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The tarantella is most frequently played with a mandolin, a guitar, an accordion and tambourines; flute, fiddle, trumpet and clarinet are also used. The tarantella is a dance in which the dancer and the drum player constantly try to upstage each other by playing faster or dancing longer than the other, subsequently tiring one person out first.
Calabrian Tarantella (in italian: Tarantella Calabrese or "Sonu a ballu": playing for dancing) is a generic term to include different musical-dancing expressions spread in Calabrian peninsula and different from other southern Italian dances called simply Tarantella. It is played and danced during religious festivals and other social occasions.
Hilaire Belloc's poem "Tarantella" (1929) mimics in words the progress of the dance, culminating in the stillness of death. Online versions of the poem vary: a reliable printed version can be found in The Oxford Book of Modern Verse. [13] In Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House, a performance of the tarantella is central to the plot. [14]
The dance, in waltz time, consists of an invitation to the dance and then the dance proper, accompanied by a four-part song. L'esclave : Couple dance widespread in Friuli, partners approach and move away, the woman, holding her apron in her hand, turns while the man circles, snapping his fingers, the dance ending with a series of turns.
argismo: A Sicilian term for the tarantella healing ritual, from argia, spider [2] ariosa: A Carnival dance [1] bal drabces: A Carnival dance [1] ballarella: A variant name for the saltarello [2] ballo dei Gobbi: A Carnival dance, dance of the hunchbacks [4] ballo della Veneziana: A 2/2 dance of Venetian origin [4] ballo di baraben: A ritual ...
Alessandra Belloni (born July 24, 1954 in Rome) is an Italian musician, singer, dancer, actress, choreographer, teacher, and ethnomusicologist. Her instrument is the Southern Italian tambourine and her music and dance are focused on the traditional roots of tarantella.
Dance of pizzica. Pizzica (Italian pronunciation:) is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia and later spreading throughout the rest of Apulia and the regions of Calabria and eastern Basilicata. It is part of the larger family of tarantella.
Tarantella is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Grande Tarantelle by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, arranged by Hershy Kay. The ballet premiered on January 7, 1964, at the New York City Center , performed by New York City Ballet 's Patricia McBride and Edward Villella .