"It's 'bridge' for money or expensive prizes; and compared to the excitement it causes, the tarantella is a sitting-down dance. From Wordnik.com. [People of the Whirlpool] Reference
Then there's a tarantella and you think of sunny Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Jesse and I dance an improvised tarantella in his chair. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing Jesse] Reference
The Godfather and the tarantella, made sense, but … a hora?. From Wordnik.com. [Merger of Rudy-Judi, But Best Man Andrew Carries the Big Day] Reference
The farandole bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Wheels Within Wheels] Reference
From another room the orchestra rehearses a lively Rossini tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
After which he drifted away, probably trying to recall the steps to a tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [Follow-up on “Don’t Piss Off Krissy” « Whatever] Reference
Smith recognized a noted woman anthropologist who was dancing a tarantella on the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Shock Value]
I think whut aym doing iz a speschul mash-up vershun uv teh tiem warp an teh tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [abort! abort! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Yet at the same time, there's more than a hint of the Italian tarantella in the underlying rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [Both Leading Man and Comic Relief] Reference
My boss said the ribbon reminded her of a tarantella skirt she used to wear for ballet as a child. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
"He's not a part of!" they sang, as if they could, tarantella-like, cast Mr. Simon from this earth. From Wordnik.com. [Liza Minnelli Gets an Earnest Tribute ��� Liz Smith Attempts to Sing] Reference
He sprang from the bed and danced a tarantella, pranced in his cottony nightgown like a drunken Yaqui. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mr. Wrenn] Reference
The new mantra sang in his head and danced a tarantella, double-speed, triple, and then it became a dirge. From Wordnik.com. [The Silence] Reference
He was marginally aware that the song had ended and an old man with an accordion was playing a tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [That’s Amore] Reference
Rossni wrote a famous tarantella, "La danza," as a song for chamber performance, scored for voice and piano. From Wordnik.com. [Tarantella] Reference
Dem wuz wif teh cween lass nite…aifinkso if dem nawt has teh dark adn stormee, dem can dans teh tarantella. From Wordnik.com. [Gasp! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
In Sicilian lore the motions of the tarantella were supposed to act as an antidote to the poison of a spider's bite. From Wordnik.com. [Tarantella] Reference
I'll run that topic into the ground and dance a tarantella on the dust re: one of my postings a little farther down. From Wordnik.com. [Jugbandmania] Reference
Usually music for the tarantella is in 6/8 or 3/4 time, or you may find some versions in 4/4 time with a lot of triplets. From Wordnik.com. [Tarantella] Reference
Fortean Times has posted a deep exploration of the tarantella, an 18th century dancing "cure" for the bite of a tarantula. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives] Reference
All you Calabraise do the mambo like a crazy with a HEY MAMBO, don't wanna tarantella, HEY MAMBO, no more mozzarella, HEY MAMBO!. From Wordnik.com. [super-suzan Diary Entry] Reference
The dance is described thus:The tarantella is mainly an Italian country partner dance, which features numerous twirls and spins. From Wordnik.com. [Tarantella] Reference
The reception orchestra that segued so effortlessly from hora to tarantella to more contemporary dance music was The Bob Hardwick Sound. From Wordnik.com. [Merger of Rudy-Judi, But Best Man Andrew Carries the Big Day] Reference
Sir Norman's heart danced a tarantella within him. From Wordnik.com. [The Midnight Queen] Reference
Not one of them could dance the tarantella like that. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
Then she waved for a partner, and set up a tarantella wail. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
He no longer danced the tarantella with the careless abandon of a boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
Delarey seemed to him like a tarantella in repose, if such a thing could be. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
The tarantella -- that was the dance of the soil here, the dance of the blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
"It's good when the blood calls one to the tarantella, isn't it?" she asked him. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
Hark! Was there not in the air the thin sound of a reed flute playing a tarantella?. From Wordnik.com. [A Spirit in Prison] Reference
Then would come the tarantella, with Gaspare spinning like a top and tripping like a Folly in. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
Louis threw off his coat and sprang to tarantella attention, Ciccio rang out the peculiar tarantella, and Madame and. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
This morning they wrote back to give me elaborate finger-tarantella exercises that lead up to the "Ten Tap Test Page.". From Wordnik.com. [Akma] Reference
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