Venus |
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a bassadanza for three by Lorenzo di Piero di Cosimo de Medici |
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Source: AW Smith, reconstructed by Dafydd
Cyhoeddwr |
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Music: Forse che si, forse che no |
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Starting position: side
by side |
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Section 1: |
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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 |
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While the ends to two doppi, left and right, forward |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 2: |
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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 |
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While the ends do two riprese portogallesi (diagonally), left and right |
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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 |
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Section 3: |
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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 |
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Dance repeats |