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Tarantella with Allison Scola: Southern Italy’s Folk Music and Dance Traditions In-Person
The folk music and dance traditions of Southern Italy, widely known as the tarantella, are as diverse as the Italian peninsula and islands’ regional cuisines and languages. This lecture-demonstration and interactive class will introduce the history, legends, rhythms, music, and dance steps employed for centuries by the people of Apulia, Campania, and Sicily. The presentation will connect participants to the timeless power of the tarantella and its exuberance, tenderness, and passion. Students should be prepared to sing and dance, and they will be introduced to the unique technique used for playing Italian frame drums.
- Date:
- Saturday, December 6, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Children's Program Room
- Audience:
- Adults Children Teen Tween
- Categories:
- Concerts & Music Health & Wellness Heritage and Horizons
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Allison Scola is founder, owner, and curator of Experience Sicily and the Cannoli Crawl. Named one of the experts for the 2019 New York Times Travel Show, Allison writes and lectures on Sicily, leads immersive tours, and designs custom itineraries that delight discerning travelers. She has been featured on Rudy Maxa’s World with the Carey’s, America’s #1 Travel Radio Show and as the cannoli expert in the documentary Cannoli, Traditions Around the Table. Scola has lectured about Sicily at University of Pennsylvania, The New School, LIU Post University, Queens College, Westchester Italian Cultural Center, at high schools in the New York City metropolitan area, and at events in New York City.
Nicole Guenkel
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