Contrapasso (dance) - Revision history

Runolfr: Added link to a music source.

2006-03-01T21:03:15Z

Added link to a music source.

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	<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>		<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>
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			Music for Contrapasso is available from [http://www.dragonscaleconsort.com/ The Dragonscale Consort] on their album, "A Consort of Dances".

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Runolfr at 17:20, 22 February 2006

2006-02-22T17:20:50Z

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	[[Fabritio Caroso]] wrote dances primarily for the nobility, and many of his dances are dedicated to prominent Ladies of the time: he wrote ''Contrapasso'' itself		[[Fabritio Caroso]] wrote dances primarily for the nobility, and many of his dances are dedicated to prominent Ladies of the time: he wrote ''Contrapasso'' itself

	''Contrapasso'' is easy to interpret as a romantic dance, especially with an arrangement of the music such as the one by [http://www.dragonscaleconsort.com/ The Dragonscale Consort]. The title means �Counterstep�, presumably describing the way the dancers frequently move together around a central point or repeat each other�s movements.		''Contrapasso'' is easy to interpret as a romantic dance, especially with an arrangement of the music such as the one by [http://www.dragonscaleconsort.com/ The Dragonscale Consort]. The title means �Counterstep�, presumably describing the way the dancers frequently move together around a central point or repeat each other�s movements.

Conrad Leviston at 03:26, 22 February 2006

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	<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>		<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>
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	<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>		<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>
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	--[[User:Runolfr\|Lord Runolfr]] 11:32, 21 Feb 2006 (CST)

Runolfr at 17:32, 21 February 2006

2006-02-21T17:32:56Z

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[[Fabritio Caroso]] wrote dances primarily for the nobility, and many of his dances are dedicated to prominent Ladies of the time: he wrote ''Contrapasso'' itself �in praise of the very magnificent Madonna Felicita Ziletti�. Dances of this type were typically performed in courts by a single couple or set, while other guests watched. ''Contrapasso'' seems to be an exception to the rule, in that Caroso seems to describe a dance for an unspecified number of dancers, calling it a �Balleto for uncertain, of doing it in two�. In contrast, he describes the related dance Contrapasso Nuovo, a dance that clearly requires six dancers, as a �Balleto of six�. From this description, I conclude that Contrapasso is a dance that, in period, would have multiple couples on the dance floor at the same time.

''Contrapasso'' is easy to interpret as a romantic dance, especially with an arrangement of the music such as the one by [http://www.dragonscaleconsort.com/ The Dragonscale Consort]. The title means �Counterstep�, presumably describing the way the dancers frequently move together around a central point or repeat each other�s movements.

[[Il Ballarino]] includes music for ''Contrapasso'' in lute notation. The music actually appears earlier in the book under the instructions for [[Contrapasso Nuovo]], which Caroso references at the end of the instructions for ''Contrapasso''.

Contrapasso has been researched before in the SCA. I first learned a version reconstructed by Mistress Mara Kolarova, and the [http://downloads.cynnabar.org/ Terpsichore Dance Manual] also includes a version of the dance. These versions call the dance ''Contrapasso in Due'', presumably to distinguish it more easily from [[Contrapasso Nuovo]]. Both of these arrangements describe it as having 4-count measures, but the music is actually composed mostly of twelfth notes or some such, making it easier to describe in units of six notes, and I have documented the steps accordingly.

<table>
<tr style="background:#ccffff"><td>'''Count'''</td><td>'''Steps'''</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-12</td><td>Start proper, holding hands, and do a Riverenza grave with the left foot.</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-24</td><td>Do two Continenze, first to the left and then to the right.</td></tr>
<tr><td>1-12</td><td>Do two Passi gravi and one Doppio presto, starting with the left foot.</td></tr>
<tr><td>13-24</td><td>Do two Passo backward, starting with the right foot, and then two Riprese to the right </td></tr>
<tr><td>25-48</td><td>Repeat the sequence.</td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-12</td><td>Take right hands and do two Passi gravi and one Doppio to the left, starting with the left foot </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-24</td><td> Take left hands and do two Passi gravi and one Doppio to the right, starting with the right foot </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-36</td><td> Release hands and turn to the left with two Seguiti ordinarii; at the end bend at the knees a little to perform a meza Riverenza </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>37-48</td><td> Do two more Seguiti ordinarii turning to the right </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-48</td><td> Same as the previous verse except take arms (up to the elbow) instead of hands when turning your partner </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-12</td><td> Take both hands with your partner and do two Passi gravi and one Doppio presto to the left </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-24</td><td> Do two Passi gravi and one Doppio presto back to the right </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> Releasing hands, the lady turns as in the previous two verses, but the man will do four Seguiti flanked: two back and two forward. At the end, turn to stand proper and take hands </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-48</td><td> Walk forward together doing eight Seguiti ordinarii </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-12</td><td> Riverenza to your partner </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-24</td><td> Do two Continenze gravi, left then right </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> Turn to the left with two Seguiti ordinarii; then do two more Seguiti ordinarii turning to the right </td></tr>
<tr><td>1-12</td><td> The man does two Passi gravi, and one Doppio presto forward, starting with the left foot: the lady will do the same backward, starting with the right foot </td></tr>
<tr><td>13-24</td><td> The lady will do the same forward, and the man back </td></tr>
<tr><td>25-48</td><td> Both do turns with Seguiti ordinarii as before </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>1-12</td><td> The man alone will do the Riverenza with the left foot </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>13-24</td><td> The lady alone will do the Riverenza with the left foot </td></tr>
<tr style="background:#cccccc"><td>25-48</td><td> The lady will do the two said turns as before. The man will do four Seguiti ordinarii: 2 flanked back, and 2 forward </td></tr>
</table>

--[[User:Runolfr|Lord Runolfr]] 11:32, 21 Feb 2006 (CST)