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Balzetti a piedi pari indietro (Santucci)

Source: 
Santucci, Maestro da Ballo (c. 1614)
Full name of step in source: 
Rule 38. Balzetti a piedi pari indietro. p50
Translation of name: 
Backwards jumps with even feet
Translation: 

Standing with the feel even, in passo naturale, as in the figure, bend the knees a little and jump backwards so that the toes are where the heels were at first. It is so called because you jump backwards.

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