Daphnes

Reconstruction of dance

Some notes regarding the format of this reconstruction:
Smith Section[s] General comments Alternative comments Steps
First Man's Steps Woman's Steps Second Man's Steps
1&2 Mens singles are done turning and switching places, with the left hand man going in front. Domenico/Cornazano cl cr
sl sr sl sr
rl
Main body of the Ebreo manuscripts cl cr
sl sr sl sr
rl
Alternative reading of main corpus of Ebreo sl sr cl cr sl sr
rl
Siena 2/Modena versions. cl cr
sl sr cl cr sl sr
rl
3&4 Men are switching, woman does a mezzavolta sr sl sr sl sr sl
rr
5 Rl
6 The lady walks around the men in an "S" pattern Only cornazano has the men's movement herein. sl sr
dl dl
dr dr
dl dl
dr dr
7&8 rl
rr
Rl
9 rl sl sr rl
rr dl rr
rl dr rl
10 Men to a volta del gioioso Possible 2 more r's, one left, one right, all doing them, after these two measures. sr sl rl sr sl
rr rr rr
11, 12, 13, &14 Woman does a full turn, while the men go straight towards her. In the Siena 2/Modena version, the all go forward with the first ssd, but then the lady turns, and goes the other direction (with the men) with the last d. sl sr sl sr sl sr
dl dl dl
dr dr dr
All do the riprese together Something funky is going on here in Siena 2/Modena rl
rr
15 Version 1 (Domenico, Cornazano, Siena 2/Modena) cl cr
Version 2 (most Ebreos, Ambrosio) cl cr
cl cr
16 Saltl
Saltr
Saltl
Saltr

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