| Alesandresca | |
| a bassadanza for two by Guglielmo Ebreo | |
| Source: Smith's translation, reconstructed by Dafydd and Conandil. | |
| Music: Forse che si, forse che no, Alesandresca | |
| involved, but the beginning of the dance is very clear. | |
| Starting position: man in front of the woman, leading. | |
| Section 1: | |
| 1 | Two sempi (left and right) and a doppio (left) |
| 2 | Doppio (left) |
| 3&4 | Voltatonda with a sempio on the right and a doppio on the left (which starts in the middle of measure 3 and finishes |
| in the middle of measure 4), finishing measure 4 with a mezavolta to reverse positions (the woman is leading after | |
| this half-turn). | |
| 5&6 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 7 | Two continenze, left and right |
| 8-14 | Repeat all of the above, with the mezavolta in the middle returning the man to the lead position |
| Section 2: | |
| 15&16 | Shift to go right shoulder to right shoulder and circle with two sempi, left and right, and a doppio left |
| 17&18 | Reverse directions and circle left shoulder to left shoulder with two sempi, right and left, and a doppio right |
| 19&20 | Take right hands and circle with two sempi, left and right, and a doppio left |
| 21&22 | Take left hands and circle with two sempi, right and left, and a doppio right |
| Section 3: | |
| 23 | Riverentia on the left |
| 24 | Separate from each other with a sempio backwards on the left, the mezavolta on the right to face away from your partner |
| 25 | Ripresa left |
| 26 | Voltatonda in two sempi, right and left |
| 27 | Ripresa right (remain facing away from your partner throughout) |
| Section 4: | |
| 28&29 | Take two doppi, left and right, away from your partner, then mezavolta to face your partner again |
| 30&31 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 32 | Riverentia on the left |
| Section 5: | |
| 33 | Man movimento (scosso), woman responds |
| 34&35 | Approach your partner with two saltarelli, left and right (in bassadanza time) |
| 36 | Voltatonda in two sempi right and left |
| 37 | Ripresa right |
| 38 | Riverentia on the left, touching right hands, and at the end the woman adjusts so that she's once again in the lead of the pair |
| 39&40 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 41 | Riverentia on the left |
| The entire dance repeats with the Forse music - the second time, the roles are reversed. | |