| Venus | |
| a bassadanza for three by Lorenzo di Piero di Cosimo de Medici | |
| Source: AW Smith, reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | |
| Music: Forse che si, forse che no | |
| Starting position: side by side | |
| Section 1: | |
| 1 | Two continenze, left and right |
| 2 | Two sempi, left and right - at the end, the middle person does a mezavolta |
| 3&4 | The middle does two riprese portogallesi (diagonally), left and right |
| While the ends to two doppi, left and right, forward | |
| Everyone mezavolta at the end to face each other | |
| 5&6 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 7 | Doppio left to approach (not too close) |
| 8&9 | Volta del goioso (two sempi, right and left, to turn, riprese right to place) |
| 10 | Middle approaches (but doesn't reach) in two sempi, left and right |
| While the ends riverentia left | |
| 11&12 | Middle takes right hands with the end on the right and circles in two doppi, left and right |
| 13&14 | Middle takes left hands with the end on the left and circles in two doppi, left and right, ending up between the ends and facing with them |
| Section 2: | |
| 15&16 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 17 | Riverentia left - at the end, the ends do a mezavolta |
| 18&19 | Middle does two doppi, left and right, forward |
| While the ends do two riprese portogallesi (diagonally), left and right | |
| Everyone mezavolta at the end to face each other | |
| 20&21 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 22&23 | Two saltarelli, left and right (in bassadanza time) to pass, middle going between the ends |
| 24 | Riverentia left, mezavolta to face |
| Section 3: | |
| 25&26 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 27 | Two sempi, left and right, to approach (but not meet - end up about a step apart) |
| 28 | Riverentia left |
| 29 | Middle does a sempio, left, and a mezavolta to end up even with the ends and facing as they face |
| 30&31 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 32 | Riverentia left |
| Dance repeats | |