RHYTHM IS THE CURE
Join internationally renowned singer, dancer and percussionist Alessandra Belloni in a workshop featuring the Tarantella rhythms & tambourine technique, steps & Southern Italian Folk Songs at Casa Belvedere
Dates: Monday, April 4th & Tuesday, April 5th
Time: 7:00 pm
Experience the healing power of tarantella rhythms, featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy for centuries throughout the Mediterranean.
Participants will learn the unique style of tambourine playing and the ancient healing trance dance of the tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. The workshop focuses on releasing blockages of energies, breaking the imaginary "spider web" of the subconscious.
Students shall begin each session with drumming followed by an hour and half of dance. Students will learn the variations of the basic 6/8 rhythm of the Tarantella that originated as music and dance therapy to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
Monday, April 4th: (1st day) TARANTELLA DE' 600 - This is a Renaissance folk dance which is done in pairs which is very popular in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean. It contains both fast, energetic steps and combined arm and leg movements which improve coordination. This invigorating dance had been called by Alessandra's students 'Italian Aerobics".
Tuesday, April 5th: (2nd day) *DANCE & RHYTHM OF SAN ROCCO - a healing trance 6/8 rhythm from Calabria done in honor of San Rocco to send away fear of death by the plague from the Medieval Times.
- Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a carnival dance from Montemarano (Naples) played on the smaller tambourines with a very unusual syncopation on the 6/8. This rite of Carnival dates back to the Roman celebrations in honor Bacchus, the god of wine.