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The '''Ballo del Fiore''' (''Dance of the Flower'') is a dance by [[Fabritio Caroso]]. There are two choreographies from his book [[Il Ballarino]], one for two people the other for three. He also gave a [[Ballo del Fiore (Nobilta)|later choreography]] in [[Nobilta di Dame]].

Both two and three person dances begin with one person in the centre holding a flower. When the dance reaches it final [[riverenza]] the flower is transferred to one of the other dances, who may repeat the dance. For the two person dance it has become a popular variation in the [[SCA]] to start with a bunch of flowers, passing half the bunch over in the end, and having both dancers repeat the dance. In this way many more people may take part in a given number of repetitions of the dance.

*[[Ballo del Fiore for two (Il Ballarino)|Ballo del Fiore for two]]
*[[Ballo del Fiore for three (Il Ballarino)|Ballo del Fiore for three]]
*[[Ballo del Fiore (Nobilta)|Ballo del Fiore from Nobilta di Dame]]

==Dedicatory Poem==

This dance comes with a poem dedicated to Lady Laura Moro Contarini.

===Original Poem===

Giua liet a l'Aurore<br>
Per l'Oriente i suoi destrier spr&ograve;nando;<br>
Oue di gemme, & oro<br>
Il bel paese abonda,<br>
Et di quanto il Mar bagna, e'l Sol circonda:<br>
Qual balezza seconda<br>
Non fia al mio alb&ograve;r (dicea) ch'inostra, e indora<br>
D'Ogni ricci tesoro<br>
Il Ciel, l'aria, la terra, e l'onda? Quand<br>
Giove rispose irato: In terra ha stanza<br>
Donna, che tua belt&agrave; di belt&agrave; avanza.

==Offsite Links==

* [http://jducoeur.org/IlBallarino/Translation/Book2/Ballo%20Del%20Fiore.html Translation of original]

[[Category:Dances]]