Fiore de Virtu |
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a ballo for four |
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Source: AW Smith (PBN), reconstructed by
Dafydd Cyhoeddwr |
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Music: Alta Danza (2 measures intro) |
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Starting position: side
by side (MWMW) |
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Section 1: |
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1-4 |
4 doppi (left, right, left, right); at the end, the men mezavolta to face
their partner |
5-8 |
The men take the women by the right hand and circle with 4 pive, left,
right, left, right |
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at the end, the men should be facing down (reverse the direction they
started the dance), women facing up |
9&10 |
Do 2 saltarelli, left and right, away from each other; mezavolta at the
end to face each other |
11&12 |
2 riprese, left and right |
13 |
2 continentie, left and right |
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Section 2: |
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14-17 |
Approach and pass (men between the women) with 4 saltarelli, left, right,
left, right; mezavolta to face |
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Riverentia, left |
19-21 |
Approach with 3 riprese portogallesi (flanking), left, right, left, so
that everyone ends up in their original places |
22&23 |
Everyone volta del gioioso (2 sempi, right and left, and a ripresa right) |
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Riverentia, left; all face your partner at the end |
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Section 3: |
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25-28 |
The men take their partner by the right hand and circle with 4 pive,
left, right, left, right |
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at the end (possibly using that last piva), the men switch to the other
woman |
29-32 |
The men circle with the other woman with 4 pive, left, right, left, right |
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at the end (as above), the men switch back to their partner |
33-36 |
The men circle with their partner with 4 pive, left, right, left, right;
end up facing up and down in a line |
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Section 4: |
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37 |
The men perform a scosso, the women respond |
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All draw back with a doppio, right |
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All do a voltatonda with a doppio, left, turning back together to line
up, all facing opposite from the start |
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Alta Danza repeats (though the instructions do not specify this, and as
such, don't say whether the women |
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should take the lead) |