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Mutanza scempio 12

Also known as: 

Turning Campanella

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

See the plain campanella.

Turning all the way around to the left:

  1. hop on the right foot, kicking the left foot backwards, turning to the left
  2. hop on the right foot, kicking the left foot forwards, turning further to the left
  3. hop on the right foot, kicking the left foot backwards, turning further to the left
  4. hop on the right foot, kicking the left foot forwards, 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 the right foot backwards, turning to the right
  2. hop on the left foot, kicking the right foot forwards, turning further to the right
  3. hop on the left foot, kicking the right foot backwards, turning further to the right
  4. hop on the left foot, kicking the right foot forwards, 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 Campanella, but Caroso, Negri and Santucci do. 

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: 

Campanella turning: 

... spinning to the left ...

  1. left back
  2. forwards
  3. back
  4. forwards
  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 bell, turning around.

Transcription: 

12. Le campanelle in volta.

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