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The city is home to several roller derby leagues, including the Windy City Rollers and the Chicago Outfit. The Chicago Swans are the Australian rules football club in the city, competing in the Mid American Australian Football League. Rugby teams in the city include the Chicago Lions and the Chicago Griffins.
The dance is also found in Emilia and other areas of Central Italy in several different forms. [35] [56] Tresconeto: A fast dance from Tuscany in 6 8 time resembling the Saltarello. The dance is usually done by a single dancer or couple and the continually increasing tempo of the dance is meant to test the endurance of the dancers.
The Ballet dance genre also originated in Italy. It began during the Italian Renaissance court as an outgrowth of court pageantry, [121] where aristocratic weddings were lavish celebrations. Court musicians and dancers collaborated to provide elaborate entertainment for them. [122]
On the city's Lower West Side, a community centered on 24th and Oakley called the "Heart of Italy" or "Little Tuscany" is composed mostly of Northern Italian immigrants. [18] While Taylor Street goes by the popular Little Italy moniker, that designation once belonged to a stretch of decades-old ristoranti on the 2400 block of South Oakley, an ...
The dance originated in the Apulia region, and spread throughout the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Neapolitan tarantella is a courtship dance performed by couples whose "rhythms, melodies, gestures, and accompanying songs are quite distinct" featuring faster more cheerful music.
"Pig City" by Spiral Stairs [14] "Pig City" by The Parameters "Queensland University" by Custard "Rosalie" by Gaslight Radio "See You Again" by Catfish "Snake Skin Lady" by Robert Forster "Spring Rain" by the Go-Betweens "Streets of Your Town" by The Go-Betweens [9] "Thought I Was Over You" by Jack Frost "Trees of Brisbane" by Charles Jenkins [15]
White City (sometimes listed as White City Amusement Park in print advertisements) was a recreational area located in the Greater Grand Crossing and Woodlawn community areas on the south side of Chicago from 1905 until the 1950s. [1] At the time of its opening, on May 26, 1905, it was claimed to be the largest park of its type in the United ...
Maps of traditional music instruments in Italy. Left map: zampognas out of use in the early 1900s. Right map: chitarra battente (red dithering), ghironda (red) and tambourine with zills (green). From Atlante tematico d'Italia, Touring Club Italiano, 1992. The northern regions of Italy historically exhibited Celtic and Slavic influences in their ...