Bella Gioiosa by Fabritio Caroso in Il
Ballarino |
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a cascarda for a set of
three dancers in a circle. |
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Reconstructed by Dafydd
Cyhoeddwr (4/1/2009) (and adjusted 7/9/2009) (and re-adjusted 9/16/2009) |
Music: |
Incantare by Musica Subterranea (not correctly arranged or repeated
for this reconstruction) |
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The structure for this must
be AABBB Ax9 - so far, you'll need to patch this together yourself |
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A music |
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Introduction |
4: |
Take hands around and
riverenza. |
4: |
Four trabuchetti starting
left. |
8: |
Countercircle over your
left shoulder with two sequiti spezzati, two passi, and a cadenza, starting
left |
A music |
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Traveling time |
8: |
Facing left in a wheel,
four seguiti spezzati starting left. |
8: |
Two scambiate (step, kick,
hop) left and right. |
B music 3
times |
4: |
Leader does seguito
spezzato left, turning over your left shoulder, and then cadenza. |
4: |
Person to right does
seguito spezzato left, turning over your left shoulder, and then cadenza. |
4: |
Last person does seguito
spezzato left, turning over your left shoulder, and then cadenza. |
A music |
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Solo figure: done by the leader only - this first time, that's the odd
gender out, or as designated |
4: |
Two passi forward, left and
right, and a cadenza |
4: |
Four trabuchetti starting
left (alternately, two seguiti battuti del canario can be substituted to show
off) |
8: |
A side-sequence of: two
riprese left, two trabuchetti left and right, a sequito spezzato to turn over
your left shoulder, finishing with a cadenza. |
A music |
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Solo figure: done by the person to the
right of the leader |
4: |
Two passi forward, left and
right, and a cadenza |
4: |
Four trabuchetti starting
left (alternately, two seguiti battuti del canario can be substituted to show
off) |
8: |
A side-sequence of: two
riprese left, two trabuchetti left and right, a sequito spezzato to turn over
your left shoulder, finishing with a cadenza. |
A music |
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Solo figure: done by the last person in the set |
4: |
Two passi forward, left and
right, and a cadenza |
4: |
Four trabuchetti starting
left (alternately, two seguiti battuti del canario can be substituted to show
off) |
8: |
A side-sequence of: two
riprese left, two trabuchetti left and right, a sequito spezzato to turn over
your left shoulder, finishing with a cadenza. |
A music |
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The "joust" (all dance again - turn left side in (the other two facing
the leader, optionally pointing fingers as a "lance") |
2: |
One sequito spezzato left,
forward |
2: |
One sequito spezzato right,
backward. |
4: |
Two seguiti spezzati left
and right to change places, leader between, and mezavolta to face again |
8: |
Joust the other way with a
sequito spezzato forward, one back, and two to change places, leader between |
A music |
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All together, the whole set
moving in a wheel to the left |
8: |
Two seguiti semidoppii
(passi, passi, spez) starting left |
8: |
A side-sequence left: two
riprese left, two trabucetti left and right, a seguito spezzato to turn over
your left shoulder, finishing with a cadenza |
A music |
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The set moving in a wheel
to the right: |
8: |
Two seguiti semidoppii
(passi, passi, spez) starting right |
8: |
A side-sequence right: two
riprese right, two trabucetti right and left, a seguito spezzato to turn over
your right shoulder, finishing with a cadenza |
A music |
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Strut your stuff |
4: |
Two fioretti a pie pari
left and right, two passi left and right, backwards |
4: |
Two seguiti spezzati left
and right to change places, leader between. |
4: |
Two fioretti a pie pari
right and left, two passi right and left, backwards. |
4: |
Two seguiti spezzati right
and left to change places, leader between. |
A music |
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Chaining |
12: |
Hey with six seguiti
spezzati (leader passes between then turns left). |
4: |
Two passi left and right
and a cadenza to adjust to place |
A music |
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Winding down |
4: |
Four trabuchetti starting
left. |
4: |
Four seguiti battuti del
canario starting left. |
8: |
A side-sequence left: (two
riprese left, two trabs, one left, one right, and a sequito spezzato to turn
over your left shoulder, finishing with a cadenza) |
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Note: |
There was a slight
retouching of my April reconstruction, having discovered that my
understanding of my translation was introducing an error with the joust. |
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A helpful, and more
accurate, translation of the original at KWDS VIII has convinced me that the
joust only has one leader, not all three, which reduces the number of A
repeats to 9 from the original 11. |
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And this is an even
slighter retouching of the above July reconstruction, having come to the
realization that the battuti steps were too slow, and that speeding them up
to proper speed eliminates the need for the ending refrain of the
"B" music. |
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While that last refrain was
once a clear indication that my translation fit the music better, there
really isn't any reason to retain it in the face of a terribly slowed down
battuti step. |
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Riverenza - 4 beat motion: 1 stand with or point left foot forward;
2 draw the left foot back, shifting weight to it; 3 lower the body, keeping
back straight; 4 rise and bring left foot even with right. Women can cheat
this by dipping on 3, rising on 4. |
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In this case, hop on the
4th beat. |
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Trabuchetto - Make a small sideways jump to the left, landing on the
toes of the left foot, bringing the right foot next to the left without
(necessarily) touching it down, to be ready for the next trab in the other
direction. |
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Seguito spezzato - Step forward with the left, bring the right foot close
to the left, then step on the left without advancing. An up and down motion
may also accompany the last two beats. |
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Passo - Normal walking step, no closing. |
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Cadenza - jump in place, usually to close a phrase. Sometimes
which foot has the weight is important, when following steps require specific
footing. |
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Scambiata - Step to the left, undercut the left with the right,
jump left landing with both feet together and flat. |
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Seguito battuto del Canario - Move your foot back so that the toe brushes the floor,
then move it forward so that the heel brushes, and finally stomp your food
flat (and shift your weight to it for the next step) |
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Ripresa - Small step to the left, rising on the toes of both
feet. Bring the right foot next to the left, lowering the heels. Often done in multiples in the same
direction. |
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Seguito semidopio - two passi and a seguito spezzato. |
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Fioretto a pie paro - a "bell" step - swing your leg straight to
the side and bring it back down. When doing them in a pair, let the lifted
leg "strike" the other leg out as it comes to close. |
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