The Tarantismo was a ritualistic dance from south Italy danced by the rural women to rid the effect of a mythical spider bite; also called 'morso d'amor', bite of love. They dance to a piece of music called the Pizzica Taranta in a crazed erotic state of ecstasy and pain; the dance and the music is said to open the heart and remove all pain. However each year the bite returns and the women dance once more.
Historically this dance would allow women (who were otherwise suppressed) the freedom to express themselves and to publicly out their pain; it would also allow the families to state the pain of their household; in cases where the girl had been abused or violated and there was no legal recourse the families could state this through the dance and the girl was believed to be cleansed.
The project is aimed to result in an installation piece that can be shown temporarily or/and left in situ at a variety of venues including galleries, theatre spaces, community settings ie schools, colleges, festivals and also a number of settings that are 'outside the box'.
It is hoped that the work challenges and provokes but also creates a connection to the human story and a feeling of unification.
Technical Equipment has been
supplied by Digital Peninsula Network. DPN is the membership
network supporting businesses involved in Information, Communication and
Technology from our centre in Penzance. For more information please
contact: Jessica Smalley on
Jessica@digitalpeninsula.com or phone
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