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Canario mutanza 4 - Zoom class, 2020

Fri, 2020-10-02 13:31 — katherine
Dance Type: 
improvisatory
canario
Source: 
Italian sources, c.1400-1520
Number of tempi: 
2
About this reconstruction: 

2020, for Zoom dance class

Reconstruction: 

Advance:
- start with slow seguiti battuti, in pairs
2 slow seguiti battuti - LL
2 slow seguiti battuti - RR
- then normal-speed seguiti battuti, in pairs
2 seguiti battuti, LL
2 seguiti battuti, RR
2 seguiti battuti, LL
2 seguiti battuti, RR

Retreat: zig-zag backwards with riprese and trabuchetti
2 ripresa LL, backwards and to the left
3 trabuchetti LRL

2 riprese RR, backwards and to the right
3 trabuchetti RLR

dance this retreat twice

Discussion: 

All the portions appear in various places in manuals by 16thC masters, but the exact combination was invented on the spot during class (unless memory fails me).

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