Dancing To The Pizzica
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PIZZICA: THE TRADITIONAL DANCE OF SALENTO
The dizzily rhythmic sound of the tambourine combined with a frenzied hypnotic dance healed of the poison. The ritual exorcism could happen at the church, in the public square of the town or at home and often other women and men danced with the bitten girl.
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It was said, at the end of the exorcism,that the girl had been pardoned by St. Spider dance usually consisted of three phases: First of all a circular space for the dance is marked, a symbolic evocation of a tribal territory, which was to be conquered and defended. The dancing steps follow a ritual.
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The pair formed under the command of the master start dancing for the possession of the circle. The contestants are arranged around the circumference and, looking at each other, try to imitate steps.
The movements of the upper and lower body, ideally divided into two at the waist, the legs frantically increase speed, while the trunk is mostly static, just swaying. Sometimes a finger is. Other times dancers try to impress and confuse the partner with a "soprapasso" overstep , a difficult dance step made crossing feet and hitting the ground with one foot outside the other alternately.
When one of the contenders wins the rim, he begins the "passo 'ill'adornu", that is an imitation of a falcon's flight over its prey: The final and most important concert takes place at the end of August in the town of Melpignano where about In order to better manage your browsing on this site, we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize your repeat visits and preferences. It is very important that you are informed and accept the privacy and cookie policy of this website.
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Technical cookies are necessary and help to make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to protected areas of the site. Together with this therapeutic function, the pizzica dance has always been considered a way to celebrate family and social festivities and that is the way this dance is still very popular today.
It is usually danced in couples, not necessarily a man and a woman: Women dance in a very feminine way, with long skirts and their hair down,a nd are often barefoot. They keep handkerchiefs, shawls or scarfs that are waved in rhythm to the music.
The dancing couples are surrounded by the musicians, usually playing tambourines, accordions, violins and guitars, and various spectators who stand in a circle: Every summer in Salento it is plenty of events and music festivals dedicated to pizzica dance, for example in Torre Paduli Ruffano or the one in San Vito dei Normanni. But the most famous festival is the Notte della Taranta the night of taranta , a touring show that takes place every year in the month of August in different towns of Salento and that culminates in a big concert in Melpignano, where it is possible to admire the performances of many great national and international singers and musicians!
Pizzicarella dance - The Pizzica do' Core (pinch from the heart) or courtship dance expresses the feelings of love, eroticism and passion in the courtship. Pizzica or Taranta is a traditional popular dance of the city of Taranto and Salento region. This dance, invented by women, had the intent to show th.
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