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'''Duchessa''' is a [[15th Century Italian Dance]] which appears in two different manuscripts. It is classified as a [[bassadanza]].

==Reconstruction==

This dance is performed by three people. The original instructions call for one man and two women. 

===Steps used===

* [[continentia]] left and right ('''CL''' and '''CR''')
* [[sempio]] left and right ('''SL''' and '''SR''')
* [[doppio]] left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''')
* [[ripresa]] left and right ('''RpL''' and '''RpR''')
* [[voltatonda]] left ('''VtL''')
* [[saltarello step|saltarello]] left and right ('''SlL''', '''SlR''')
* [[mezavolta]] right ('''MzvR''')
* [[riverentia]] ('''Rv''')

===Choreography===

:This dance begins with three dancers standing abreast, with the woman in the centre. Everybody performs a continentia left, a continentia right, and then advances with two sempi. The men continue with two doppi, while the woman performs a ripresa left and a ripresa right. The woman then performs two doppi while then men perform a ripresa left and a ripresa right. The woman should have made slightly larger doppi than the men did, and therefore be a little further forward. The woman performs a voltatonda right with one ripresa, while the men perform a ripresa forward to draw level. Everybody performs a volta del gioioso left, followed by two continentie, left and right.

1-2 CL, CR<br>
3 SL, SR<br>
4-5 DL, DR (men):RpL, RpR (woman)<br>
6-7 DL, DR (woman):RpL, RpR (men)<br>
8 RpL advancing (men):VtR(RpL)(woman)<br>
9-10 VdG<br>
11 CL, CR

:Everybody performs two tempi of saltarelli advancing, then two riprese. The woman performs the second ripresa as a mezavolta. Everybody performs two doppi, the men moving away from the woman. Everybody performs a ripresa left as a mezavolta, followed by a ripresa right. In place of the ripresa right the first man (he who started on the left) performs a contintia right and a continentia left. He should now be standing directly opposite the woman. Everybody performs a doppio left, then as the first man performs a doppio right, the woman and the second man perform a continentia right and a continentia left.

''Incomplete'', to be continued, [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 06:26, 3 Nov 2005 (CST)

==Music==

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