tarantellas
Fast Italian dances
Tarantellas is the plural of tarantella, a fast-paced Italian folk dance in 6/8 time, traditionally performed by couples.
The dance builds in tempo and energy, with rapid footwork and spinning.
Legend held that frenzied dancing could cure the bite of a tarantula spider—both words derive from the southern Italian city of Taranto.
The wedding band played tarantellas late into the night.
Rotating swiftly in place
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- couplesRomantic partners together
- folk danceCommunal heritage choreography
- tempoRate of musical performance
6/8 time · partners · steps · footwork · choreography · ballroom · twirling · rapid
Mediterranean port city
- Southern ItalyPeninsula's lower regions
- PugliaSoutheastern Italian region
- TarantoSouthern Italian port city
- CalabriaSouthern Italian region
mandolin · accordion · wedding · festa · village · Mediterranean · Sicilian · carnival
Web-spinning arachnid
- bitePierce with teeth
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- cureTreatment that heals
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
possession · exorcism · sweat · exhaustion · trance · medieval · affliction · antidote
whirling
Rotating swiftly in place
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- couplesRomantic partners together
- folk danceCommunal heritage choreography
tempo · 6/8 time · partners · steps · footwork · choreography · ballroom · twirling · rapid · lively
Naples
Mediterranean port city
- Southern ItalyPeninsula's lower regions
- PugliaSoutheastern Italian region
- TarantoSouthern Italian port city
Calabria · mandolin · accordion · wedding · festa · village · Mediterranean · Sicilian · carnival · celebration
spider
Web-spinning arachnid
hysteria · possession · exorcism · sweat · exhaustion · trance · medieval · affliction · antidote · mania
Chopin
Polish Romantic pianist-composer
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
presto · virtuoso · Rossini · etude · finale · bravura · triplets · perpetual motion · showpiece · recital
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad