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Canario (Santucci): First mutanza

Source: 
Italian sources, c.1550-c.1620
Santucci, Maestro da Ballo (c. 1614)
Dance Type: 
improvisatory
Number of dancers: 
1
About this choreography: 
reconstructed from Santucci by Katherine Davies, 2015
Choreography: 

1-2      2 seguiti battuti, LR

3          2 schicciata L, heel forwards then tow backwards

(left is now raised behind)

4          battuta de piedi L next to the right

 

1-2      2 seuiti battuti, RL

3          3 battute di piedi, RLR

4          seguito battuto L

 

1-2     fioretto battuto R

3-4     fioretto battuto L

5-7     seguito ordinario R, turning

8        seguito battuto L

Discussion: 

The second part of the first sequence - the two schicciate and the battuta - are much like a seguito ordinario, performed at half the usual speed. 

Santucci's and Caroso's fioretti battuti are rather different, but either form will work here. Note that they're different from, and rather longer than, fioretti ordinarii. 

 

 

Translation: 

See http://katherine.paradise.gen.nz/node/320

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