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Mutanza scempio 11

Also known as: 

Molinello

Title translation: 
Compasso's eleventh single-tempo galliard variation
Source: 
Italian sources, c.1550-c.1620
Compasso (1560)
Dance Type: 
improvisatory
Number of dancers: 
1
Choreography: 

Turning all the way around to the left:

  1. hop on the right foot, kicking with the left foot, turning hard to the left
  2. hop onto the left foot, kicking with the right, turning further left
  3. hop onto the right foot, kicking with the left, turning further left
  4. hop onto the left, kicking with the right, completing the turn - end facing forwards as you started
  5. cadenza - jump
  6. land on both feet

Reverse - turning around to the right

  1. hop on the left foot, kicking with the left right, turning hard to the right
  2. hop onto the right foot, kicking with the left, turning further right
  3. hop onto the left foot, kicking with the right, turning further right
  4. hop onto the right, kicking with the left, completing the turn - end facing forwards as you started
  5. cadenza - jump
  6. land on both feet

Make a complete turn to the left or the right with each tempo. 

 

Discussion: 

Compasso doesn't describe or define the Molinello, but Caroso does, in both Il Ballarino and Nobilta di Dame. 

Which cinquepasso Compasso would have considered the "usual" one is an open question. I suspect "all kicks forwards" rather than "forwards, back, forwards, forwards".

Caroso specifies a turn around to the left with one cinquepasso and another turn to the right in the second cinquepasso.

I find that this works more cleanly if you turn as far as you reasonably can early in the tempo (on the first beat, if possible), so you have plenty of time to complete the turn before the cadenza. 

Condensed version, for calling: 

Cinquepasso turning

Single: 

... spinning to the left ...

  1. kick
  2. kick
  3. kick
  4. kick
  5. jump
  6. land

... and to the right ...

Music: 

This takes one tempo (one bar in 6/4 or 6/8; two bars in 3/4 or 3/2) of galliard music; or two bars to complete a turn each way.

About this translation: 

Katherine Davies, 2016.

Translation: 

The little mill, with the cinque passo.

Transcription: 

11. Il molinello delli cinque passi.

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