Duchesco

Also known as:

Dochessco, Duchescho, Duschescho in tre

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About this choreography:

Group reconstruction during dance class by Katherine, David, Nadia and Ian; working from Sparti's translation of De Practica.

Choreography:

Three people, two men and a woman, start in single file, with the woman in the middle.

Action	Who?	Notes	Misura	Tempi
15 tempi of saltarello	all	begin on left foot, saltarello for 15 tempi, then stop	saltarello (though some recordings are more like piva)	15, in three phrases of 5 tempi
volta del gioioso	all	sempio right, sempio left, ripresa right; turning over the left shoulder	bassadanza	13	2
riverentia	all	on the left foot			1
2 sempii, 6 doppii	woman	weaving around the men in the shape of an S, then returning to her own place, beginning with the left			7
2 riprese	all	left then right			2
riverentia	all	on the left foot			1
2 tempi of saltarello tedesco	man in front	approach the woman and touch her hand	quadernaria	4	2
2 tempi of saltarello tedesco	other man	approach the woman and touch her hand	quadernaria	4	2
piva	woman	weaving around men in the shape of an S; our music has 8 piva, four to circle each man: very helpful	piva	4 or 8?
2 sempii, 2 doppii	all	in single file, in a line	quadernaria	4	3
riverentia	all	on the left foot	quadernaria	4	1
scosso	woman	(cf movimento)	piva
scosso	men	responding to woman
volta tonda	woman	with a doppio on the left foot, turning around
scosso	men
scosso	woman	responding to the men
volta tonda	men	with a doppio on the left foot
volta tonda	woman	with a doppio on the left foot

Three MSS say it starts again from the top.

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