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Tesara: Step Tabulation

General Notes:
   Dance from Domenico da Piacenza's De arte saltandi et choreas ducendi (ca. 1455 or earlier).
   Step tabulation by Arglwydd Phelan ab Emrys (mka Jeremy H. Kessler).   Generated from autumn A.S. XXXVII (2002) dance reconstruction write-up prepared by Orlando de Medici (mka Matthew Ender) for Accademia della Danza, and from musical notes by Monica Cellio appearing in Joy and Jealousy, information about which can be found here and here (Note: external links).
   For more information see details of our current performance unit, Domenico da Piacenza's Tesara.

Abbreviations used:
   All Everyone
   4C The four couples
   4Lo The lords of the four couples
   4La The ladies of the four couples
   Head The man beginning the dance at the head of the set
   Foot The man beginning the dance at the foot of the set
   H&F Both the head and the foot
   C#n Couple #n (1, 2, 3, or 4)

Structural overview of dance:
   § # & type of tempi Tempi #
   1 09 tempi of saltarello 001-009
   2 22 tempi of piva 010-031
   3 34 tempi of piva 032-065
   4 12 tempi of saltarello 066-077
   5 16 tempi of piva 078-093
   6 05 tempi of piva 094-098
   7 16 tempi of saltarello 099-114
   8 06 tempi of saltarello 115-120


Step Tabulation:
§ Tempi Steps Description
1 001-008 All: 8 saltarelli Moving the set forward
  009 4C: 1 ripresa Apart, to widen the set
    Head: 1 mezavolta To face set
       
2 010-013 H&F: 4 tempi of piva Changing places
  014 H&F: 1 mezavolta R To face each other
  015-016 4C: 4 riprese Changing places, lords pass in front
  017-018 4Lo: 4 movimenti One each, starting with lord #1
  019-020 4La: 4 movimenti One each, starting with lady #4
  021-031 Repeat tempi 10-20  
       
3 032-043 Foot & C#4: doppio L, closing posa, ripresa R.  Do sequence 4 times. Moving from bottom to top of set, Foot holds streamer ends of each.
  044-045 H&F: 2 tempi of piva Turning
  046-048 Head: 3 tempi of piva Moving to bottom of set
  049-060 Head & C#3: doppio L, closing posa, ripresa R.  Do sequence 4 times. Moving from bottom to top of set, Head holds streamer ends of each
  061-062 H&F: 2 tempi of piva Turning
  063-065 Foot: 3 tempi of piva Moving to bottom of set
       
4 066-068 Foot & C#2: 3 saltarelli (L,R,L) Moving from bottom to top of set, Foot holds streamer ends of each
  069 H&F: saltarelli R Take L hands and turn
  070-071 Head: 2 saltarelli (L,R) Moving to bottom of set
  072-074 Head & C#1: 3 saltarelli (L,R,L) Moving from bottom to top of set, Head holds streamer ends of each
  075 H&F: saltarelli R Take L hands and turn
  076-077 Foot: 2 saltarelli (L,R) Moving to bottom of set
       
5 078-079 C#1 & C#4: doppio R, mezavolta L Own streamer in L hand, partner's in R, change places, form and maintain arch
  080-081 H&F: doppio L, posa Move toward each other, passing under arch
  082-083 C#2 & C#3: doppio R, mezavolta L Own streamer in L hand, partner's in R, change places, form and maintain arch
  084-085 H&F: doppio L, posa Move toward each other, passing under arch
  086-087 C#2 & C#3: doppio R, mezavolta L Change places again, maintain arch
  088-089 H&F: doppio L, posa Continue moving to other's place, passing under arch
  090-091 C#1 & C#4: doppio R, mezavolta L Change places again, maintain arch
  092-093 H&F: doppio L, (no posa), mezavolta Continue moving to other's place, passing under arch
       
6 094-097 H&F: 4 tempi of piva Changing places and turn to face
  098 4C: mezavolta L Let go of partner's streamer, then turn to face up the set
       
7 099-102 H&F & C#4: 4 saltarelli Snaking figure.  H&F switch, C#4 moves to top
  103-106 H&F & C#3: 4 saltarelli Snaking figure.  H&F switch, C#3 moves to top
  107-110 H&F & C#2: 4 saltarelli Snaking figure.  H&F switch, C#2 moves to top
  111-114 H&F & C#1: 4 saltarelli Snaking figure.  H&F switch, C#1 moves to top
       
8 115 All Lords (4Lo & H&F): movimento All lords movimento together
  116 4La: movimento 4La movimento together
  117-118 All Lords (4Lo & H&F): mezavolta L 4Lo face 4La, H&F face each other
  119-120 4La: mezavolta L 4La Face 4Lo
       
  Closing All reverence  

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