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 31, 2008
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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