Fiore de Virtu
a ballo for four
Source: AW Smith (PBN), reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr
Music: Alta Danza (2 measures intro)
Starting position: side by side (MWMW)
Section 1:
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
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
Section 2:
14-17 Approach and pass (men between the women) with 4 saltarelli, left, right, left, right; mezavolta to face
18 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)
24 Riverentia, left; all face your partner at the end
Section 3:
25-28 The men take their partner by the right hand and circle with 4 pive, left, right, left, right
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
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
Section 4:
37 The men perform a scosso, the women respond
38 All draw back with a doppio, right
39 All do a voltatonda with a doppio, left, turning back together to line up, all facing opposite from the start
Alta Danza repeats (though the instructions do not specify this, and as such, don't say whether the women
should take the lead)