15th Century Italian Dance

38 15th Century Italian DancePart 4 (Piva) 1 SL SR man and woman approaching eachother perform 2 sempio beginning onthe left2 DL continuing doppio3 Rv they perform a small fast riverentiatouching hands4-5 DR they return to their places with a doppiobeginning on the right6 Mv the woman faces towards the couple atthe rear and the man faces forwardPart 5 (Bassadanza) 1-2 SlL SlR SlR The first male couple perform threesaltarellos toward each other (at the endThis section isof the second they have changed placesindicated inand at the end of the third they arequadenaria in thebehind the woman’s back side by side).Domenico da PiacenzaWhilst standing side by side the one onmanuscript. Howeverthe left signals to the one on the rightthe music that weand the one on the right signals backhave has nothat he doesn’t want to do it.quadernaria section.3 Mv Mv the woman senses the hand movements(movimento) and performs a mezavolta(this means she is now facing the back)scowling and the men turn their backson one another at the same time4 Salto SlR the men perform a salto and swapplaces with each other in a tempo ofsalterello beginning on the right foot5 Mv Posa they perform a mezavolta and a possaand stop.Part 6 (Piva) ??There are no steps indicated for this section in Domenico. A repeat of thefirst piva section where the man and woman are dancing alone could beput in here unless other music is found. Thought about dividing the Pivato fit in with Bazza Danza ie to get a 6/6 bar split to do the two malecouple (repeated) sections, however, looking at the available music, thesteps will not fit adequately.These steps could be modified (as the woman is now a considerabledistance from her partner, and facing in the opposite direction - they coulddo similar steps yet at a distance. Looking at the dance that is describedas the opposite of Sobria (Mercanzia), this dance is performed three timesso that each of the men gets a chance to ‘woo’ (?) the lady. Since Sobria issupposed to reflect ‘the sensible’ lady, it would seem to be consistent(given this particular arrangement) that she long to be back in thecompany of her original suitor. Since the four other men try to continuallyundermine her efforts...1 SL SR man and woman approaching eachother perform 2 sempio beginning onthe left2 DL continuing doppio3 Rv they perform a small fast riverentiatouching hands4-5 DR they return to their places with a doppiobeginning on the right6 Mv the woman faces towards the couple atthe rear and the man faces forward