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Host's Entrance

Number of dancers: 
1
About this choreography: 
Katherine Davies, 2014, for "Cupid and Death" masque.
Choreography: 

Host's Entrance, from Cupid and Death

Choreography by Katherine Davies, 2014.

Entrance: coming forward from back of stage

1    passo L
2    passo R
3    seguito L
4
5    saffice R
6
7    saffice L
8

"greet" audience on left side:

1    passo  R to left
2    passo L to left
3    saffice, with meza riverenza
4
5    passo L to right
6    passo R to right
7    cadenza, L in front (small)
8    cadenza, R in front (small)

"greet" audience on right side:

1    passo grave L to left
2
3    passo grave R to left
4
5    riverenza L, doffing hat
6
7
8

circle back into place, calling out chamberlaine as you go
1    passo L, circling to left
2    passo R, circling to left
3    seguito L, with two claps, on later steps, to chamberlaine, ending
near previous central-front place
4
5    saffice R
6
7    saffice L
8

Music: 

The music is bouncy, chirpy, and in duple time. 

It's written as 4 bars, played twice. The dancers will probably count that as 16, in two phrases of 8 counts, played twice.

Track 1 on rehearsal CD (after Host's Entrance).