Interview with Alessandra Belloni -- Body and Soul

July 31, 2007

Interview with Alessandra Belloni

Here's an audio interview I recorded recently with the multi-talented Alessandra Belloni. I met with her shortly before she left for the Goddess Conference in Glastonbury, England where she would present some of her fascinating work around the music and ritual dance traditions of Southern Italy. We hit it off right away because for her (a native of Italy) as well as for me (an Afro-Caribbean native New Yorker) rhythm and dance have profound healing and transformative powers. We found we had much in common!

I hope you'll enjoy the audio interview as much as I did.

Listen to audio interview (MP3 - 36 minutes)

Alessandra Belloni Links

- Her short bio is at the bottom of this post. Or you can read her extended bio.

- Goddess Conference 2007

- Alessandra's annual healing dance percussion workshop at La Chiara di Prumiano in Tuscany
Performance Pictures
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Upcoming New York City Performance

Coming to New York: Alessandra Belloni's Giullari di Piazza in Tarantella! Spider Dance: A Winter Solstice Celebration presented by Theatre for the New City, December 21-22. Tickets: 212-254-1109.

Alessandra Belloni Bio

Alessandra Belloni is a singer, percussionist, dancer and actress who stands as one of the most important voices of traditional southern Italian music and dance today. She is artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Alessandra is Artistic Director and Founder of I Giullari di Piazza (the Players of the Square). For her mastery of musical styles--both at home and abroad--she has been acclaimed as one of the greatest living percussionists in the world, and has her own signature series of Italian tambourines designed with the largest percussion company in the world, Remo Inc. Read her complete bio...
Posted by Eva Yaa Asantewaa on July 31, 2007 2:52 PM

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