This is for 6 dancers, called 1, 2, 3, 4, A and B. A and B (the "shuttles") are still referred to as men, as in the original, but really any of them could be any gender.

Start:  In single file, A in front, then 1, 2, 3, 4, and B, facing up the hall.
 

      Section I (normal)
The Forse Che Si recording has an extra bar of intro.
1 bar of Introduction and 8 Saltarelli, starting Left.

      Section II = Switches
Dancers 1-4 separate with half-bar Meza Ripresa, Odds (1 + 3) Left, Evens (2 + 4) Right, then Man A ends the bar with a Mezavolta Right.
Man A and Man B do 4 Pive passing right shoulders, ending in each other's places
Dancers 1-4 change sides, doing 4 Meza Riprese (each taking a half-bar), Odds going Right as Evens go Left.
Dancers 1-4 each do a Movimento, one after the other, then they do the movimenti in reverse order, Dancer 4, 3, 2, then 1.
Repeat the section (Dancers 1-4 separate further, Shuttles switch, Dancers 1-4 switch, movimenti.)
End the section with everyone in a single file again.

      Section III = Take-ups
Man B grabs an end of the ribbon of Dancer 4, and takes them up to the top, forming an arch with the ribbon, using step-step-step-close- side-cut 4 times.
Man A and Man B take right hands and switch places with 2 Pive, Man B starting on Left foot, Man A starting on Right.
Man A goes to the bottom down one side with 3 Pive, starting Right, ending with a Mezavolta Right.
Man A takes up Dancer 3 to the top, as before.
Man A + B switch as before.
I haven't been fussy in Section III and IIII about which side of the set things are done on - it partly depends on gender. A set of 2 male Shuttles and four female Dancers might have the shuttles always go up the left as the Dancer goes up the right, then the Shuttles do a dramatic full circle right-hand turn with their 2 pive or one saltarello, and then the shuttle goes down the right side of the set (their left.) A set with alternating genders might have Shuttle B (a woman) go up the right side with Dancer 4 (a man), then Shuttle A (a man) go down the right side (his left) and up the left side with Dancer 3 (a woman) going up the right.

      Section IIII = Take-ups with Saltarelli
Man B takes Dancer 2 to the top with 3 Saltarelli starting Right, A + B switch with Saltarello Right, and A goes to the bottom with 2 Salt.
Man A takes Dancer 1 to the top, and Man A + B switch as before, so Man B is back to the bottom.

      Section V = Bridges
Dancer 1 (who has to turn) and Dancer 2 grab an end of each other's ribbon, and form an arch with them, doing a double going clockwise about 1/4 circle, so their arch is across the set. Dancer 3 and 4 are doing the same thing.
Man A goes under 1+2's arch, Man B under 3+4's arch, with a double.
Dancers 1-4 drop each other's ribbons, and form new arches, up and down the set, switching places with a double, Dancer 1 with 3, and Dancer 2 with 4.
Man A passes under Dancer 1+3's arch (so he goes outside the set), with a double, ending with a mezavolta. Man B is doing the same thing under Dancers 2+4's arch.
Dancers 1+3 switch back with a double, as Dancers 2+4 do also.
Man A passes under Dancer 1+3's arch (so back into the set), with a double, ending with a 1/4 turn to face down the set. Man B is doing the same thing under Dancers 2+4's arch, and turning up.
Dancers 1-4 drop each other's ribbons, and form their original arches, switching places with a double, Dancer 1 with 2, and Dancer 3 with 4.
Man A goes under 3+4's arch, Man B under Couple 1+2's arch, with a double, ending with a mezavolta.

      Section VI
Men A and Man B do 4 Pive, starting Left, passing right shoulders, going under the ribbons back to their places, ending with a Mezavolta Right.
Dancers 1-4 then drop the other person's ribbon, and everyone forms a single file again, facing up the hall, except Man A who faces down.

      Section VII = Hey
Man A, Man B, + the last of Dancer 1-4 (Dancer 4 this time) do 4 Saltarelli, starting Left, each starting to their own left. Dancer 4 and the Shuttle at the top will be weaving around the stationary 3 people to change places, while the Shuttle starting at the bottom goes up the outside of the set to get to the top (above where the other Shuttle used to be, as Dancer 4 is also moving up.)
This hey is less like my usual reconstruction, and more like one of the alternate interpretations of the hey in Tesara.
Repeat (this time with Man A, Man B, and Dancer 3)
Repeat (this time with Man A, Man B, and Dancer 2)
Repeat (this time with Man A, Man B, and Dancer 1)

      Section VIII
Do Movimenti, as in Section II
All face somewhere and reverence.

Last modified Feb 15, 2004

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