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Liscio or ballo liscio ("smooth" or "smooth dance" respectively in Italian) is a genre of music originating in the 19th century in the northern Italian region of Romagna under the influence of Viennese ballroom dances including the mazurka, waltz, polka, schottische, march. It later became popular and spread to the rest of the country.
Italian girl dancing the tarantella, 1846 Italians in Naples dancing the tarantella. The nowadays southern part of Italy was not part of a single country until the mid to late 19th century. [3] The place was a colony of ancient Greece, and even Napoli ("Naples") comes from the Greek word "Neapolis", which means "New City".
The dance enjoyed huge popularity in California during the 1930s and 1940s, and was still being danced by original dancers into the 21st century. Balboa is a dance that distinctively relies on closed position. The earliest form of the dance emerged in the high schools and dance venues of southern California.
Saltarello rhythm [2]. The saltarello enjoyed great popularity in the courts of medieval Europe. [citation needed] During the 14th century, the word saltarello became the name of a particular dance step (a double with a hop on the final or initial upbeat), and the name of a meter of music (a fast triple), both of which appear in many choreographed dances.
The most important book about pizzica and tarantism is The Land of Remorse, written by the Italian philosopher, anthropologist and historian of religions Ernesto de Martino. [1] There are several traditional pizzica groups, the oldest being Officina Zoé, Uccio Aloisi gruppu, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, and I Tamburellisti di Torrepaduli.
This is a name which also appears in the earliest Italian dance music and throughout the Renaissance. It is not clear, however, that these various mentions represent the same or even related dances. [17] In the North, in Venice, there was the "wild courtship dance", known as Furlana or Forlana which was danced by Casanova in 1775. [28]
The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza's Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse. The music which accompanied it appears originally to have been fast or moderately fast but, like many ...
Italian-American culture in San Francisco (17 P) Pages in category "Italian-American culture in California" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.