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tarantella::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tarantelle |
| Type of | social dancing |
tarantella::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dance music |
Examples of tarantella
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By contrast, our way of caring for the elderly is a clumsy, exhausting tarantella.
From the cnn.com
To help the musical transition, the tarantella that comes before the dance is cut.
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He pounded away relentlessly doing a verbal tarantella on Mayor Gary McCarthy's head.
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Yet at the same time, there's more than a hint of the Italian tarantella in the underlying rhythm.
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A folk dance called the tarantella is still sometimes performed.
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In their curriculum, they're learning how to make pasta and do the tarantella, an Italian folk dance.
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A highlight for camper Olivia Finizio was learning how to dance the tarantella, a traditional folk dance.
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One hears a tarantella, a serenade, a waltz and a march finishing with a coda of stunning brilliance.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Despite the sad story, there are cheerful tracks too, with pieces for the waltz, tarantella and java.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
- A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
- The term Tarantella groups a number of different southern Italian couple folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 18/8 or 4/4), accompanied by tambourines. . It is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. ...
- Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866), reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay. ...
- Tarantella Serpentine is a character in The Illuminatus! trilogy.
- A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance
- Italian folk dance. Sometimes a single dancer gets up and spins alone until a partner joins in. Sometimes several couples stand up together, like a country dance set, although pairs dance individually. Girls use tambourines.
- A very fast Italian dance in 6/8 time with alternating major and minor sections
- For men's chorus and two pianos (1937)
