Figlia di Guglielmino for two (La Fia)
For two
Music has:
10 tempi quadernaria
10 tempi bassadanza
5 tempi quadernaria
10 tempi piva
Quadernaria:
1 -- 3 fast sempi, 2 fast continentie (sempi take one beat each, 2 continentie take the remaining beat)
2 -- repeat on other foot
3 -- Drop hands, woman turn to face rear, 2 sempi - man to the front, woman to the rear
4 -- Diagonal Ripresa L, right shoulder pointing towards partner
5 -- Doppio R back to partner, man turning to face forwards at the end
6-10 -- Repeat all
Bassadanza:
1-2 -- Take right hands, 2 sempi (L,R), riverentia L
Pass one another while exchanging places, man going to rear and woman forwards
3 -- 2 sempi (L,R)
4-5 -- 2 doppi (L,R), turn to face the other way at the end
6 -- Ripresa L, turn to the left to face away from each other
7 -- Ripresa R
8-9 -- 2 doppi (L,R), turn to face other way at end
10 -- Riverentia L
Quadernaria:
1 -- Woman doppio L
2 -- Man doppio L
3 -- Woman doppio
4 -- Man sempio L, woman sempio L
5 -- Man saltarello L in a circle on the spot
Piva:
1-3 -- Woman 3 piva (L,R,L) in a circle on the spot
4 -- Man hop
5 -- Piva R
6 -- Sempio L
7 -- Woman movimento
8-9 -- 2 piva (R,L)
10 -- Sempio R
The end.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Ingrata
Ingrata
For 2 men and 1 woman (side by side m-w-m)
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
10 tempi saltarello
4 tempi quadernaria
1 tempo piva
4 tempi saltarello
16 tempi bassadanza
15 tempi saltarello
Saltarello:
1 -- Wait, this is an introductory bar.
2-10 -- 9 saltarelli (starting R)
Quadernaria:
1-2 -- Woman does 4 sempi forward starting with the left foot
3-4 -- Men catch up with 4 sempi
Piva:
1 -- Woman turn to face the other way with 2 fast sempi
Saltarello
1-4 -- All do 4 saltarelli. Men and woman will be going in opposite directions
Bassadanza:
1-2 -- 2 Riprese (L,R), turning 180° to the right
Next part travels back towards each other
3-4 -- 2 Sempi (L,R), doppio L
5-6 -- Turn with 2 sempi (R,L), ripresa R (This is a volta del goioso)
7-10 -- Repeat bars 3-6
In the next 4 bars the men and woman will pass each other and continue on
11-14 -- 4 doppi (L,R,L,R)
15-16 -- 2 Riprese (L,R), turning 180° to the right
Quadernaria:
The first 9 bars of this section travel towards each other, ending in a triangle
1 -- 2 Sempi (L,R)
2-3 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
4-6 -- Repeat bars 1-3
7-9 -- Repeat bars 1-3
10-12 -- Woman and man to her right circle each other with 3 piva (clockwise)
13-14 -- Woman and other man circle in 2 piva (clockwise)
15 -- All Movimento
The End
For 2 men and 1 woman (side by side m-w-m)
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
10 tempi saltarello
4 tempi quadernaria
1 tempo piva
4 tempi saltarello
16 tempi bassadanza
15 tempi saltarello
Saltarello:
1 -- Wait, this is an introductory bar.
2-10 -- 9 saltarelli (starting R)
Quadernaria:
1-2 -- Woman does 4 sempi forward starting with the left foot
3-4 -- Men catch up with 4 sempi
Piva:
1 -- Woman turn to face the other way with 2 fast sempi
Saltarello
1-4 -- All do 4 saltarelli. Men and woman will be going in opposite directions
Bassadanza:
1-2 -- 2 Riprese (L,R), turning 180° to the right
Next part travels back towards each other
3-4 -- 2 Sempi (L,R), doppio L
5-6 -- Turn with 2 sempi (R,L), ripresa R (This is a volta del goioso)
7-10 -- Repeat bars 3-6
In the next 4 bars the men and woman will pass each other and continue on
11-14 -- 4 doppi (L,R,L,R)
15-16 -- 2 Riprese (L,R), turning 180° to the right
Quadernaria:
The first 9 bars of this section travel towards each other, ending in a triangle
1 -- 2 Sempi (L,R)
2-3 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
4-6 -- Repeat bars 1-3
7-9 -- Repeat bars 1-3
10-12 -- Woman and man to her right circle each other with 3 piva (clockwise)
13-14 -- Woman and other man circle in 2 piva (clockwise)
15 -- All Movimento
The End
Monday, June 30, 2008
Belriguardo
Belriguardo
For a man and a woman
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
12 tempi saltarelli (Domenico actually gives 16 bars of music, but only steps for 12. Since the recording we have has 12 bars I have used a 12 bar interpretation)
24 tempi bassadanza
Saltarelli:
1 -- Wait
2-12 -- 11 saltarelli (starting right)
Bassadanza:
1-4 -- 4 doppi (L,R,L,R)
5-6 -- 3 contrapassi L
7 -- 2 sempi (R,L)
8-9 -- 3 contrapassi R
10-11 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
12-13 -- 2 saltarelli (L,R) (these are slow)
14-15 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
16-19 -- Repeat saltarelli and riprese
20-- 2 sempi (L,R)
21 -- Doppio L
22 -- Ripresa R
23 -- 2 Continentie (L,R)
24 -- Riverentia L
The end.
(repeat? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice - do 12 saltarelli at the beginning, starting with the left foot)
For a man and a woman
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
12 tempi saltarelli (Domenico actually gives 16 bars of music, but only steps for 12. Since the recording we have has 12 bars I have used a 12 bar interpretation)
24 tempi bassadanza
Saltarelli:
1 -- Wait
2-12 -- 11 saltarelli (starting right)
Bassadanza:
1-4 -- 4 doppi (L,R,L,R)
5-6 -- 3 contrapassi L
7 -- 2 sempi (R,L)
8-9 -- 3 contrapassi R
10-11 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
12-13 -- 2 saltarelli (L,R) (these are slow)
14-15 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
16-19 -- Repeat saltarelli and riprese
20-- 2 sempi (L,R)
21 -- Doppio L
22 -- Ripresa R
23 -- 2 Continentie (L,R)
24 -- Riverentia L
The end.
(repeat? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice - do 12 saltarelli at the beginning, starting with the left foot)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Marchesana
Marchesana
For a man and a woman
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
12 tempi quadernaria
13 tempi bassa danza (Domenico states 12.5 bars, but gives music for 13)
6 tempi quadernaria
Quadernaria:
1-8 -- 8 saltarelli (last two saltarelli are a different tune)
9-10 -- Man goes away with 3 steps (L,R,L), and a saltarello R
11-12 -- Woman catches up with the same steps
Bassadanza:
1-2 -- 2 Riprese
3-4 -- Take right hands and do 2 sempi (L,R), and a doppio L
5 -- change hands, ripresa R
6-7 -- 2 Sempi (L,R), Doppio L
8 -- Drop hands ard ripresa R (Domenico has one sempio here - making half a bar. Other manuscripts give a ripresa, so I have used this to fill the 13 bars of music)
9-10 -- 2 Doppii away from each other (L,R), turning to face at the end
11-12 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
13 -- 2 Continenzi (L,R)
Quadernaria:
1 -- Man movimento, Woman respond with a movimento
2 -- Doppio L towards each other
3 -- Woman movimento, Man respond with a movimento
4 -- Doppio L towards each other
5 -- Doppio L, circling each other
6 -- Leap onto the right foot, ending up side by side as at the beginning of the dance
The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)
For a man and a woman
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
12 tempi quadernaria
13 tempi bassa danza (Domenico states 12.5 bars, but gives music for 13)
6 tempi quadernaria
Quadernaria:
1-8 -- 8 saltarelli (last two saltarelli are a different tune)
9-10 -- Man goes away with 3 steps (L,R,L), and a saltarello R
11-12 -- Woman catches up with the same steps
Bassadanza:
1-2 -- 2 Riprese
3-4 -- Take right hands and do 2 sempi (L,R), and a doppio L
5 -- change hands, ripresa R
6-7 -- 2 Sempi (L,R), Doppio L
8 -- Drop hands ard ripresa R (Domenico has one sempio here - making half a bar. Other manuscripts give a ripresa, so I have used this to fill the 13 bars of music)
9-10 -- 2 Doppii away from each other (L,R), turning to face at the end
11-12 -- 2 Riprese (L,R)
13 -- 2 Continenzi (L,R)
Quadernaria:
1 -- Man movimento, Woman respond with a movimento
2 -- Doppio L towards each other
3 -- Woman movimento, Man respond with a movimento
4 -- Doppio L towards each other
5 -- Doppio L, circling each other
6 -- Leap onto the right foot, ending up side by side as at the beginning of the dance
The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Ball + Collegium advert
Join us for a day of learning crowned by a ball in the style of 1459 Florence.
Date: Saturday September 6. Collegium: 10-5 Ball: begins 7pm
Location: Bishopdale Community Centre, Upstairs (above the library), Bishopdale Shopping Mall, 129 Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale, Christchurch.
Cost: $10 member / $12 non-member for ball or collegium, $16 member/$18 non-member for both
To book: contact me (Lady Amalie: amyzeta@yahoo.com)
Bookings for the ball close Saturday August 30. Bookings may be required for some classes at the Collegium; details closer to the event
Please make cheques payable to "SCA - Barony of Southron Gaard"
The collegium will offer a range of classes, details forthcoming closer to the time. Please contact Lady Mathilda de Villiers (charlene@paradise.gen.nz) if you would like to lead a workshop, class, or discussion group at Collegium. The more the merrier! The collegium will be self catered but there are many options for eating in the adjacent mall.
The ball will include the Baronial quarter day court and a supper prepared by THL Taddea di Giorgio Mellini. The ball itself will consist of bassa dances and balli from the manuscripts of Domenico and Cornazano. These dances will be taught at the Baronial dance practices on Tuesdays, starting 7:30 pm, in the coming weeks. No experience is necessary! You can also check out reconstructions of the dances we have taught so far on this website.
Bus routes 10, 14 and 15 go to the mall and the Orbiter passes nearby.
Date: Saturday September 6. Collegium: 10-5 Ball: begins 7pm
Location: Bishopdale Community Centre, Upstairs (above the library), Bishopdale Shopping Mall, 129 Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale, Christchurch.
Cost: $10 member / $12 non-member for ball or collegium, $16 member/$18 non-member for both
To book: contact me (Lady Amalie: amyzeta@yahoo.com)
Bookings for the ball close Saturday August 30. Bookings may be required for some classes at the Collegium; details closer to the event
Please make cheques payable to "SCA - Barony of Southron Gaard"
The collegium will offer a range of classes, details forthcoming closer to the time. Please contact Lady Mathilda de Villiers (charlene@paradise.gen.nz) if you would like to lead a workshop, class, or discussion group at Collegium. The more the merrier! The collegium will be self catered but there are many options for eating in the adjacent mall.
The ball will include the Baronial quarter day court and a supper prepared by THL Taddea di Giorgio Mellini. The ball itself will consist of bassa dances and balli from the manuscripts of Domenico and Cornazano. These dances will be taught at the Baronial dance practices on Tuesdays, starting 7:30 pm, in the coming weeks. No experience is necessary! You can also check out reconstructions of the dances we have taught so far on this website.
Bus routes 10, 14 and 15 go to the mall and the Orbiter passes nearby.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Gelosia
Gelosia
For three women and three men - three couples, spaced three steps apart
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
26 tempi quadernaria
1-8 -- Eight saltarelli (text gives six saltarelli, music has appropriate repeats for eight and other versions have varying numbers)
9-10 -- 1st man 3 contrapassi L around in front of his partner to touch the hand of the 2nd woman
11 -- 1st man Riverentia L, 2nd man saltarello R to be next to 1st woman
12-13 -- 1st man 3 contrapassi in front of 2nd woman to be next to 3rd woman, touching hands
14 -- 1st man riverentia L, 3nd man saltarello R to be next to 2nd woman.
15 -- 1st man 1st man goes behind 3rd woman to be on her left with a saltarello
16-19 -- 8 Piva
20 -- 1st man and 1st woman turn on the spot
21 -- 2nd man and 2nd woman the same
22 -- 3rd man and 3rd woman the same
23-24 -- Partners take right hands, 3 sempi (R,L,R) to change places
25-26 -- Change hands, 3 sempi (L,R,L) back to place
Repeat from the beginning, all men have changed places. Dance 3 times in total to get back to original places.
For three women and three men - three couples, spaced three steps apart
In the style of Domenico
Music has:
26 tempi quadernaria
1-8 -- Eight saltarelli (text gives six saltarelli, music has appropriate repeats for eight and other versions have varying numbers)
9-10 -- 1st man 3 contrapassi L around in front of his partner to touch the hand of the 2nd woman
11 -- 1st man Riverentia L, 2nd man saltarello R to be next to 1st woman
12-13 -- 1st man 3 contrapassi in front of 2nd woman to be next to 3rd woman, touching hands
14 -- 1st man riverentia L, 3nd man saltarello R to be next to 2nd woman.
15 -- 1st man 1st man goes behind 3rd woman to be on her left with a saltarello
16-19 -- 8 Piva
20 -- 1st man and 1st woman turn on the spot
21 -- 2nd man and 2nd woman the same
22 -- 3rd man and 3rd woman the same
23-24 -- Partners take right hands, 3 sempi (R,L,R) to change places
25-26 -- Change hands, 3 sempi (L,R,L) back to place
Repeat from the beginning, all men have changed places. Dance 3 times in total to get back to original places.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Belfiore
Belfiore
For two men and a woman in a line (M-W-M)
In the style of Domenico
Music has:15 tempi quadernaria
3 tempi piva
3 tempi quadernaria
15 tempi piva
Quadernaria:
1-12 -- 12 piva
13 -- 1st man doppio L away from the other two
14 -- Woman doppio L to catch up
15 -- Last man doppio L to catch up
Piva:
1 -- 1st man movimento
2 -- Woman movimento
3 -- Last man moviemento
Quadernaria:
1 -- 1st man turn around to the left with 4 small sempi (360°)
2 -- Woman do the same
3 -- Last man do the same
Piva:
1-3 -- 1st man 3 piva to the other end of the line (anti-clockwise)
4-6 -- Woman do the same
7-9 -- Last man do the same
10-11 -- First man doppio R to other end of line (anti-clockwise), at the same time last man doppio L to first man's place
12-15 -- Woman circle around last man (or man to her right) anti-clockwise, then pass between the men and up to the other end with 4 piva
For two men and a woman in a line (M-W-M)
In the style of Domenico
Music has:15 tempi quadernaria
3 tempi piva
3 tempi quadernaria
15 tempi piva
Quadernaria:
1-12 -- 12 piva
13 -- 1st man doppio L away from the other two
14 -- Woman doppio L to catch up
15 -- Last man doppio L to catch up
Piva:
1 -- 1st man movimento
2 -- Woman movimento
3 -- Last man moviemento
Quadernaria:
1 -- 1st man turn around to the left with 4 small sempi (360°)
2 -- Woman do the same
3 -- Last man do the same
Piva:
1-3 -- 1st man 3 piva to the other end of the line (anti-clockwise)
4-6 -- Woman do the same
7-9 -- Last man do the same
10-11 -- First man doppio R to other end of line (anti-clockwise), at the same time last man doppio L to first man's place
12-15 -- Woman circle around last man (or man to her right) anti-clockwise, then pass between the men and up to the other end with 4 piva
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