Tarantella

This dance was not meant to be danced as entertainment, but as a cure dance and a courtship dance. During the courtship dance, women try to excite love to their partner, while in return the male tries to demonstrate his tenderness. During the Tarantella dance, it is consider unlucky to dance alone so it is danced by couples or two women. The cultural purpose of the Tarantella dance is to cure the bite of a tarantula. There are three possible origins of the Tarantella dance. But the main idea of all the origins was to make bitten victim dance, to sweat out all the venom of the tarantula. Up to this day, the Tarantella dance is stilled dance, not to cure a tarantula bite, but to keep the tradition…

is practicing her dance while Torvald is initially playing the piano, but he eventually becomes frustrated because of the way Nora is frantically dancing. Nora dances in this way in order to stop Torvald from obtaining the letter Krogstad has left which will lead to Nora’s destruction. Torvald states “ Slower, slow down…Not so violent Nora” (Ibsen 91) Torvald dislikes, how Nora has forgotten the way he taught her the tarantella, and so he confronts Nora and tries to reteach her the steps on the…

The tarantella is described as a zealous dance full of upbeat movement. It is a dance mainly preformed by women to arouse the love of their partner. In the play Nora dances the tarantella to please Torvald; this symbolizes a side she does not normally show. Torvald states, Helmer:” Slower, slower!” Nora: “I can’t do it any other way.” Helmer: “Not so violently, Nora!” Nora: “This is the way.” Helmer : “ No, no- that is not a bit right.” Nora: “Didn’t I tell you so?” (Act 2 Nora, Torvald).…

The Tarantella is one of the oldest Italian folk dance that can be traced back to the middle Ages. Many labelled the tarantella the dance of healing/cure of the sick and courtship. It is also one of the most known, popularized, traditional dance in Italian society. The tarantella is characterized by upbeat music followed by a lead singer. The dance is also accompanied by light and quick steps mixed with teasing, flirtatious gestures between partners. Included in the music is a live 6/8 time…

The remarkable and an ambiguous poem, “Tarantella,” by Hilaire Belloc is based off of a traditional folk dance that originated from southern Italy. Having couplets, assonances, and consonances helps the poem to have an easy flow of reading and gives it the unique style of the Hilaire Belloc. The dance and music is very upbeat just like the first stanza of this poem and the frequent use of commas and the fluctuation of long and short lines epitomize the pace or rhythm of this stanza on whether it…

Theatre is accessible to all audience members. Even though everyone has different life experiences, an image is something they can grasp onto, but interact with in different ways. This gives each audience member a personal experience with the piece. In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen uses the image of the Tarantella dance to emphasize the poison of deception and hypocrisy that characterizes Nora and Torvald’s marriage. The Tarantella was a wild Southern Italian dance, generally danced by a couple…

Ibsen creates a naturalistic drama that demonstrates how on the outside Nora and Torvald seem to have it all, but in reality their life together is empty. From a girl confined by her husband’s rules to a woman who finally puts her own wellbeing before others, she comes into her own over the course of the play. Nora Helmer was a delicate character and she relied on Torvald for her identity. This dependence that she had kept her from having her own personality. Yet when it is discovered that Nora…

Through the presentation of Norway in the 1800’s I gained the understanding that men were the bread winners and the dominant in the relationship and vice versa for the women, women were to stay at home, run errands, and give birth. In their society, men didn’t do the women’s roles and women didn’t do the men’s role. Also, marriages stayed within social classes. Nora and Torvald were both middle class that is one reason they are together. Also, the climate of Norway was warm summers and extremely…

10/14/15 In the play, A Doll’s House, there were many uses of imagery and symbols. The symbols that I chose to write about are the use of the Christmas tree, Nora’s tarantella dance, Nora’s costumes, and the macaroons. Each symbol helps move along the story of Nora and Torvald’s relationship and how Nora is treated inside of her home. Her emotions change throughout the play and the symbols help show how she feels. The Christmas tree represents happiness and joy. It’s hard to not be optimistic…

For my dance report, I saw the Fall Dance at Adelphi University on December 4, 2016. It was called “Aszure Barton.” The two pieces that really stood out to me were “Tarantella” and “Consumed.” They both displayed great amounts of emotion through their choreography, backdrop, costumes, colors, music, and lighting. “Tarantella” and ‘Consumed” gave off opposite moods because of their specific components. “Tarantella” from August Bournonville’s Napoli was a very lively and cheerful dance. It can be…