EVVIVA I SUONATORI | LONG LIVE THE MUSICIANS
Percorsi audiovisivi | Audiovisual itineraries
Valfino al canto
The “Valfino al canto” festival was born in 1995. Since its first editions, local filmmakers have wanted to tell its story through documentation that today constitutes an audiovisual and cultural heritage of extraordinary value. In the course of its history, the autonomous documentation of its users and, for some editions, that planned by its organisers, makes it possible to restore in this
collection an initial selection of significant examples.
La saltarella | The “saltarella”
La saltarella, localmente chiamata ssaldarellë, è il ballo che maggiormente contraddistingue l’area culturale delle valli orientali del Gran Sasso. È un ballo che si sviluppa su uno spazio circolare a moduli improvvisativi, in cui si distinguono due parti alternate, una di delimitazione dello spazio e l’altra di relazione frontale chiamata flurettë, il piccolo fiore.
The saltarella, locally called ssaldarellë, is the dance that most characterises the cultural area of the
eastern valleys of the Gran Sasso. It is a dance that develops on a circular space with
improvisational modules, in which two alternating parts can be distinguished, one delimiting the
space and the other frontal called flurettë, the little flower.
Altri balli | Other dances
Nell’area di Arsita e delle valli contigue sono praticate diverse forme coreutiche, dai balli allacciati quali lu ddenzë, la polca a passetto, la marcia, la mazurca e valzer, al ballo cantato denominato ballo della sala, al ballo del fesso, alle danze in funzione cerimoniale come la quadriglia.
Various forms of dances are practised in the area of Arsita and in the neighbouring valleys, from laced dances such as lu ddenzë, the polka a passetto, the march, mazurka and waltz, to the sung
dance known as the ballroom dance, the “fesso” dance, and dances with a ceremonial function such as the quadrille.