Term 3 Class 3

We continued many things we danced last week, and added some new ones.

In the first hour we danced:

• Branles - circle dances
• Scots branles (or "Branles de l'Escosse")
• Washerwomen's branle (or "Branle des Lavandieres")
• Pinagay
• 15th Century Italian dances
  • Petit Riens (follow-the-leader dance for three people in a line)
  • Colonesse (for three couples - the first time doing this dance for two dancers)
  • Anello (for four people in a square)
• Old Measures - stately dances for couples in a column
• Lorrayne Almain
• Black Almain

In the second hour, we did several more challenging dances, as usual:

• Colonesse - again
• Lioncello Vecchio - a 15th century Italian dance for a couple
• La Figlia di Guglielmino - a complex 15th century Italian dance for a couple, with many timing-changes
• St Martin's - a slightly more challenging 17th century English Country Dance - we worked this one out from the original text as we danced.
  

Another excellent evening of dancing.