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Redacting

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Recipes

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A '''recipe''' is a set of instructions designed to instuct the reader on how to make something, particularly food. While modern recipes are quite precise in their instructions, recipes from [[period]] tend to be more ambiguous, and are sometimes little more than ''aides memoires'' for the cook. For this reason period recipes often require not only translation into modern English, but also [[redaction]] into a more modern style and interpretation to fill in missing information.

==Recipes on Cunnan==

All redacted recipes on Cunnan can be found on the Category page [[:Category:recipes]]

=== Basic stuff ===
*[[butter (recipe)|butter]]
*[[almond milk (recipe)|almond milk]]
*[[Ghee (recipe)|Ghee]]

===Medieval sources===
*[[Forme of Cury]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.whirlwind-design.com/ATOC/temperance.html A Temperance of Cooks]

[[Category:food]][[Category:recipes]]

Cooking

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[[Period]] style cooking is a big part of many [[SCA]] events ([[feast]]s being one obvious example :)

Many period dishes are simple to prepare and only require ingredients that can be found in any supermarket. Remember that many [[food]]s we eat today didn't exist during period and their presence is noticable (to some people at any rate)

There are many ways to participate in recreating medieval cooking. You can join your local [[Guild_of_Cooks|cooks guild]], cook for a few SCA friends following a medieval recipe, or cook period food over an open fire at a [[camping event]]. When using period recipes, you might have to make a lot of interpretative assumptions about what the recipe meant; in the SCA, revising a recipe to include these assumptions in a modern format is sometimes called "redacting", though outside of this context that word has a different meaning.

= Books =

Several good books have been written with period and period-style (cf. [[Period vs. Period-Style]]) cooking. Among these are:

; [[Take a Thousand Eggs or More]] : An excellent source in two volumes. The first contains originals, redactions & recipes; the second contains originals with redactions, but no modern recipes.
; [[A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye]] : Originals & redactions from a 16th century cookbook.
; [[Pleyn Delit]] : An excellent collection of original and interpreted period recipes. Highly recommended.

There is also the website [http://www.godecookery.com/ Gode Cookery], which contains many period, period-style and periodoid recipes.

''See also:'' [[food]], [[Recipe]]

Galliard

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Galliard

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Grimstock

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'''Grimstock''' is a dance from [[Playford's Dancing Master]].

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
* [[Set and Turn]] left and right ('''STL''' and '''STR''')
* [[Hey]]
* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
* [[Arms]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')

==Choreography==

[[image:longsix.PNG]]

This dance starts with three couples facing up the hall, one after the oter.

===First Verse===

:Holding customary hands with partners, do a double forward, then a double back again. Turn to face partners and do a set and turn left. Repeat, but this time set and turn right.

DL, DRb 
STL 
DL, DRb 
STR

===First Chorus===

:Men do a hey to the right, not touching hands, ladies the same to the left.

===Second Verse===

:Couples to sides by the right with each other, then set and turn left. Repeat the other way.

SdR 
STL 
SdL 
STR

===Second Chorus===

:Top couple face down the hall, the other couples face up, all taking a hand with their partner. The top couple goes between the second couple and around the third, still holding hands. As each couple get to the top or bottom of the line they drop hands, face the other way, take hands again and move between the approaching couple. Repeat until back into original positions.

===Third Verse===

:Couples to arms by the right arm with each other, then set and turn left. Repeat the other way.

AR 
STL 
AL 
STR

===Third Chorus===

:As the first chorus, except that the first couple cross at the beginning to hey with the opposite line, and cross again when they reach the bottom.

==External Links==

*[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/021small.html Instructions from 1651 edition of Playford]
*[http://sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/english_country_dance13.html Reconstruction from Del's dance book]

[[category:dances]]

Arms (dance)

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'''Arms''' (in modern times often called "Arming") is a dance figure used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing-Master]] makes no specific description of the figure, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s. It is typically interpreted as being a turn, usually once around, by two dancers with linked arms.

"Right arms" or "arms by the right" is done by linking right arms, usually forearm to forearm or at the elbow, and going around with forward steps. "Left arms" or "arms by the left" is the same, but taking left arms and naturally rotating the other way around.

By analogy with [[Sides]], when Arms is done twice it is often assumed to be done by the right first and the left the second time.

[[Category:dance steps]]

Chestnut (dance)

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'''Chestnut''', also known as ''Doves Figary'' is a dance from [[Playford's Dancing Master]].

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DrB''')
* [[Hands all]] ('''Hands''')
* [[Arms (dance)|arms]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')
* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
* [[Hey]] ('''Hey''')
* [[Lead in]] ('''Lead In''')
* [[Cast off]] ('''Cast Off''')

==Choreography==

[[image:longsix.PNG]]

This dance starts with three sets of couples facing up the hall, in a line one after the other. Note that the second verse is armings, not sidings and vice versa for the third.

===First Verse===

DL, DRb 
DL, DRb

===First Chorus===

:Turning to face each other couples do a double left back followed by a double right to change places. Men do hands all, as do women, and turn a full circle. Turning to face each other again the chorus is repeated to bring people back to their original position.

DLb, DR 
Hands (men in one group, women the other, turn full circle) 
DLb, DR 
Hands (men in one group, women the other, turn full circle)

===Second Verse===

AR 
AL

===Second Chorus===

Still facing each other couples do a double left back followed by a double right to change places as before. Men hay amongst themselves as do women, until the first couple is last and the last first. This chorus is then repeated.

DLb, DR 
Hey (men in one group, women the other, half a cycle) 
DLb, DR 
Hey (men in one group, women the other, half a cycle)

===Third Verse===

SdR 
SdL

===Third Chorus===

Still facing each other couples do a double left back followed by a double right to change places as before. The top couple Lead In, followed by the others. The top couple is now at the bottom, the bottom couple at the top. This chorus is then repeated, except that instead of leading in, the top couple (who are now at the bottom) Cast Off.

DLb, DR 
Couple 1 Lead In 
DLb, DR 
Couple 1 Cast Off.

==External links==

* [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/092small.html Instructions from the 1651 edition]
* [http://sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/english_country_dance7.html Reconstruction from Del's dance book]

[[Category:Dances]]

English Country Dance

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'''English Country Dance''' is the common name for [[dance]]s propagated by [[John Playford]] and later his sons and other heirs in the book titled ''[[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing Master]]'' (later renamed to ''The Dancing Master''). This style of dancing evolved in [[England]], and eventually spread to [[France]] and [[Germany]] and later to the [[New World]], and even [[Australia]]. Bush dances such as ''Strip the Willow'' are included in later editions of ''The English Dancing Master''.

It was published in 1651 and is theoretically outside of the [[SCA]] [[period]] but is commonly done in the [[SCA]] anyway. English Country Dance can be classified as early [[Baroque Dance]] rather than [[Renaissance Dance]], although it is not clear that the dances in The English Dancing-Master are more closely allied to most Baroque dances than to Renaissance dances. There are references to dances with some of the same names as those in ''Playford'' before 1600, although from the description of a couple of these it is clear that the dance was significantly different from those later printed by Playford.

Many of these dances are somewhat similar in form, often being for formations of two, three, or four couples, often consisting of what modern teachers often call a verse-and-chorus structure. The three "verse" sections are typically leading forward and back or circling two doubles around in the first verse, [[sides]] in the second, and [[arms (dance)|arms]] in the third. However, this is at best a general guideline.

There is also the '''[[Morris dance]]''', (originally ''[[Moor]]ish'') brought back during the [[Crusades|Crusading]] period, danced by small groups of men, bearing [[bell]]s, sticks, handerchiefs and the like, and frequently alleged to have been linked to certain [[England|English]] [[pagan]] [[tradition]]s. See ([[mundane]]ly) the works (''passim'') of '''[[wikipedia:Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett]]''', and accounts of the Helston Furry Dance, and the Padstow May Dance.

== Some English country dances ==

* [[Dargason]]
* [[Gathering Peascods]]
* [[Heart's Ease]]
* [[Hyde Park]]
* [[If all the world were paper]]
* [[Jenny Plucks Pears]]
* [[Mage on a Cree]]
* [[Parsons Farewell]]
* [[Picking of Sticks]]
* [[Rufty Tufty]]
* [[Upon a Summer's Day]]

From the [[Carolingia|Carolingian]] dance book:
* [[Chestnut (dance)|Chestnut]]
* [[Grimstock]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Del's Dance Book], contains many English Country Dance reconstructions with their music.
* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html Transcription of the first edition of The English Dancing Master].

[[Category:dance]]

Arming

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#redirect [[arms (dance)]]

Armings

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'''Armings''', more correctly called [[Arms (dance)|Arms]] is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. It can be performed as either armings left or armings right, and is done in pairs.

To perform an armings the couple must begin facing each other and take each others right arms at the elbow. They both walk in a full circle about each other, starting with the left foot, back to their own places in the time it takes to do two [[double]]s. Armings right is the same, but with left arms and starting with the right foot, in the opposite direction.

[[category:Dance steps]]

Arms (dance)

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Arms

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==Arms (anatomy)==
Your upper limbs. Consider [[armour]]ing your arms with a [[vambrace]].

==Arms (heraldry)==
In [[heraldry]], '''arms''' are a person's [[device]] combined with that person's [[heraldic achievement]]. As the [[SCA]] does not register heraldic achievement however, the term arms is often used to refer to just the device.

See also [[Award of Arms]].

==[[Arms (dance)]]==

==Arms (weaponry)==
See [[weapons]].
[[category:device_heraldry]]

Arms

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==Arms (anatomy)==
Your upper limbs. Consider [[armour]]ing your arms with a [[vambrace]].

==Arms (heraldry)==
In [[heraldry]], '''arms''' are a person's [[device]] combined with that person's [[heraldic achievement]]. As the [[SCA]] does not register heraldic achievement however, the term arms is often used to refer to just the device.

See also [[Award of Arms]].

[[Arms (dance)]]

==Arms (weaponry)==
See [[weapons]].
[[category:device_heraldry]]

Arming

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#redirect [[arms (Dance)]]

Arming

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#redirect [[arms]]

Arms (Dance)

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Sides

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'''Sides''' (in modern times often called "Siding") is a dance figure used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing-Master]] makes no specific description of the figure, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s. The version that seems to be usually accepted as the best guess as to what figure Playford intended comes from Recueil de contredances by Raoul-Auger Feuillet. This version was explicity shown in diagrams, which indicated each dancer's starting place, facing, and path across the floor, and the timing of the figure.

It is done by two dancers facing (by default this is assumed to mean partners, if no other pairing is specified). They go forward in four counts, on a diagonal slightly to the left, to meet with right side by right side ("sides by the right"), then fall back to their starting places in four counts. The second time, they go forward to the opposite side to meet with left side by left side ("sides by the left").

==Variations==

There are many variations on this figure, including doing the above but meeting by the left side first, Sharp siding, and even a double-time version done in Lochac.

[[Category:dance steps]]

Armings

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'''Armings''', more correctly called [[Arms (Dance)|Arms]] is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. It can be performed as either armings left or armings right, and is done in pairs.

To perform an armings the couple must begin facing each other and take each others right arms at the elbow. They both walk in a full circle about each other, starting with the left foot, back to their own places in the time it takes to do two [[double]]s. Armings right is the same, but with left arms and starting with the right foot, in the opposite direction.

[[category:Dance steps]]

Siding

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'''Siding''' or '''Sidings''', more correctly called [[Sides]], is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master]] makes no specific description of the step, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s.

==Version 1==

A common version of ''Sidings left'' is for both people to face each other and perform a [[double]] left forward, angled to the left hand side so that right shoulders are alongside each other, and then to do a double right back into position.

''Sidings right'' is the same as sidings left, but starting with the right foot on the right side.

==Version 2==

In [[Lochac]], the most common way to perform ''Sidings left'' is for both people to face each other and take a step forward, angled to the left hand side so that right shoulders are alongside each other, with the left foot, and bringing the right foot up to ''close'' the step. The pair then step back into their original positions and do the same to the opposite side.

''Sidings right'' is the same as sidings left, but starting with the right foot on the right side.

==Version 3==

It has also been suggested that sidings may have been performed as a do-si-do.

[[Category:dance steps]]

Siding

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'''Siding''' or '''Sidings''', more correctly called [[Sides]] is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master]] makes no specific description of the step, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s.

==Version 1==

A common version of ''Sidings left'' is for both people to face each other and perform a [[double]] left forward, angled to the left hand side so that right shoulders are alongside each other, and then to do a double right back into position.

''Sidings right'' is the same as sidings left, but starting with the right foot on the right side.

==Version 2==

In [[Lochac]], the most common way to perform ''Sidings left'' is for both people to face each other and take a step forward, angled to the left hand side so that right shoulders are alongside each other, with the left foot, and bringing the right foot up to ''close'' the step. The pair then step back into their original positions and do the same to the opposite side.

''Sidings right'' is the same as sidings left, but starting with the right foot on the right side.

==Version 3==

It has also been suggested that sidings may have been performed as a do-si-do.

[[Category:dance steps]]

Sides

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'''Sides''' (in modern times often called "Siding") is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing-Master]] makes no specific description of the step, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s. The version that seems to be usually accepted as the best guess as to what figure Playford intended comes from Recueil de contredances by Raoul-Auger Feuillet. This version was explicity shown in diagrams, which indicated each dancer's starting place, facing, and path across the floor, and the timing of the figure.

It is done by two dancers facing (by default this is assumed to mean partners, if no other pairing is specified). They go forward in four counts, on a diagonal slightly to the left, to meet with right side by right side ("sides by the right"), then fall back to their starting places in four counts. The second time, they go forward to the opposite side to meet with left side by left side ("sides by the left").

==Variations==

There are many variations on this figure, including doing the above but meeting by the left side first, Sharp siding, and even a double-time version done in Lochac.

[[Category:dance steps]]

Sides

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198.77.46.84: initial version

'''Sides''' (in modern times often called "Siding") is a dance step used in [[English Country Dance]]. Although [[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing-Master]] makes no specific description of the step, from the choreography it can be established that it is always performed by two people together, and that its duration is that of two [[double]]s. The version that seems to be usually accepted as the best guess as to what figure Playford intended comes from Recueil de contredances by Raoul-Auger Feuillet. This version was explicity shown in diagrams, which indicated each dancer's starting place, facing, and path across the floor, and the timing of the figure.

It is done by two dancers facing (by default this is assumed to mean partners, if no other pairing is specified). They go forward in four counts, on a diagonal slightly to the left, to meet with right side by right side ("sides by the right"), then fall back to their starting places in four counts. The second time, they go forward to the opposite side to meet with left side by left side ("sides by the left").

==Variations==

There are many variations on this figure, including doing the above but meeting by the left side first, Sharp sides, and even a double-time version done in Lochac.

[[Category:dance steps]]

English Country Dance

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'''English Country Dance''' is the common name for [[dance]]s propagated by [[John Playford]] and later his sons and other heirs in the book titled ''[[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing Master]]'' (later renamed to ''The Dancing Master''). This style of dancing evolved in [[England]], and eventually spread to [[France]] and [[Germany]] and later to the [[New World]], and even [[Australia]]. Bush dances such as ''Strip the Willow'' are included in later editions of ''The English Dancing Master''.

It was published in 1651 and is theoretically outside of the [[SCA]] [[period]] but is commonly done in the [[SCA]] anyway. English Country Dance can be classified as early [[Baroque Dance]] rather than [[Renaissance Dance]], although it is not clear that the dances in The English Dancing-Master are more closely allied to most Baroque dances than to Renaissance dances. There are references to dances with some of the same names as those in ''Playford'' before 1600, although from the description of a couple of these it is clear that the dance was significantly different from those later printed by Playford.

The reconstructed dances are somewhat similar in form, usually being for sets of two, three, or four couples, often consisting of what modern teachers often call a verse-and-chorus structure. The three "verse" sections are typically leading forward and back or circling two doubles around in the first verse, [[siding]] in the second, and [[arming]] in the third. However, this is at best a general guideline.

There is also the '''[[Morris dance]]''', (originally ''[[Moor]]ish'') brought back during the [[Crusades|Crusading]] period, danced by small groups of men, bearing [[bell]]s, sticks, handerchiefs and the like, and frequently alleged to have been linked to certain [[England|English]] [[pagan]] [[tradition]]s. See ([[mundane]]ly) the works (''passim'') of '''[[wikipedia:Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett]]''', and accounts of the Helston Furry Dance, and the Padstow May Dance.

== Some English country dances ==

* [[Dargason]]
* [[Gathering Peascods]]
* [[Heart's Ease]]
* [[Hyde Park]]
* [[If all the world were paper]]
* [[Jenny Plucks Pears]]
* [[Mage on a Cree]]
* [[Parsons Farewell]]
* [[Picking of Sticks]]
* [[Rufty Tufty]]
* [[Upon a Summer's Day]]

From the [[Carolingia|Carolingian]] dance book:
* [[Chestnut (dance)|Chestnut]]
* [[Grimstock]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Del's Dance Book], contains many English Country Dance reconstructions with their music.
* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html Transcription of the first edition of The English Dancing Master].

[[Category:dance]]

War Branle

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List of Dances from Orchesography

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This is a list of all dances from ''[[Orchesography]]'' by Thoinaut Arbeau.

* [[Alman (Arbeau)|Alman]]
* [[Basse Dance]]s
** [[Basse Dance All Forlorn]]
** [[Basse Dance Comfort Me]]
** [[Basse Dance Jouissance]]
** [[Basse Dance Patience]]
* [[Bouffons]]
* [[Branle]]s
** [[Aridan Branle]]
** [[Breton Branle]]
** [[Burgundian Branle]]
** [[Candlestick Branle]]
** [[Cassandra Branle]]
** [[Charlotte Branle]]
** [[Clog Branle]]
** [[Double Branle]]
** [[Gavotte (Arbeau)|Gavotte]]
** [[Gay Branle]]
** [[Haut Barrois Branle]]
** [[Hay Branle]]
** [[Hermits Branle]]
** [[Horses Branle]]
** [[Maltese Branle]]
** [[Montarde Branle]]
** [[Official Branle]]
** [[Pease Branle]]
** [[Pinagay Branle]]
** [[Poitou Branle]]
** [[Scottish Branle]]
** [[Single Branle]]
** [[War Branle]]
** [[Washerwomen's Branle]]
* [[Canary (Arbeau)|Canary]]
* [[Coranto (Arbeau)|Coranto]]
* [[Galliard Variations (Arbeau)|Galliard Variations]]
* [[Lavolta]]
* [[Spanish Pavan]]

==Dance suites using the above dances==

*[[Quatre branles]]
*[[Mixed branles]] (Cut branles)

[[category:dance]]

Mixed branles

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The suite of '''mixed branles''', is a suite of five dances from ''[[Orchesography]]''. These dances were not presented as a suite in the source, but are sometimes done as a suite to take the place of suites referred to in Orchesography where some of the tunes and choreographies are not given. In [[Lochac]] the are sometime referred to as '''The Cut Branles'''. The suite does not require the dancers to be paired off, and so may be danced with any number of people.

==The Dances==

* [[Cassandra Branle]]
* [[Pinagay Branle]]
* [[Charlotte Branle]]
* [[War Branle]]
* [[Aridan Branle]]

[[Category: Dances]]

List of Dances from Orchesography

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Washerwomen's Branle

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The '''Washerwomen's [[Branle]]''' (Branle des Lavandieres) is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is a [[mimed branle]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* [[Single left (branle)|Single left]] ('''SL''')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR''')
* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or kick left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or kick right ('''KR''')
* [[Saut majeur]] or jump, landing with feet joined ('''J''')

==Choreography==

As with most branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or (if enough people are present) a circle. It is necessary for the dancers to be paired with partners.

The three strains of the tune alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

===1st Strain===

DL DR (Repeat)

===2nd Strain===

Partners turn to face each other: 
SL SR (while men shake their fingers at their partners, who have their hands on their hips) 
SL SR (while women shake their fingers at their partners, who have their hands on their hips) 

===3rd Strain===

Resuming standard branle formation: 
DL (clapping hands) 
DR (holding hands) 
DL (clapping hands) 
KL KR KL J (in a circle over the left shoulder)

[[Category:Dances]]
{{Branles}}

Pease Branle

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The '''Pease [[Branle]]''' (''Branle des Pois'') is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. According to [[Arbeau]] it is also known as the '''Margueritotte'''. It is a [[mimed branle]]

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* Large Jump (a [[saut majeur]] ending with [[pieds joints]]) ('''J''')
* [[pied gauche largi|Step left]] ('''L''')
* Small Jump (a [[petit saut]] ending with [[pieds joints]]) ('''j''')

==Choreography==

As with most branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or (if enough people are present) a circle. It is necessary for the dancers to be paired with partners.

The two strains of music alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

===1st Strain===

DL DR 
''Repeat''

===2nd Strain===

Men: J 
Women: J 
Men: L j j j 
Women: J 
Men: J 
Women: L j j j

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Maltese Branle

2006-02-22T08:41:00Z

198.77.46.84: distinction between Maltese and Turkish Branles

The '''Maltese Branle''' is a circle [[branle]], supposedly invented by the [[Knights of Malta]] to burlesque the [[Turkey|Turks]].

Most famous for the repeated bit where people [[dance]] into the middle making various gestures, before executing three gonad-high kicks and turning out again. This can be hysterical when performed by men in full leg-[[armour]].

The name of this branle is often applied erroneously to the Turkish Branle, which was choreographed in the SCA to the tune of Schiarazula Marazula. This tune often accelerates as it goes on; some dance-tapes also include a repeat performance which starts at three-halfs speed and picks up from there, which has come to be nicknamed the Suicide Branle.

The melody (with acceleration) can also be used to dance the [[Calafian Branle]] which is the one with the twirling back and forth that makes some people ''very'' dizzy.

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Horses Branle

2006-02-22T08:32:52Z

198.77.46.84: full article substituted for stub

The '''Horses' [[branle]]''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[mimed branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* [[Tap right]] (or stamp or tappement) ('''TR''')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR''')

==Choreography==

Like the [[Candlestick Branle]], this branle is done by couples holding hands with each other, and is not known to have any specific formation in which the couples are arranged. The couples hold both hands; the simplest way is to take near hands facing one's partner, but it is not known if this is correct.

The two strains of music alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

===1st Strain===

DL DR DL DR DL DR DL DR

===2nd Strain===

Men: TR TR SR DL, turning round to the left during the double 
Women do the same: TR TR SR DL, turning round to the left during the double

==Variations==

This dance has been adapted by modern people into a mixer, in which the couples are in one of various larger formations and the final turn takes each dancer away from his or her partner. These modern versions may best be learned in person from those who do them.

==Offsite Link==

* [http://dance.eclecsia.org/docs/horses_nemisis_new.html Why “Horse’s Branle” gives dancemasters headaches]

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Double Right (Haut Barrois)

2006-02-22T08:14:05Z

198.77.46.84: initial version

The double right, as done in the [[Haut Barrois Branle|branle du Haut Barrois]], is the same as an ordinary [[double right (branle)|branle double right]], except that it is done with running steps, springing off the floor between each step and the next: spring to right onto the right foot, spring onto the left foot approaching where the right foot was, spring to right onto the right foot, and then spring onto both feet joined.

Other versions of this step have been proposed, as discussed under [[Double Left (Haut Barrois)]].

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Double Left (Haut Barrois)

2006-02-22T08:10:00Z

198.77.46.84: format

The double left, as done in the [[Haut Barrois Branle|branle du Haut Barrois]], is the same as an ordinary [[double left (branle)|branle double left]], except that it is done with running steps, springing off the floor between each step and the next: spring to left onto the left foot, spring onto the right foot approaching where the left foot was, spring to left onto the left foot, and then spring onto both feet joined.

Other versions of this step have been proposed. In one version, there is a full hop between each step and the next, but this is not supported by Arbeau's own definition of [[saut]], which emphasizes elevation (at the middle of the saut) rather than rising from the ground or landing. In another version, one lands on both feet for each step, but this is not consistent with the original French, in which every step except the final [[pieds joints]] is done by a foot in the singular.

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Double Left (Haut Barrois)

2006-02-22T08:08:46Z

198.77.46.84: initial version

The double left, as done in the [[Haut Barrois Branle|branle du Haut Barrois]], is the same as an ordinary [[Double left (branle))|branle double left]], except that it is done with running steps, springing off the floor between each step and the next: spring to left onto the left foot, spring onto the right foot approaching where the left foot was, spring to left onto the left foot, and then spring onto both feet joined.

Other versions of this step have been proposed. In one version, there is a full hop between each step and the next, but this is not supported by Arbeau's own definition of [[saut]], which emphasizes elevation (at the middle of the saut) rather than rising from the ground or landing. In another version, one lands on both feet for each step, but this is not consistent with the original French, in which every step except the final [[pieds joints]] is done by a foot in the singular.

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Haut Barrois Branle

2006-02-22T07:52:47Z

198.77.46.84: not jumping, but running; deletion of pseudo-translation of name

The ''[[Branle]] du Haut Barrois'' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double Left (Haut Barrois)|Running Double left]] ('''DrL''')
* [[Double Right (Haut Barrois)|Running Double right]] ('''DrR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into couples.

===Verse===

DrL DrR 
Repeat

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Charlotte Branle

2006-02-22T07:49:04Z

198.77.46.84: /* Steps Used */ format

The [[branle]] '''Charlotte''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[mixed branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* [[Single left (branle)|Single left]] ('''SL''')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR''')
* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or kick left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or kick right ('''KR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

The two strains of music alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

Note that during the second strain the single right is followed by a left foot kick, and the single left by a right foot kick, which works the opposite way from the kick after the double in the first strain. This requires a subtle difference in the transfer of weight between feet: instead of closing with one foot at the end of a double and then springing onto the same foot to kick with the other, you close with one foot at the end of a single and then spring onto the other foot, to kick with the foot that closed.

===1st Strain===

DL KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

===2nd Strain===

DL KL KR 
SR KL KR KL 
SL KR KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

==Music==

The music to this dance is a little unusual, in that some of the kicks in the second strain of the tune do not coincide with accents in the music.

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Charlotte Branle

2006-02-22T07:48:28Z

198.77.46.84: /* Music */ change in terms (the second strain is not specifically a "chorus")

The [[branle]] '''Charlotte''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[mixed branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* [[Single left (branle)|Single left]] ('''SL'')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR'')
* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or kick left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or kick right ('''KR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

The two strains of music alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

Note that during the second strain the single right is followed by a left foot kick, and the single left by a right foot kick, which works the opposite way from the kick after the double in the first strain. This requires a subtle difference in the transfer of weight between feet: instead of closing with one foot at the end of a double and then springing onto the same foot to kick with the other, you close with one foot at the end of a single and then spring onto the other foot, to kick with the foot that closed.

===1st Strain===

DL KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

===2nd Strain===

DL KL KR 
SR KL KR KL 
SL KR KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

==Music==

The music to this dance is a little unusual, in that some of the kicks in the second strain of the tune do not coincide with accents in the music.

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Charlotte Branle

2006-02-22T07:46:33Z

198.77.46.84: /* Choreography */ various corrections

The [[branle]] '''Charlotte''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[mixed branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')
* [[Single left (branle)|Single left]] ('''SL'')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR'')
* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or kick left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or kick right ('''KR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

The two strains of music alternate until such time as the musicians decide to stop.

Note that during the second strain the single right is followed by a left foot kick, and the single left by a right foot kick, which works the opposite way from the kick after the double in the first strain. This requires a subtle difference in the transfer of weight between feet: instead of closing with one foot at the end of a double and then springing onto the same foot to kick with the other, you close with one foot at the end of a single and then spring onto the other foot, to kick with the foot that closed.

===1st Strain===

DL KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

===2nd Strain===

DL KL KR 
SR KL KR KL 
SL KR KL KR 
DR 
''Repeat''

==Music==

The music to this dance is a little unusual during the chorus, in that some of the kicks in the dance do not coincide with accents in the music.

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Aridan Branle

2006-02-22T07:32:55Z

198.77.46.84: various corrections

Burgundian Double Left

2006-02-22T07:27:25Z

198.77.46.84: more exact description of second step

Burgundian Double Right

2006-02-22T07:26:03Z

198.77.46.84: imported info from Left counterpart

Burgundian Double Left

2006-02-22T07:22:19Z

198.77.46.84: corrections about the kick

Grève droite

2006-02-22T07:19:51Z

198.77.46.84: subst. larger for higher

Branle

2006-02-22T07:06:07Z

198.77.46.84: /* Regional Branles */ corrections about Arbeau's Scottish branles, sp

Gay Branle

2006-02-22T06:30:07Z

198.77.46.84: /* Steps Used */ reminder that these pieds en l'air might not be forward kicks

The [[branle]] '''Gay''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[quatre branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or Kick Left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or Kick Right ('''KR''')

N. B. This is one dance where the pied en l'air is used in a way that does not necessarily imply a forward kick, so it might have used a pied en l'air that does not go forward and is thus not really a kick.

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into couples.

This is the fourth easiest dance in the world. It requires a little balance and absolutely no brain power.

===Verse===

KR KL KR KL 
Repeat

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Single Branle

2006-02-22T06:25:33Z

198.77.46.84: /* Variations */ Imported extra info from Double Branle

The [[branle]] '''Single''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[quatre branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

This is the second easiest dance in the world.

===Verse===

DL SR
''Repeat''

==Variations==

In place of the single right, one may do three quick kicks: [[pied en l'air gauche]], [[pied en l'air droit]], pied en l'air gauche. This is a [[division]] or decoupement. Presumably other divisions would also have been done, as in the [[Double Branle]]

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Single Branle

2006-02-22T06:21:03Z

198.77.46.84: /* Steps Used */ format

The [[branle]] '''Single''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[quatre branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Single right (branle)|Single right]] ('''SR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

This is the second easiest dance in the world.

===Verse===

DL SR
''Repeat''

==Variations==

In place of the single, three quick kicks can be inserted. This is a [[divided movement]].

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Double Branle

2006-02-22T06:19:11Z

198.77.46.84: /* Choreography */ qualified statement about easiness

The [[branle]] '''Double''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[quatre branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

This is one of the easiest dances in the world.

===Verse===

DL DR
''Repeat'', always doing smaller steps to R than to L

==Variations==

In place of the last two steps of the double right, one may do three quick kicks: [[pied en l'air gauche]], [[pied en l'air droit]], pied en l'air gauche. This is a [[division]] or decoupement. Agile dancers also did other divisions, for which Arbeau gave no instructions, in this branle.

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Double Branle

2006-02-22T06:18:21Z

198.77.46.84: /* Variations */ more detail, corrected terminology

The [[branle]] '''Double''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. It is one of the [[quatre branles]].

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left (branle)|Double left]] ('''DL''')
* [[Double right (branle)|Double right]] ('''DR''')

==Choreography==

As with all branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

This is the easiest dance in the world.

===Verse===

DL DR
''Repeat'', always doing smaller steps to R than to L

==Variations==

In place of the last two steps of the double right, one may do three quick kicks: [[pied en l'air gauche]], [[pied en l'air droit]], pied en l'air gauche. This is a [[division]] or decoupement. Agile dancers also did other divisions, for which Arbeau gave no instructions, in this branle.

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