Notte Taranta focuses on hope, 'Back to dance'

(ANSA) - MELPIGNANO, AUG 23 - The tambourines vibrated on the notes of the Salento pizzica last night for the recording of the concert of the Notte della Taranta, without public due to the anti-covid measures. Not as strong as in the past, when hundreds of thousands crowded the square of Melpignano. Not like in the future, it was the wish of all: "Next year we will go back to dancing".
    In its 23rd edition, the Taranta has turned into a tale. In a theatrical, poetic show, with less disruptive tones than usual. The show will be broadcast on Rai 2 at 10.50pm on 28 August. The narrator chosen by the LaNotte della Taranta Foundation and the concertmaster Paolo Buonvino, the Apulian actor Sergio Rubini, has been the glue between the various moments of music and dance. Three super guests: Mahmood, Diodato and Gianna Nannini. The first chose a song in Arabic, a childhood memory that links him to his origins and to his relationship with his father. Diodato, on the other hand, sang a classic from the Salento repertoire: Beddhra Ci Dormi, a melodic love song. A certainty, the rock soul of Gianna Nannini, explosive with her "Fimmene Fimmene", a fighting cry of the women of the past who worked in the tobacco fields. Women who managed to fight for their rights. (HANDLE).