Steps: doppio (in 4 and in 6),
movimento, rest all done "in 6" =
ripresa, sempio,
mezavolta, volta tonda,
volta del gioioso
saltarello,
contrapasso.
Start: Man on the left, Woman on the
right, side by side, holding hands, facing up the hall.
Man leaves (5 + 5 bars in bassadanza)
Ripresa Left,
Woman Ripresa Right, but Man does a Doppio Right, ending with a
reverse Mezavolta (and switches weight onto the Left)
(Instead of the usual 2 Sempii) Man does a Reverenza Right facing away
from the woman, then turns to face her and does a Reverenza Left
(Instead of the Doppio Left, Doppio Right) (And this is less complex than
the original is babbling about) Contrapasso Left (in 4 beats) then
4 beats to do a Voltatonda turning one way, and 4 beats to do a
Volta Tonda the other way.
(The Man is in his usual position, his back to the
woman, some distance in front of her ... only a lot closer than in
the simple version.)
(As Woman is doing her Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right) Ripresa Left, then
Mezavolta and Ripresa Right, ending with a hop.
(The Man has moved all in one direction with his two
riprese, so has managed to get further from the woman.)
(Instead of the usual 2 Sempii) Man does 2 Pive, so each only gets 3
beats.
(Instead of the Doppio Left, Doppio Right) Doppio left (normal 6 beats),
then a 2-beat Volta Tonda, a 2-beat Reverenza, and a 2-beat Volta
Tonda going the other way. (An easier to remember version might be
to basically repeat the previous variation, so Contrapasso Left (in
4 beats) then a 4-beat Voltatonda turning one way (but add a
meza-reverenza) and a 4-beat Volta Tonda the other way.
Whatever you do, it's probably nice to end side by side, as usual, so
the last Volta Tonda will be a 3/4 turn probably.
Woman does her Thing (same music as 1st section)
Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right,
Woman leaves with Sempio Left, Sempio Right, Doppio Left, Doppio Right,
and turns with a mezavolta
Repeat, Woman returning.
Travel Together (8 bars in bassadanza x 2)
Ripresa Left, Ripresa Right,
(As Woman does 2 Sempii) Contrapasso Left and Right. He then ends with a
Volta Tonda- I'm presuming here a no-time jump in air and revolve 360.
(Hmmm - if it's switching foot, should each "contrapasso" be just 3
steps - which there is the right amount of music for (not counting
the spin.). He is getting to do 6 steps
when the woman is doing 2. She is either getting irritated, or is
very impressed at the eeensy-weensy-little steps he is taking.)
Doppio Left,
(As Woman does Doppio Right) 2 Contrapassi Right, with a hop at the end,
Doppio Left,
Volta del Gioioso, only he has to spin at the end again, and make a botta
(a stamp?)
Repeat all that. (OK, the source looks more complicated ... but this is
good to start with.)
Saltarello (8 bars in saltarello x 2)
Do 16 bars of saltarello.
Crane Mating Dance (4 bars in quadernaria x 2)
Man Movimento, Woman responds,
Man leaves with 2 Contrapassi, ending with a MezaVolta,
Woman Movimento, Man responds, Woman Doppio Left, and also MezaVolta.
(If she hasn't actually reached him, this won't matter, and will
look nice.)
Man Movimento, Woman responds,
Man 2 Contrapassi Right and then leaps onto the right (I am interpreting
wildly, here)
Woman Movimento, Man responds, Woman Doppio.
(End side by side, Woman on the left and Man on the
right.)
Repeat dance, with the woman in the left, leading position.
Reconstruction Notes
All section names are invented. This is taken from Roti Bouilli: Take Two "El Gioioso Fiorito" by Barbara Sparti, and is the version she labels as 'B'. The dance seems to be giving ornamentations for the man only. Women weren't expected to be quite so creative (or athletic) so perhaps only did the simple version of the dance. This reconstruction presumes this.
Recordings
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.
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