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'''Laccio d�Amore''' is a [[dance]] for one [[Lord]] and one [[Lady]], notable for its frequent use of the cadenza throughout the dance.  ''[[Il Ballarino]]'' includes an arrangement of the [[music]] for [[lute]].  [[Caroso]] dedicated this dance to Signora Givlia Colloreta di Valvasone.

Caroso describes Laccio d�Amore as an �encounter�, which could be taken to mean that it should be interpreted as two people meeting for the first time.  The couple has only a little time to spend together, so their interaction is light, fun, and frivolous, but also reserved in a way; there is relatively little contact between the dancers compared to a dance like [[Contrapasso (dance)|Contrapasso]].

<table>
<tr style="background:#ccffff"><td>'''Count'''</td><td>'''Steps'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>1-4</td><td> Riuerenza Minima</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-12</td><td> Four Spezzati in a wheel, turning clockwise </td></tr>
<tr><td>13-16</td><td> Facing partner, four Trabuchetti </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-4</td><td> Flank backward with two Spezzati, left foot first </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>5-8</td><td> Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>9-12</td><td> Flank backward with two Spezzati, right foot first </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-16</td><td> Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-2</td><td> Lord alone: Two Passi  toward partner </td></tr>
<tr><td>3-4</td><td> Two Trabuchetti </td></tr>
<tr><td>5-8</td><td> Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr><td>9-10</td><td> Two Passi  toward partner </td></tr>
<tr><td>11-12</td><td> Two Trabuchetti </td></tr>
<tr><td>13-16</td><td> Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-4</td><td> Take right hands and wheel a half turn clockwise in two Spezzati </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>5-8</td><td> Release hands and take two Passi presti turning back ccw and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>9-12</td><td> Take left hands and wheel a half turn ccw in two Spezzati </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-16</td><td> Release hands and two Passi presti back cw and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-2</td><td> Lady alone: Two Passi  toward partner </td></tr>
<tr><td>3-4</td><td> Two Trabuchetti </td></tr>
<tr><td>5-8</td><td> Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr><td>9-10</td><td> Two Passi  toward partner </td></tr>
<tr><td>11-12</td><td> Two Trabuchetti </td></tr>
<tr><td>13-16</td><td> Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-4</td><td> Take right hands and wheel a half turn clockwise in two Spezzati </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>5-8</td><td> Release hands and take two Passi presti turning back ccw and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>9-12</td><td> Take left hands and wheel a half turn ccw in two Spezzati </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-16</td><td> Release hands and two Passi presti back cw and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-2</td><td> Two Fioretti a pie pari (left side first)</td></tr>
<tr><td>3-4</td><td> Flank backward with two Passi presti (again, left foot first)</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-8</td><td> Turn left with Seguiti Semmiodoppio (�beginning on the left foot�)</td></tr>
<tr><td>9-10</td><td> Two Fioretti a pie pari (�beginning with the right foot�)</td></tr>
<tr><td>11-12</td><td> Flank backward with two Passi presti (right foot first)</td></tr>
<tr><td>13-16</td><td> Turn right with Seguiti Semmiodoppio </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-2</td><td> Two Passi presti (going forward)</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>3-4</td><td> Stomp twice with the left foot, striking behind the right foot </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>5-8</td><td> Flank backwards with two Spezzati </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>9-10</td><td> Two Ripresa to the left </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>11-12</td><td> Two Trabuchetti, left then right </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-16</td><td> Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>*</td><td> Riuerenza (as last chord fades)</td></tr>
</table>

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