Explore the traditional dances of southern Italy. With Giulia Pesole and Francesco Quartuccio.
Dancer Giulia Pesole and musician Francesco Quartuccio invite you on a journey to discover the tarantellas, which are characterized by their festive, rhythmic, and circular nature.
Each tarantella has its own style, musical repertoire, and cultural significance, reflecting the unique characteristics of the region, context, and communities in which it developed.
Participants will be invited to experience the movements, rhythms, and conventions of some of these musical and choreographic practices, which are still very much alive today.
Giulia Pesole, Dancer and Movement Educator
A dancer and movement educator, Giulia Pesole has devoted herself for several years to exploring the oral traditions of central and southern Italy through an approach that is both artistic and educational. She is currently a doctoral student in research-creation at the University Research School (EUR) for Arts and Humanities at the Université Côte d’Azur.
As a co-founder of the artistic and educational collective RomaTrad in Rome and a member of the Teatro del Mediterraneo company, she develops projects focused on the transmission and artistic creation of movement and gestures from the traditional dances of central and southern Italy (pizziche, tammurriate, tarantellas, and saltarelle…), within a broader dialogue with Mediterranean traditions and cultures and the languages of contemporary creation.She performs regularly in Paris, notably in collaboration with ARTA, a school of theater and traditional arts, and has collaborated with the CND–Pantin as part of the “Ateliers partagés” series, as well as the “1KM de danse” and “FolkDanceParty” events at the Palais de Tokyo.
Francesco Quartuccio, musician, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
A musician, singer, and multi-instrumentalist originally from the Naples region and now based in Marseille, Francesco Quartuccio focuses his work on traditional music and popular repertoires from southern Italy. He specializes in singing, traditional percussion—tammorra and tamburello—as well as the diatonic accordion. His work centers on musical performance, research, and the transmission of repertoires derived from the oral tradition: tammurriate, tarantellas, work songs, festive songs, and serenades.
In Marseille, he serves as part of the artistic direction of the ABBAL collective (Arteteka company), which is dedicated to exploring the folk repertoires of southern Italy—from the Naples region to Calabria, Puglia, and Sicily—by combining music, dance, and participatory elements. He also leads workshops and cultural outreach projects, notably in collaboration with the Mucem and the Cité de la Musique in Marseille, focusing on singing, oral history, and traditional forms of storytelling (cantastorie).
His career has been marked by an ongoing dialogue between heritage and creativity: he simultaneously develops projects that blend Italian repertoires with other musical traditions—notably French, Breton, and Argentine—through an approach rooted in exchange and experimentation.
Explore the traditional dances of southern Italy. With Giulia Pesole and Francesco Quartuccio.
Dancer Giulia Pesole and musician Francesco Quartuccio invite you on a journey to discover the tarantellas, which are characterized by their festive, rhythmic, and circular nature.
Each tarantella has its own style, musical repertoire, and cultural significance, reflecting the unique characteristics of the region, context, and communities in which it developed.
Participants will be invited to experience the movements, rhythms, and conventions of some of these musical and choreographic practices, which are still very much alive today.
Giulia Pesole, Dancer and Movement Educator
A dancer and movement educator, Giulia Pesole has devoted herself for several years to exploring the oral traditions of central and southern Italy through an approach that is both artistic and educational. She is currently a doctoral student in research-creation at the University Research School (EUR) for Arts and Humanities at the Université Côte d’Azur.
As a co-founder of the artistic and educational collective RomaTrad in Rome and a member of the Teatro del Mediterraneo company, she develops projects focused on the transmission and artistic creation of movement and gestures from the traditional dances of central and southern Italy (pizziche, tammurriate, tarantellas, and saltarelle…), within a broader dialogue with Mediterranean traditions and cultures and the languages of contemporary creation.She performs regularly in Paris, notably in collaboration with ARTA, a school of theater and traditional arts, and has collaborated with the CND–Pantin as part of the “Ateliers partagés” series, as well as the “1KM de danse” and “FolkDanceParty” events at the Palais de Tokyo.
Francesco Quartuccio, musician, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
A musician, singer, and multi-instrumentalist originally from the Naples region and now based in Marseille, Francesco Quartuccio focuses his work on traditional music and popular repertoires from southern Italy. He specializes in singing, traditional percussion—tammorra and tamburello—as well as the diatonic accordion. His work centers on musical performance, research, and the transmission of repertoires derived from the oral tradition: tammurriate, tarantellas, work songs, festive songs, and serenades.
In Marseille, he serves as part of the artistic direction of the ABBAL collective (Arteteka company), which is dedicated to exploring the folk repertoires of southern Italy—from the Naples region to Calabria, Puglia, and Sicily—by combining music, dance, and participatory elements. He also leads workshops and cultural outreach projects, notably in collaboration with the Mucem and the Cité de la Musique in Marseille, focusing on singing, oral history, and traditional forms of storytelling (cantastorie).
His career has been marked by an ongoing dialogue between heritage and creativity: he simultaneously develops projects that blend Italian repertoires with other musical traditions—notably French, Breton, and Argentine—through an approach rooted in exchange and experimentation.
