TARANTELLE E CANTI D'AMORE

This concert is a fiery "journey" through the South of Italy featuring ceremonial dances performed as ritual by the women of Southern Italy as processional chants and ritual drumming in honor of the Black Madonna, known as: Tammorriata, from Naples, and other dances such as the tarantella Calabrese, Pugliese and Napoletana. The music comes from different regions of Italy, mainly Naples, Calabria, Sicily, Puglia and it has been arranged with a very unique world music sound. The performance ends with the authentic Pizzzica Tarantata, the healing dance from Puglia used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula, a form of depression that afflicted mainly women. At the end of our concert we invite the audience to dance the tarantella or “pizzica” in a celebration of life and good energy unique of the Italians using red ribbons in a circle.

The ensemble includes :

Alessandra Belloni - lead vocals, percussion ritualdance - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

John La Barbera - music director- composer - guitar chitarrabattente, mandolin

Sebastian La Barbera- mandolin, guitar

Featuring dancer Amara

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