dance similar to trance-inducing movements of Sufi dances.
We’ll experience how dance, drumming and music allow us to release anxiety, relax sexual
blocks, open the heart and liberate our expression. This brings the mind and body into a
state of total relaxation.
Note: Participants will be barefoot. Women should wear skirts, and, if possible, everyone
should wear white clothes. Please do not wear black. Tambourines will be provided,
but you may bring your own.
NEW YORK OPEN CENTER
83 Spring St # 1
New York, NY 10012
(212) 219-9635
Featuring Southern Tambourine style and rhythms of :
Tammoriata - 4/4 rhythm done in honor of the Black Madonna
Calabrese trance 6/8 rhythm and dance 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.
The Fast 12/8 rhythm and dance Pizzica Tarantata, used against the mythical bite of the tarantula , which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. A very fast and energetic ecstatic dance originally done in Honor of Dyonisus God of Ecstasy and wine.
Pre=registration is required!
Concert and workshop will take place at Cayuga Vault,1100 Soquel Av. Santa Cruz, Ca. 95062
Pre registration at Rhythm Fusion 1541-Pacific Ave.Santa Cruz,CA 95060 831/423-2048
Concert -$15, Workshop $60 pre-register for Both $65
Tickets : $ 15 Cayuga Vault,1100 Soquel Av. Santa Cruz, Ca. 95062
Dror Sinai
rhythm@rhtyhmfusion.com
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
1:00 pm
THE ADVENTURES OF ON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT PULCINELLA
CONCERT AND WORKSHOP for students
for students only
Byram Hills High School
12 Tripp Lane, Armonk, NY 10504
Rob Di MArtino
RDiMartino@Byramhills.org
Saturday, March 15, 2008
5:00 pm
RHTYHM IS THE CURE
workshop
Part 2 Students will also learn the trance 6/8 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.
TARANTELLADEL ’600 sixteen century traditional dance.The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary SPIDERWEB
First Presbiterian Church–
710 Undercliff Ave.
EdgewaterNJ07020
cost : $ 30 tel. ( 201) 224-3833
Alessandra Belloni
ABelloni@aol.com
Friday, March 7, 2008
7:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Thursday, March 7, from 1:15 pm to 3:00 pm - Boston, MA
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
ALLESANDRA BELLONI - REMO Signature Series Artist
Percussion and dance workshop at Berklee College of Music for Women's History Month
Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop featuring Southern Italian
ritual dances used as music and dance therapy, combined with their unique
style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of
the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information contact Julia Madeson
At jmadeson@berklee.edu
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston Street Room 1-A
BOSTON, MA
Julia Madeson
jmadeson@berklee.edu
Saturday, March 1, 2008
5:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 23, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Edgewater, NJ
Cost: $50
ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~
internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer
REMO Signature series artist
PRESENTS
Special Healing Dance & Percussion workshop focusing on the origins of the Tarantella as a healing dance of purification
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
In Part 1 we will review the rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammoriata – 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.
The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary SPIDERWEB.
Alessandra will end the sessions using the ocean drum, creating the sound of the waves in a final relaxation invoking the healing power of the water. Please wear white and red, the ritual colors of the Tarantate.
(Please do not wear black.)
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information (201) 224-3833
Or send an email to ABelloni@aol.com
FIRST PRESBITERIAN CHURCH
701 Undercliff Ave.
Edgewater NJ 07020
ABelloni@aol.com
Saturday, February 23, 2008
5:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 23, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Edgewater, NJ
Cost: $50
ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~
internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer
REMO Signature series artist
PRESENTS
Special Healing Dance & Percussion workshop focusing on the origins of the Tarantella as a healing dance of purification
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
In Part 1 we will review the rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammoriata – 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.
The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary SPIDERWEB.
Alessandra will end the sessions using the ocean drum, creating the sound of the waves in a final relaxation invoking the healing power of the water. Please wear white and red, the ritual colors of the Tarantate.
(Please do not wear black.)
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For more information (201) 224-3833
Or send an email to ABelloni@aol.com
FIRST PRESBITERIAN CHURCH
701 Undercliff Ave.
Edgewater NJ 07020
ABelloni@aol.com
Saturday, February 16, 2008
3:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Monday, February 16, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm - University of Hawaii
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Cost $50, Discount Rate for Students $40
Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop featuring Southern Italian
ritual dances used as music and dance therapy, combined with their unique
style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of
the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For infromation contact Shannon Simonelli at
simonell@hawaii.edu
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII At Manoa
Temporary Dance Building
Lower Campus
(Park in the lower campus parking structure)
Shannon Simonelli
simonell@hawaii.edu
Monday, February 11, 2008
4:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Monday, February 11, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm - University of Hawaii
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Cost: FREE
Sponsored by the Italian Department
Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop featuring Southern Italian
ritual dances used as music and dance therapy, combined with their unique
style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of
the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
For a more details on this workshop, visit the following link RHYTHM IS THE CURE
For infromation contact Nadia Inserra at
inserra@hawaii.edu
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
Nadia Inserra
inserra@hawaii.edu
Thursday, February 7, 2008
6:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
WORKSHOP
Thursday, February 7, at 6:00 pm - Hawaii Big Island
WORKHSOP OF HEALING TRANCE DANCES AND DRUMMING
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop featuring Southern Italian
ritual dances used as music and dance therapy, combined with their unique
style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of
the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
For information contact Neiri Parisi
at hawaiimermaid@hotmail.com
HAWAII BIG ISLAND
Neiri Parisi
hawaiimermaid@hotmail.com
Sunday, January 20, 2008
6:00 pm
DAUGHTERS OF CYBELE
CONCERT
Sunday, January 20, at 6:00pm
On The West Coast
ALLESANDRA BELLONI -
REMO Signature Series Artist
with MIRANDA RONDEAU
FRAME DRUMS & VOCALS
Admission : $20
The GODDESS TEMPLE at Orange County
17905 Sky Park Circle, #A Irvine, CA 92614
toll free: 1-877-N-TEMPLE
Contact the Director, Ava, with any questions or helpful comments.
949-651-0564
DIRECTIONS:
from the San Diego 405 freeway, in the city of Irvine,
exit MacArthur Š north (inland) on MacArthur two streets,
past Main to Sky Park East. Left on Sky Park East one street
to Sky Park Circle. Right on Sky Park Circle about two blocks
to building 17905 on right. Temple at end of building.
Abundant free parking all around.
Healing, Dance and Percussion Workshop
12 to 5pm admission
Cost: $120
ABelloni@aol.com
ABelloni@aol.com
Saturday, January 5, 2008
7:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Saturday January 5th 5:00pm to 9:00pm
ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~
internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer
REMO Signature series artist
PRESENTS
Special Healing Dance & Percussion workshop focusing on the origins of the Tarantella as a healing dance of purification
to bring in the light during Epiphany week-end
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Saturday January 5th 5:00pm to 9:00pm-
Featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
In Part 1 we will review the rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammoriata – 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.
The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary SPIDERWEB.
Alessandra will end the sessions using the ocean drum, creating the sound of the waves in a final relaxation invoking the healing power of the water. Please wear white and red, the ritual colors of the Tarantate.
(Please do not wear black.)
The NY GYPSY FILM FESTIVAL presents:
A Night of Original Gypsy Tarantella
with
Alessandra Belloni
and I Guillari di Piazza
7pm - 9pm Screening of Documentary "The Pied Piper of Hutzovenia"
Documentary follows Eugene Hutz of GOGOL BORDELLO through the gypsy camps of Hungary, Siberia and his native camps in Ukraine
9pm Special live gypsy-tarantella performance by
Alessandra Belloni
and I Guillari di Piazza
w/ Special guest the Rev. Gypsy Joe
11:30 AM - 6:00 PM
2007 Medieval Festival
Rain date: Oct 7 '2007
At Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY
(212) 795 - 1600 www.whidc.org whidc@aol.com
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
7:00 pm
At Westchester Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso Pope Place
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4000
(917) 771 - 8700 programs@wiccny.org
Sunday, September 23, 2007
2:00 pm
At Westchester Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso Pope Place
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4000
(917) 771 - 8700 programs@wiccny.org
Saturday, September 22, 2007
7:00 pm
Sat Sep 22 '2007 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(Prog. info to be provided shortly)
At Westchester Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso Pope Place
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4000
(917) 771 - 8700 programs@wiccny.org
Thursday, September 20, 2007
7:00 pm
At Westchester Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso Pope Place
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4000
(917) 771 - 8700 programs@wiccny.org
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
7:00 pm
Westchester Italian Cultural Center
One Generoso Pope Place
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4000
(917) 771 - 8700 programs@wiccny.org
Sunday, September 16, 2007
12:00 pm
Diane Kennedy Center
562 Summit Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
Sunday, September 9, 2007
10:00 am
I Giullari di Piazza performance
Arthur Avenue
East 187th Street
Bronx (Street Fair)
Friday, September 7, 2007
7:00 pm
Basically for Women Program at The New School
[65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor, Wolff Conference Room] Contact Giulia Prestia at 212-229-5900 x3657 for more information
Monday, August 27, 2007
7:00 pm
Annual Healing Dance Percussion Workshop
RHYTHM IS THE CURE Annual Workshop in Tuscany Italy August 21 - 28, 2007 IN THE BEAUTIFUL RENAISSANCE VILLA LA CHIARA DI PRUMIANO, in the mystical and magical hills of Tuscany, between Florence and Siena
Goddess Conference 2007
1st-5th August
with Fringe events from 29th July-6th August
Celebrating the Crone Goddess at Lammas
With Ceremonies, Adorations and Praise Songs to the Crone for Her love, wisdom and transforming power. We shall honour the Crone in the landscape of Avalon, as Crone Nolava, as Keridwen, Keeper of the Cauldron of Death and Rebirth, as Queen of the Underworld, as the Dark Goddess who reveals what is hidden, and as Nine Clan Grandmothers. This Crone Conference is open to women and men of all ages, with illustrated talks, presentations, workshops, beautiful artwork & stalls, performances, music, song, poetry, dance. Take part in fabulous workshops, join one of Nine Clans for support and to participate fully in the Opening Ceremony and others throughout the Conference. Celebrate the Queens and Crones in our Goddess community. Make Lammas Bread Crones. Participate in a Healing Ceremony on Chalice Hill and at the Sacred Lammas Bonfire. Take an inner journey to deeply heal childhood and past-life wounds to your Feminine Self and listen to the wisdom of the Nine Grandmothers. Dance the night away at the Goddess Gala Buffet and Masque and join our Pilgrimage through the Landscape to Chalice Well and Glastonbury Tor with a Fruit Feast!
Special Southern Italian ritual drumming and dance
~ ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~
Internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Special Southern Italian ritual drumming and dance workshop
Friday, July 13, 6-10pm NEW YORK OPEN CENTER
85 SPRING STREET
Celebrating her book and Instructional DVD
with Mel Bay Publications
Dedicated to the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance
In this workshop we will learn how to use Southern Italian ritual folk dances and rituals as a joyous form of music and dance therapy. We will begin with drumming and ancient Neapolitan chants used for healing and to honor the Black Madonna, and then learn several ancient ritual dances: the Tammurriata, a beautiful, sensual dance from Naples; the Pizzica Tarantata, a wild dance performed to exorcise a mental disease called tarantismo; and a Calabrian spinning dance, similar to certain Sufi trance-inducing arts. We will also learn the basic techniques of the tambourine, its accents and accompanying chants and discover other healing rituals. Learn how to release stress, unblock sexual energy, open your heart and throat chakras and achieve deep relaxation. Note: Participants will be barefoot. Women should preferably wear skirts, and if possible everyone should wear white clothes. The instructor will provide tambourines, but you are welcome to bring your own. Members $45/ Nonmembers $55 information or to register by phone please call 212-219-2527 x 2 www.opencenter.org
OPEN CENTER
85 SPRING STREET
Sunday, July 8, 2007
7:00 pm
SPIDER DANCE THE MYSTICAL POWER OF THE TARANTELLA
Alessandra Belloni and I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA SPIDER DANCE THE MYSTICAL POWER OF THE TARANTELLA
A trance dance production CELEBRATE THE WILD SUMMER SOLSTICE RITUALS IN HONOR OF DYONISUS WITH THE DANCE OF THE TARANTULA, Postponed to MID DECEMBER
Theater for the New City 155 1rst Avenue near 10th Street
PREMIERED ON JUNE 29TH THE TRADITIONAL FEAST OF THE TARANTATI, AND THE NIGHT OF THE TARANTULA…. AT ST SYNOD HALLAT ST JOHN THE DIVINE.
FOLLOWED BY A D.J. DANCE PARTY, WITH WINE IN HONOR OF BACCUS.
Written and directed by Alessandra Belloni with Arden H. Mason. Music by John La Barbera in collaboration with Joe Deninzon on electric violin.
Featuring aerial dancers, acrobats and stilt dancers
Italian Percussion Festival Contact Mario Riggio - mariggio@tin.it
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
7:00 pm
Workshop and Concert at PERC FEST
Laigueglia Italy contact Mario Riggio - mariggio@tin.it
Sunday, June 24, 2007
7:00 pm
Concert for Remo Belli
Concert for Remo Belli’s Birthday in his home town Aipignano, Piedmont Contact Mario Riggio - mariggio@tin.it
Friday, June 22, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm Is The Cure
Lerici Italy
Thursday, June 21, 2007
7:00 pm
The Argonauts
Lerici, Italy Piazza Del Castello June 23, 2007 Workshop Lerici contact Angelo Tonelli angelo_tonelli@libero.it
Saturday, June 16, 2007
7:00 pm
Tarantata Concert
Oratoria Santa Maria Assunta Comune di Spinea, Venice contact Prof Kiki Delli Santi Kikidelli@libero.it
Friday, June 15, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm Is The Cure Workshop
Oratoria Santa Maria Assunta Comune di Spinea, Venice
Saturday, May 26, 2007
7:00 pm
Spider Dance Concert
Theatre for the New City 155 First Ave tel 212 254-1109
Sunday, May 20, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm is the Cure DVD Release
~ ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~ Internationally renown percussionist, singer-dancer REMO Signature series artist presents: RHYTHM IS THE CURE Special Southern Italian ritual drumming and dance workshop Celebrating her book and Instructional DVD with Mel Bay Publications Dedicated to the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance
Sunday May 20, 2007 - 3 to 7pm First Presbyterian Church 701 Undercliff Avenue @ Sterling place Edgewater New Jersey right near George Washington Bridge Admission $ 75 including the book and DVD, $ 60 single admission – email Abelloni@aol.com or call 201 224-3833
The frame drum and tambourineworkshop will follow the lessons on her new instructional DVD and book that will enable the students to practice and learn this unique technique with a great healing energy. Students will learn : the original tarantella (Pizzica) fast 6/8 trance rhythm and dance, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. (A form of mental disorder which afflicted mainly women (tarantate),who fell into an hypnotic state of mind, and in a trance they danced during the Summer Solstice. **TAMMORIATA a 4/4 rhythm and a beautiful sensual dance in honor of the Black Madonna * Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a carnival dance from (Naples) played on the smaller tambourines with a very unusual syncopation on the 6/8. Please wear white and red.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm is the Cure Workshop in Glastonbury UK
Three day Healing Dance & Percussion workshop
~ ALESSANDRA BELLONI ~ RHYTHM IS THE CURE in Glastonbury An amazing opportunity to experience powerful healing dances including the Tarantella, with world famous percussionist, singer-dancer and REMO Drums Signature series artist
Friday 11th May-Sunday 13th May 2007 Three day Healing Dance & Percussion workshop
Alessandra Belloni is artist in residence at New York’s Cathedral of St John the Divine and is director of the music, theatre and dance company i Guillari di Piazza. She presents concerts and workshops internationally in the USA, Brazil and Europe. Alessandra’s REMO Signature series tambourines may be purchased at the workshop as well as her new book!
Featuring Southern Italian ritual dances for music and dance therapy. Alessandra Belloni will teach unique drum and tambourine techniques and lead us in a series of dances to the Black Madonna and the Mother Earth Goddess. We begin with a processional chant in honour of the Black Madonna - Canto della Madonna di Montevergine and the ancient Neapolitan chant - Jesce Sole, an invocation to the Sun. Alessandra will then lead us in several powerful healing dances - Tammorriata - a beautiful, sensual dance from Naples, performed in pairs; Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a wild carnival processional dance from Naples, performed in a circle, wearing masks; and Ritmo E Danza Di San Rocco – the Spinning Dance in which people go into trance or ecstasy. On Saturday there will be an Evening Procession to Chalice Well with chants, drumming and dance in honour of the Black Madonna, preparing for the final ritual of purification in the trance dance of the Pizzica Tarantata, a very fast 6/8 rhythm from Puglia, which originated as a cure for the mythical bite of the tarantula spider. This powerful healing dance opens the heart and throat and releases stress and blocked energies.
This is a rare opportunity to work deeply with Alessandra Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury Times: 11.00am-1.30pm, 3.00pm-6.00pm each day (later on Saturday) Cost: Full fee £150
Kathy Jones
goddessconference@ukonline.co.uk
Saturday, May 5, 2007
7:00 pm
Alessandra Performs at the Rome Art and Community Center
Rome Art And Community Center is a nonprofit multi-arts facility committed to fostering creativity, cultural awareness, and a strong community connectionthrough a broad range of programming and services."
Art And Community Center is a nonprofit multi-arts facility committed to fostering creativity, cultural awareness, and a strong community connectionthrough a broad range of programming and services."
Lauren Marie Getek Executive Director ROME ART AND COMMUNITY CENTER 308 W Bloomfield St. Rome, New York 13440 315.336.1040 Phone 315.336.1090 Fax
The Red Elephant presents... Alessandra Belloni w/ special guests Reggae Mcgowen
“Rhythm is the Cure” Italian Percussion and trance dance Haunting melodies and trance rhythms of southern Ancient prayers, chanting and drumming invoking the spirit worldItalian, African and Brazilian rhythms - Condomble - Maracatu - Samba roots trance dance of purification Tarantella – tambourine, and Djembe Tickets: $25
Red Elephant 1144 Bethel St., town park at Marks honoluluboxoffice.com...(808) 389-2227
Monday, April 23, 2007
7:00 pm
Workshop at UCLA
12 noon to 2:50 Schoenberg Music Building Room 1354
Saturday, April 21, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm is the Cure Book/DVD Release workshop
Special Southern Italian ritual drumming and dance workshop with Alessandra Belloni also Celebrating her book and Instructional DVD RHYTHM IS THE CURE with Mel Bay Publications Dedicated to the healing power of the Tarantella trance dance Fee: $50
Recreational Music Center 7308 Coldwater Canyon Ave. North Hollywood CA 91605 (818) 982-0461 contact Mike or Jerry
Friday, April 20, 2007
7:00 pm
Rhythm Is The Cure Concert and DVD Book Release
REMO PRESENTS RHYTHM IS THE CURE concert and release party with singer, dancer percussionist, Alessandra Belloni Remo Signature series Artist
A very Special Celebration for the BOOK and DVD with by Mel Bay publications With Miranda Rondau, frame drums , John Paul Tobin (viola), Jerry Zacarias latin percussion - a unique blend of Southern Italian, North African and Latin American rhythms and dance
Friday, April 20 8:00pm tickets $15.00
Recreational Music Center 7308 Coldwater Canyon Ave. North Hollywood CA 91605 (818) 982-0461 contact Mike or Jerry
Sunday, April 15, 2007
7:00 pm
Seattle World Percussion Festival
Workshop Book/DVD release in LA at Remo percussion
Celebrating the release of Alessandra Belloni’ book and DVD with Mel Bay Publications.
This concert is a unique blend of Southern Italian and Brazilian Music mainly from the North East, with influences from the Eastern World, North Africa and . This new collaboration among such special artists evolved in New York, the meeting place of all cultures and in , one of the most amazing countries for cultural and musical diversities. The haunting melodies and trance rhythms of Southern Italy, mainly connected to the rituals in Honor of the Black Madonna and the trance dance of purification known as tarantella have ancient roots in Africa.
Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Tickets: $20
jserhoff@publictheater.org
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
11:00 am
Concert
Tarantata: Dance of the Ancient Spider
Onondaga Community College
contact 315 498-2583
Thursday, March 22, 2007
7:00 pm
RHYTHM IS THE CURE
A fiery percussive journey from Southern Italy to
TEMPLE BAR PRESENTS: RHYTHM IS THE CURE Featuring Italian singer & percussionist ALESSANDRA BELLONI (Remo Artist) with Brazilian guest artist from Recife : SIBA singer/ composer , also playing rabec (folk fiddle) & CHALO EDOARDO on Brazilian Percussion (Remo Artist) VIDA VIERRA & dancers from SWING BRAZIL
1026 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA www.templebarlive.com
