| Bialre di Chastiglia (Bialte di Castilia - Beautiful Castile) | ||
| a balletto for three | ||
| Source: AW Smith (NYP mms), reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | ||
| Music: Alta Danza (has intro) | ||
| Starting position: in a triangle (shallow?), each about a yard from the next | E1 | |
| It seems as if it works: E1 in front, M in middle and to the side (right?), E2 in back, in line w/ E1 --> | Mid | |
| E2 | ||
| Section 1: | ||
| 1 | End 1 goes forward two sempi, left and right | |
| 2 | End 1 continues a doppio left with a mezavolta at the end to face the others | |
| 3 | End 1 and middle riverentia, right, to each other | |
| 4 | End 1 does a volta with a doppio, right | |
| 5 | Middle goes forward two sempi, left and right | |
| 6 | Middle continues a doppio left with a mezavolta at the end to face End 2 | |
| 7 | Middle and End 2 riverentia, right, to each other | |
| 8 | Middle does a volta with a doppio, right | |
| 9 | End 2 goes forward two sempi, left and right | |
| 10 | End 2 continues a doppio left, and turns to face End 1 | |
| 11 | End 2 riverentias right to both End 1 and Middle, who both respond | |
| 12 | End 2 does a volta with a doppio, right | |
| 13 | All together do two sempi (left and right) | |
| 14 | Doppio left | |
| 15 | Doppio right | |
| 16 | Doppio left, coming together (ending up a braccia from each other) | |
| 17 | Riprese francesi, right | |
| 18 | Riprese francesi, left | |
| 19 | Voltatonda with a doppio, right | |
| 20 | Doppio, left, to draw together again | |
| 21 | Riprese francesi, right and | |
| 22 | Riprese francesi, left - in the process, Mid goes between the ends to the front, while E1 | Mid |
| goes to the back and E2 slides over to be the middle | E2 | |
| 23 | All together do two sempi (left and right) | E1 |
| 24 | Doppio, left | |
| Section 2: | ||
| E2 | ||
| 25-48 | Repeat 1-24 with the new order. At the end, switch as before - E2 goes between the | E1 |
| others to the front, Mid goes to the back, and E1 slides over to the middle | Mid | |
| Section 3: | ||
| 49-72 | Repeat 1-24 with the new order. At the end, switch as before to end up where you started - | |
| E1 goes between the ends to the front, E2 goes to the back, and Mid slides over to the middle | ||
| Section 4: | ||
| 73-75 | Together, do four piva ahead, left, right, left, right, mezavolta at the end | |
| 76-79 | Together, do four more piva, left, right, left, right. | |
| 80-83 | End 1 does four meze riprese to the left (draws thus to the side) | |
| 84-87 | Middle does the same | |
| 88-91 | End 2 does the same | |
| 92 | Middle and End 1 (in front) touch right hands in a riverentia (left) | |
| 93 | Middle and End 2 (in back) touch right hands in a riverentia (left) | |
| 94 | All perform a volta with a doppio to the right | |
| (note - this quad is *not* completed - be ready for that) | ||
| Section 5: | ||
| 95-98 | Together, do four piva forward, left, right, left, right, mezavolta at the end | |
| 99-102 | Do four more piva left, right, left, right | |
| 103-106 | End 1 "slips" to the left with four meze riprese | |
| 107-110 | Middle does the same | |
| 111-114 | End 2 does the same | |
| 115 | End 1 does a doppio, left, arcing slightly to face to the left | |
| 116 | Middle does a doppio left, arcing slightly to face to the right | |
| 117 | End 2 does a doppio, left, arcing slightly to face to the rear | |
| 118 | All do a doppio, right, to face toward each other | |
| End (doesn't repeat, since everyone has initiated the figures of the dance) | ||