After a succesful surgery I am feeling very inspired to celebrate healing and the coming of Light with a special Winter Solstice workshop Celebration.

DRUMMING & DANCES OF ILLUMINATION

Featuring a special ritual of chanting & movement in honor of the Sun and the healing dance of the PIZZICA.

We will start with drumming the powerful TAMMORRIATA 4/4 rhythm and chanting the ancient healing Neapolitan Chant JESCE SOLE calling for the light to overcome all darkness and for rebirth.

You will be led into a circle where everyone gets a chance to embody the SUN and send healing rays to the group with powerful dance movements, and improvisation.

These rhythms and movements represent an unbroken chain of inspiration and expression of sound and dance, dating back to the rites of the Mother Earth Goddess Cybele and the god Dionysus, and kept alive into the present.

You will also learn the ancient trance dance of the tarantella, known as PIZZICA TARANTATA used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula, in use for centuries throughout the Mediterranean especially during the time of the Winter and Summer Solstice.

We’ll create a community healing ritual as our bodies move in ways that help us to open the energy points and stay grounded.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE PIZZICA TARANTATA:

THE PIZZICA TARANTATA or Spider Dance – This erotic and dynamic ritual dance originated as a cure for the mythical bite of the Tarantula, a form of depression called tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women (tarantate) and sometimes men in Southern Italy.

The wild rhythm of the Pizzica, played on medium size tambourines and accompanied by dance was performed as a music therapy ritual which produced a trance-like state beneficial for the healing of many disorders and imbalances.

As part of a re-enactment of this healing ritual, Alessandra will lead the participants in a circle dance accompanied by her magic tambourine 6/8 rhythm and singing. During the ritual each student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which means “ bite,” building up to a culmination where each student will enter the circle and lay down upon a white sheet, surrounded by red ribbons, and emulate “Spider” like movements on the ground, releasing stress and blockages of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakras.

The dance comes to completion as each participant dances their way out of an imaginary “Spider Web”, achieve inner balance and relief of stress while restoring spiritual and physical energy is a major theme of this work.

Looking forward to celebrating this ancient ritual together, letting go of the VENUM and breaking our spider webs! Blessings.

We will end the session chanting JESCE SOLE honoring the Light.