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
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).