If you’ve ever square danced in the United States, then you already have a glimpse into the culture of Sicilian tarantella folk dance. This scene filmed in 2019 at a party I attended is of rehearsed choreography, but if done traditionally, Sicilian tarantella has specific steps that dancers know, and they follow a caller while…
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May You Dance Through 2020
May you dance through 2020! Che tu possa ballare per tutto il 2020! Cheers to a fabulous New Year! Auguri per un anno favoloso! (Photo Credit Chiara Musumeci Fotografia)
Tarantella In Baroque Sicily
If I could have been anywhere last night, I would have been in the UNESCO town of Scicli (pictured), dancing the pizzica tarantella and tracing out with all the other tarantate at the Taranta Sicily Fest. *sigh* Another time!
Southern Secrets, Final Day: A Melodious Goodbye
Live from Sicily! Southern Secrets, Final Day: Thank you from Experience Sicily and Feast on History to our guests for a wonderful 10 days! Farewell dinner… An evening of music and a little tarantella at our inn with my friend Giuseppe.
Always Make Time To Dance
My time in Catania, Sicily’s second largest city, during this trip was packed with wonder, and even if it’s not officially a tarantella, 🎶 “Vitti ‘na crozza” gave me an opportunity to dance under la Fontana dell’Elefante, effectionaltely known as Liotru, in the Piazza Duomo.
Bella Tarantella
Today, the tarantella (shown in this painting) is still alive and danced and played socially in many parts of southern Italy. In modern-day Sicily, however, it’s danced most often by organized folk music and dance ensembles at feasts and festivals. There remains a very strong folk music culture throughout the island, where you’ll find musicians…
Abballati! Abballati! A Traditional Tarantella
“Abballati, abballati, Fimmini schetti e maritati, E si n’abballati bonu, Non vi cantu e non vi sonu…” “Abballati Abballati!” is a traditional Sicilian tarantella. “Abballati” is an invitation to dance… “Single and married women (next verse: single and married men), and if you don’t dance well, I’m not going to sing or play for you!”…