Tarantella

Tarantella - using Neapolitan minor scale - Tarantella or "dance of the spider" is a lively dance in 6/8 time. It gets its name from the Italian port of Taranto, as does the tarantula. The old folk belief is that frenzied dancing was required to avoid death after a tarantula bite. Eventually the Tarantella transformed from dance to cure sickness to a couple's dance performed at celebrations. It is now considered unlucky to dance the Tarantella alone so it is often danced by couples or by two women.