Gioioso in tre

Ballo, choreographed by Giovanni Ambrogio (Guglielmo Ebreo)
Closely related to the dance Rostiboli Gioioso by Domenico, using the same music.
For two men and one woman.

Steps: doppio (in 4 and in 6), movimento, rest all done "in 6" = ripresa, sempio, mezavolta, volta tonda, volta del gioioso saltarello.
Start:  Man 1 on the left, then Woman, then Man 2 on the right, side by side, holding hands, facing up the hall.
 

      Arming (5 + 5 bars in bassadanza)
Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right,
Woman Sempio Left, Sempio Right forward, turning toward Man 1,
Woman and Man 1 do a left hand turn with Doppio Left, Doppio Right
(All three end as they started dance.)
Repeat, this time the Woman doing a right hand turn with Man 2.

      Men Change Places (same music as 1st section)
Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right,
Men switch places with Sempio Left, Sempio Right, Doppio Left, Doppio Right, both passing in front of the woman, the man who started on the left (Man 1 this time) passing closer to her.
(All three end side by side again, but Man 2 is on the left.)
Repeat, the other man getting to pass closer to the woman.

      Travel etc (8 bars in bassadanza x 2)
Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right,
Sempio Left, Sempio Right, Doppio Left,
Men do a Voltatonda (clockwise, using Doppio Right, Doppio Left),
  as Woman does Ripresa Right, Ripresa Left,
(I call this figure the "dumbbell" in class, the woman describing the handle, and the men the two balls on either side. After the first doppio or ripresa, they have all moved over one place to the right, so Man 1 is in the woman's spot, Woman is in Man 2's spot, and Man 2 is off to the right of the set. The two men are facing down the hall, and the woman facing up. After the 2nd doppio or ripresa, they are all back to their usual place, facing up the hall.)
All Volta del Gioioso.
Repeat.

      Saltarello (8 bars in saltarello x 2)
Do 16 bars of saltarello.

      Crane Mating Dance (4 bars in quadernaria x 2)
Woman Movimento, Men respond, Woman Doppio Left,
Men Movimento, Woman responds, Men Doppio Left,
Woman Movimento, Men respond, Woman Doppio Right and Mezavolta Right,
Men Movimento, Woman responds, Men Doppio Right and Mezavolta Right.
(End side by side, Man 2 on the left and Man 1 on the right.)

Repeat dance, with the two men having exchanged roles.


Reconstruction Notes

All section names are invented. I followed the version in the Giorgio ms.

Only 8 saltarelli are called for, but all recordings I have repeat this section so have a total of 16.


Recordings

Alta Danza

Forse Che Si, Forse Che No

Mesura et Arte del Danzare
Most often use this recording in class.

Music in the Age of Leonardo da Vinci

Musica del XV secolo in Italia - this one has an extra 20 bars thrown in, in the middle. Does not repeat the dance.

Musica Subterranea

Sonare et Balare


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