Cupido |
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a bassadanza for four |
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Source: AW Smith (6 mms), reconstructed by
Dafydd Cyhoeddwr |
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Music: Forse che si (4 bar intro - the
dance begins when the multiple instruments begin) |
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Starting position: a
column of people, one behind the other, MWMW |
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Section 1: |
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1 |
2 sempi, left and right |
2&3 |
2 doppi, left and right; at the end, the men mezavolta to face the women |
4&5 |
All do 2 riprese, left and right |
6 |
Riverentia, left |
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Section 2: |
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7&8 |
The men take right hands with the women and circle, 2 sempi, left and
right, and 1 doppio, left |
9 |
All do a ripresa, right |
10&11 |
The men do two doppi, left and right |
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as the women do 4 continentie, left, right, left, right |
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at the end, everyone mezavolta |
12&13 |
All do 2 riprese, left and right |
14 |
Riverentia, left |
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Section 3: |
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15 |
All approach with 2 sempi, left and right |
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the men should end up next to the women - the men mezavolta to face with
the women |
16 |
Take hands and ripresa, left |
17&18 |
Drop hands and volta del gioioso (2 sempi, right and left, and a ripresa
right) |
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Riverentia, left |
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Dance repeats - second time through, the women take the lead parts. As
the dance begins, the |
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men fall in behind the women into the column - or possibly, during the
long riverentia, the |
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men "put" the women before them to reform the column |