Showing posts with label reconstructions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reconstructions. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Figlia di Guglielmino

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.

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

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)

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

Monday, March 31, 2008

Mignotta Vecchia

Mignotta Vecchia
Basse dance for a line of couples

Music has:
21 bars of bassadanze
Music can be found here

1 -- 2 continentie (L,R)
2 -- 2 sempi (L,R)
3-4 -- 2 doppi (L,R)
5 -- 2 continentie (L,R)

6-7 -- 2 doppi (L,R)
8 -- 2 continentie (L,R)
9 -- Ripresa L
10 -- 2 sempi (R,L), turning to the right to face the other way
11 -- Doppio R
12-13 -- Ripresa (L,R), turning to face the other way

14 -- 2 continentie (L,R)
15-16 -- 2 saltarelli (L,R)
17 -- Doppio L
18 -- Ripresa R
19-20 -- 2 doppi (L,R)
21 -- Riverentia L

Monday, March 17, 2008

Prigioniera

Prigioniera
For a man and a woman

In the style of Domenico:
Music has:
25 tempi bassadanza
8 tempi quadernaria
4 tempi saltarello

Bassadanza:
1 -- 2 continentie (L,R)
2-3.5 -- 3 sempi (L,R,L)
3.5-4.5 -- Doppio R
4.5 -- Riverentia L
5.5-9 -- Repeat above section

10 -- Man goes away from his partner with 2 sempi (L,R)
11-12 -- Man continues away with 2 doppi leading with the same foot (L) (These sound like contrapassi, second double has to be same foot as the first for the feet to work out later on)
13-15 -- Woman move towards her partner with the same steps, but leading with the right. Man turns to face woman at the end of this
Man passes in front of the woman, woman behind to change places with the following steps (Taking hands here is suggested as optional by Domenico)
16 -- 2 sempi (L,R)
17 -- Riverentia L

18-25 -- Repeat 10-17 with roles reversed (woman away with L foot first)

Quadernaria:
1-4 -- 8 piva (starting L)

5 -- Man movimento, woman respond
6 -- Ripresa away from each other (Domenico has passiti away from each other here, but riprese are what we have learnt in the past so I prefer not to change it - other later manuscripts use riprese here)
7 -- Woman movimento, man respond
8 -- Ripresa away from each other

Saltarello:
1 -- Saltarello towards each other and take usual hands
2-4 -- 3 more saltarelli

The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)

Many versions of the music for this dance repeat the first section once at the end, it is shown this way in some of the manuscripts - possibly for the purpose of repeating the dance, or possibly because it is in fact supposed to be danced again at the end

Anello

Anello
For 2 men and 2 women - 2 couples spaced 4 steps apart (front couple with woman on the left)

In the style of Domenico:
Music has:
28 tempi piva
22 tempi quadernaria

Piva:
1-16 -- 8 saltarelli (2 tempi per saltarello). On the final saltarello all turn to face in towards each other (as if in a circle)the women
17 -- Men movimento
18 -- Women movimento
19-22 --Men change places with 2 saltarelli (2 tempi per saltarello)
23 -- Women movimento
24 -- Men movimento
25-28 -- Women change places with 2 saltarelli (2 tempi per saltarello)

Quadernaria:
1 -- Men movimento
2 -- Women movimento
3-4 -- Men turn on the spot with a doppio5 -- Women movimento
6 -- Men movimento
7-8 -- Women turn on the spot with a doppio

9-12 -- Men do 4 piva behind their partner around the outside of the circle to change places with each other
13-16 -- Women do 4 piva behind their partner around the outside of the circle to change places with each other
17 -- Men movimento
18 -- Women movimento
19 -- Men movimento
20 -- Women movimento
21-22 Men ripresa right and take partners by the hand.

The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)

Monday, March 3, 2008

Reale

Reale
Bassa dance for two

In the style of Ambrosio
Music has:
18 bars of bassadanza

1 -- 2 sempi (L,R)
2-5 -- 4 doppi (L,R,L,R)
6 -- Ripresa L
7 -- 2 sempi (R,L)
8 -- 1 doppio (R)
9-10 -- 2 riprese (L,R)
11 -- 2 sempi (L,R)
12 -- 1 doppio (L)
13 -- Riverentia R
14 -- 2 sempi backwards (R,L)
15-16 -- 2 riprese (L,R)
17-18 -- 4 continentie (L,R,L,R)

Summary:
SSDDDDR SSDRR SSDrev (SS - backwards)RRCCCC

Monday, February 18, 2008

Leoncello

Leoncello
For two

In the style of Domenico:
Music has:
20 tempi quadernaria
13 tempi bassadanza
1 tempo quadernaria

Quadernaria:
1-6 -- 6 saltarelli, starting

7 -- Man movimento, woman respond with a movimento
8 -- Man pass in front of woman to stand to her right with a saltarello, turning to face forwards
9 -- Woman movimento, man respond with a movimento
10 -- Woman pass in front of man to stand to his right with a saltarello, turning to face forwards

11-12 -- Man 4 sempi away from his partner
13 -- Man doppio away from his partner
14-16 -- Woman follow with the same steps

17-18 -- Man 3 contrapassi on the left, away from his partner
19-20 -- Woman follow with the same steps

Bassadanza:
1-3 -- Man 2 sempi and 2 doppi away from his partner
4-6 -- Woman follow with the same steps

Take hands
7-8 -- 2 riprese
9 -- 2 sempi (These steps have been added to make this section 7 bars long as required by the text of Domenico. They appear many other Italian sources, and there is no other indication of what the missing bar may have contained)
10-11 -- 2 doppi
12-13 -- 2 riprese

Quadernaria:
1 -- Man movimento, woman respond

The end (repeat, woman leading? This dance doesn't specify this but many others do, and most recordings of music go through twice)