LABORATORIO DI PIZZICA CON ANDREA DE SIENA

**From San Vito dei Normanni to Salento, from Southern Italy to the Mediterranean.**

The workshop aims to provide an introduction to the **traditional dances of Southern Italy** within the context of Mediterranean dances.

The objective is to discover the uniqueness of the **pizzica pizzica**, starting from San Vito dei Normanni, Andrea's hometown, and extending to the performance styles of central and southern Puglia.

The first part includes a warm-up to facilitate the **learning of the steps**; thereafter, the rhythms of the **tarantella** will be introduced, and we will attempt to establish a step code based on key concepts of traditional dance; this will be followed by a section dedicated to arm movements, then another focused on **partner dance** and its dynamics (from technical to symbolic aspects); the final part, which is also the aim of the session, will be dedicated to dancing and applying the elements discussed during the meeting.

Andrea's method was the subject of a Philosophy degree thesis, presented in a work titled “*Pizzica between Analog and Digital Language. Multimodal Teaching Method Notebook*.”

There are no age or level restrictions.

**HOW TO PARTICIPATE**

The workshop will take place on **Saturday, December 18, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in Bari at the CRAL Regione Puglia venue on Via Unità D’Italia No. 24/b.**

The **fee** for participation is **€20** (plus **€1** for 2025 membership with **pizzica.me APS**).

**Reservation is mandatory** due to the limited number of available spots.

**To reserve**, contact the following numbers via WhatsApp:

Alessandra: 339 361 90 19
Pietro: 346 941 09 34

**For parking**, we recommend the ex-caserma Rossani parking lot on Corso Benedetto Croce or the Palazzo Giallo Oro parking at the corner of Via Unità d’Italia with extramurale Capruzzi.

Comfortable clothing is suggested, with dance or sports shoes preferred over bare feet.

**ANDREA DE SIENA - Biography**

A dancer from San Vito dei Normanni, he is among the leading interpreters of **Salento's traditional dance** of the latest generation. His notable artistic experiences include a longstanding collaboration with the Italian Popular Orchestra of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, participation in the 2014 Night of the Taranta, trips to Japan (Agon, 2016) and China (Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, 2018) as a dancer and choreographer of international shows, and a stable collaboration with the Popular Orchestra of Saltarello. In 2022, he won the Ethnos Gener/Azioni choreographic award with the choreography TRADERE. He teaches regularly in Rome (La Contrada, Teatro Greco di Roma), Barcelona (in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute), Paris (in collaboration with Giulia Pesole and ARTA), Milan (Mediterranea Danza e Arti), and Naples (in collaboration with Tradina). He is currently working on projects: Scuola di Pizzica di San Vito, which he co-founded; RomaTrad; La Contrada studio, where he serves as director; New Generation Trad of the World Music Academy, where he is the dance representative.
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