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