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'''Duchesco''' is a [[15th Century Italian Dance]] which appears in six different manuscripts. It is classified as a [[ballo]].

==Reconstruction==

This dance is performed by three people, two men and one woman.

===Steps used===

* [[saltarello step|saltarello]] left and right ('''SlL''', '''SlR''')
* [[volta del gioioso]] left ('''VdgL''')
* [[riverentia]] left ('''RvL''')
* [[sempio]] left and right ('''SL''' and '''SR''')
* [[doppio]] left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''')
* [[ripresa]] left and right ('''RpL''' and '''RpR''')
* [[saltarello tedesco]] left and right ('''SltL''' and '''SltR''')
* [[voltatonda]] right ('''VtR''')
* [[movimento]] ('''Mv''')

===Choreography===

:The dancers begin in a line, one behind the other, with the woman second. They begin with fourteen saltarelli then a volta del gioioso.

:The group perform a riverentia. The lady alone performs two sempi and six doppi in a figure 8 passing around both men and back to here original spot. Everybody perform a ripresa left, a ripresa right and a riverentia left.

1-14 SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR, SlL, SlR<br>
15-16 VdgL<br>
17 RvL<br>
18-24 SL, SR, DL, DR, DL, DR, DL, DR (woman in a figure 8 around men)<br>
25-26 RpL, RpR<br>
27 RvL

:Taking right hands the first man and the woman perform two saltarelli tedesci in a circle back to place. Taking left hands the second man and the woman perform two saltarelli tedesci in a circle back to place. The woman then performs eight pive in a figure 8 around the man.

28-29 SltL, SltR (first man and woman take right hands and go in a circle)<br>
30-31 SltL, SltR (second man and woman take left hands and go in a circle)<br>
23-35 PvL, PvR, PvL, PvR, PvL, PvR, PvL, PvR(woman in a figure 8 around men)<br>

:In a line, the group advances with two sempi and a doppio. Everybody performs a riverentia left. The woman performs a movimento, then the men do the same. The woman performs a voltatonda with a doppio. The men perform a movimento, then the woman does the same. The men perform a voltatonda with a doppio left, then the woman performs a voltatonda with a doppio left. The dance is repeated.

36-37 SL, SR, DL<br>
38 RvL<br>
39 Mv (woman), Mv (men)<br>
40 VtL (DL) (woman)<br>
41 Mv (men), Mv (woman)<br>
42 VtL (DL) (men)<br>
43 VtL (DL) (woman)<br>


==Music==

No music survives for this dance.
[[Category:dances]]