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pizzica.me - APS

Dance, everyone...
Dance with all your energy...
The Taranta is alive!

pizzica.me - APS is a volunteer association dedicated to the recovery and sustainable preservation of the traditional music and dances of Southern Italy. Its aim is to experience, transmit, and share the ethnochoreological heritage of traditional dances, emphasizing the human dimension of the practice.

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Mission

pizzica.me - APS

From the deep desire to have a place in the city where people could meet and dance the pizzica pizzica, a group of enthusiasts of traditional folk music came together. From that meeting, a journey took shape—one made of music, dance, and sharing.

We came here to play some music!

We came here to sing together!

Folk music is not pop. Folk music is rock before rock. It is the soul of the people.

Festivals in the squares, celebrations in homes, in farmhouses, and near remote shrines. Tarantellas, sacred and profane, pizzica pizzica, folk songs and tammurriate. Wine, fire and drums, bagpipes and accordions. Places, but above all people and encounters.

You soon realize that within those celebrations, those sounds, those songs, and those dances lies a cultural heritage of inestimable value, waiting to be known and admired. Nothing is random. Every gesture, every dance step, and every verse sung and played carries within it the story of the community that lives it.

You only need to dive in headfirst to discover a world so rich and diverse that it leaves you amazed. A world that exists because it has been passed down for centuries through oral tradition, from generation to generation. And in the blink of an eye, you already feel part of those traditions, to the point that you can no longer help but take part in keeping that treasure alive.

About us
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About Us

We like to play music, sing, and take part in folk music festivals and parties. You can find us in squares and places where there is music and people who love tarantellas.

Pietro La Grotta

Pietro La Grotta

President

Software developer and tambourine player

Alessandra Bellomo

Alessandra Bellomo

Vice President

Dancer, pizzica pizzica teacher and tambourine player

Christian De Gennaro

Christian De Gennaro

Secretary

Turner, singer and accordion player

Basically

Tarantellas

The culture of Folk Music, ethnocoreology if studied through historical documents, remains alive only if its practice continues in a playful and participatory dimension.
pizzica.me - APS organizes, experiences, and promotes folk music festivals.

Dance Parties

Concerts of Salento folk music and beyond, featuring some of the most renowned musicians and experts of the tradition

Dance Workshops

We invite the best teachers of Salento folk dance to lead training workshops and dance laboratories

Conferences

Presentations of books and records published by musicians and researchers of the folk music tradition, with meetings and discussions with the authors

Animations

Private parties, birthdays, anniversaries and special moments become inclusive and unforgettable when there is folk music

Trips

Let’s go! In search of the places and folk music festivals across Southern Italy to experience them firsthand

Collaborations

We collaborate with many local organizations that promote folk music, because dancing is better when we work together as a network