Bialre di Chastiglia (Bialte di Castilia - Beautiful Castile) |
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a balletto for three |
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Source: AW Smith (NYP mms), reconstructed
by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr |
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Music: Alta Danza (has intro) |
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Starting position: in a
triangle (shallow?), each about a yard from the next |
E1 |
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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 |
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E2 |
Section 1: |
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End 1 goes forward two sempi, left and right |
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End 1 continues a doppio left with a mezavolta at the end to face the
others |
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End 1 and middle riverentia, right, to each other |
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End 1 does a volta with a doppio, right |
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Middle goes forward two sempi, left and right |
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Middle continues a doppio left with a mezavolta at the end to face End 2 |
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Middle and End 2 riverentia, right, to each other |
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Middle does a volta with a doppio, right |
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End 2 goes forward two sempi, left and right |
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End 2 continues a doppio left, and turns to face End 1 |
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End 2 riverentias right to both End 1 and Middle, who both respond |
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End 2 does a volta with a doppio, right |
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All together do two sempi (left and right) |
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Doppio left |
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Doppio right |
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Doppio left, coming together (ending up a braccia from each other) |
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Riprese francesi, right |
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Riprese francesi, left |
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Voltatonda with a doppio, right |
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Doppio, left, to draw together again |
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Riprese francesi, right and |
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Riprese francesi, left - in the process, Mid goes
between the ends to the front, while E1 |
Mid |
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goes to the back and E2 slides over to be the middle |
E2 |
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All together do two sempi (left and right) |
E1 |
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Doppio, left |
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Section 2: |
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E2 |
25-48 |
Repeat 1-24 with the new order. At the end, switch
as before - E2 goes between the |
E1 |
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others to the front, Mid goes to the back,
and E1 slides over to the middle |
Mid |
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Section 3: |
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49-72 |
Repeat 1-24 with the new order. At the end, switch
as before to end up where you started - |
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E1 goes between the ends to the
front, E2 goes to the back, and Mid slides over to the middle |
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Section 4: |
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73-75 |
Together, do four piva ahead, left, right, left, right, mezavolta at the
end |
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Together, do four more piva, left, right, left, right. |
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End 1 does four meze riprese to the left (draws thus to
the side) |
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Middle does the same |
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End 2 does the same |
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Middle and End 1 (in front) touch right hands in a riverentia (left) |
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Middle and End 2 (in back) touch right hands in a riverentia (left) |
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All perform a volta with a doppio to the right |
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(note - this quad is *not* completed - be ready for that) |
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Section 5: |
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95-98 |
Together, do four piva forward, left, right, left, right, mezavolta at
the end |
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Do four more piva left, right, left, right |
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End 1 "slips" to the left with four meze riprese |
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Middle does the same |
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End 2 does the same |
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End 1 does a doppio, left, arcing slightly to face to the left |
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Middle does a doppio left, arcing slightly to face to the right |
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End 2 does a doppio, left, arcing slightly to face to the rear |
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All do a doppio, right, to face toward each other |
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End (doesn't repeat, since everyone has initiated the figures of the
dance) |
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