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ALESSANDRA BELLONI

Country: ITALY/USA

Guest Choreographer, Music

Story: Alessandra Belloni is the co-founder and Artistic Director of "I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA," an Italian music, theatre, and dance ensemble who comprise the Artists-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. She is also the designer of a line of signature series Italian tambourines made by Remo. Alessandra was born in Rome, Italy and is committed to preserving the strong and rich traditions of her culture by remaining the only woman in the U.S. and Italy to specialize in Southern Italian percussion combined with ritual dances and singing. She has written, directed, and performed in many critically acclaimed folk operas and theatrical works and collaborated with master frame drummer, Glen Velez. Her recent CD "Tarantelle & Canti D' amore" (NAXOS, 2003) was considered the second best percussion CD of the year by DRUM Magazine and has received many favorable reviews from major press. The CD "Tarantata: The Dance of Ancient Spider" (SOUNDS TRUE, 2000) was nominated as one of the best CDs of the year (2002) by Jon Parales of The New York Times and Dan Hackman from The Los Angeles Times, and won the Best World Percussion CD of the Year by DRUM Magazine. Alessandra has performed at numerous music festivals around the world including WOMAD (USA and Italy), Perc Pan Festival(Brazil), Montreal Music Festival (Canada), Monterey World Music Festival (CA), Perkusia Expo (Warsaw, Poland), Drumming at the Pyramids ( Egypt), Cultural Center of Tel Aviv (Israel) , and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (NYC). Please visit www.alessandrabelloni.com

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