Medieval dance Saltarello. Mittelalter Tanz Saltarello. Medieval danza Saltarello

Medieval dance Saltarello. Mittelalter Tanze Saltarello. Medieval danza Saltarello. Saltarello is the 15th century Italian dance repertoire. The saltarello was a lively, merry dance first mentioned in Naples during the 14th century. The music survives, but no early instructions for the actual dance are known. It was played in a fast triple meter and is named for its peculiar leaping step, after the Italian verb saltare (“to jump“). Dance performed in Jotvos vartai festival. Alytus. Lithuania. Dance group