Amoroso (a slight variation) |
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a ballo for two |
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Source: AW Smith (2 mms) |
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Music: various |
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Starting
position: side
by side, holding hands |
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Section 1: |
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1-12 |
12 pive, beginning left; drop hands |
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Section 2: |
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13 |
The man leaves his partner with 2 sempi, left and right, |
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1 piva, left, |
15&16 |
and 3 sempi, right, left, right (resting for the balance
of the 16th measure if it is a whole measure) |
17-20 |
The woman catches up with the same set of steps: 2 sempi,
a piva, and 3 sempi, starting left |
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Section 3: |
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21-23 |
The man leaves his partner again, this time with 3 pive,
left, right, left, |
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and 1 sempio, left (resting for the balance of the measure
if it is a whole measure) |
25-28 |
The woman catches up with the same set of steps: 3 pive
and a sempi |
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Section 4: |
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29&30 |
The man leaves his partner again with 2 sempi, left and
right, and 1 piva, left, |
31&32 |
and continues with 3 sempi, right, left, right, with a
mezavolta at the end to face his partner |
33 |
They both riverentia (the man low to the ground) |
34-36 |
The man circles without getting any closer to his partner
for 3 pive, left, right, left, |
37 |
and a final sempio, right (resting for the balance of the
measure if it is a whole measure) |
38&39 |
The woman goes toward the man with 2 sempi, left and
right, and a piva, left, |
40&41 |
and continues for 3 sempi, right, left, right, with a
mezavolta at the end to face her partner |
42 |
They both riverentia (the man low to the ground) |
43&44 |
The woman approaches her partner with 2 pive, left and
right |
45&46 |
They both approach each other with a piva, left, and a
sempio, right, ending up next to each other. |
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If the dance repeats, the woman leads the second time
through. |
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