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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Cupido&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[15th Century Italian Dance]] which appears in six different manuscripts. It is classified as a [[bassadanza]].<br /> <br /> ==Reconstruction==<br /> <br /> This dance is performed by four people., two men and two women. <br /> <br /> ===Steps used===<br /> <br /> * [[continentia]] left and right (&#039;&#039;&#039;CL&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;CR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[sempio]] left and right (&#039;&#039;&#039;SL&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;SR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[doppio]] left and right (&#039;&#039;&#039;DL&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;DR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[riverentia]] (&#039;&#039;&#039;Rv&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[ripresa]] left and right (&#039;&#039;&#039;RpL&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;RpR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[mezavolta]] right (&#039;&#039;&#039;MzvR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[continentia]] left and right (&#039;&#039;&#039;CL&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;CR&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[volta del gioioso]] left (&#039;&#039;&#039;VdgL&#039;&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Choreography===<br /> <br /> :This dance begins in a line, one behind the other, with the men in first and third positions. Everybody begins with two sempi moving forwards. Then the women advance with a doppio, while the men perform a mezavolta to the right with a doppio. The men should now be standing beside the women, facing the opposite direction. Everybody performs a ripresa left, a ripresa right and a riverentia.<br /> <br /> 1 SL, SR &lt;br&gt;<br /> 2 DL (women) MzvR (DL) (men) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 3-4 RpL, RpR &lt;br&gt;<br /> 5 RvL &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> :Taking right hands, each couple performs two sempi and a doppio to travel a full circle. Everybody performs a ripresa right to exchange places with their partner. Then men advance with two doppi while the women perform four continentie, alternating left and right. Everybody perfoms a mezavolta with a doppio to end up facing towards each other, then finish with a ripresa left, a ripresa right and a riverentia.<br /> <br /> 6-7 SL, SR, DL (holding right hands) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 8 RpR &lt;br&gt;<br /> 9-10 DL, DR (men) CL, CR, CL, CR (women) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 11 MzvR (DL) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 12-13 RpL, RpR &lt;br&gt;<br /> 14 RvL<br /> <br /> :The women advance towards the men with two sempi, while the men advance with one sempio, and perform a quick mezavolta with a second sempio. The couples should now be side by side. Joining hands they perform a ripresa left, and then drop hands to perform a volta del gioioso and finish with a riverentia. This dance is then repeated with the first two sempi having the women lead off, and the men slip in beside them. From this point on their roles are reversed.<br /> <br /> 15 SL, SR (women) SL, MzvR (SR) (men) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 16 RpL (joining hands) &lt;br&gt;<br /> 17-18 VdgL &lt;br&gt;<br /> 19 RvL<br /> <br /> ==Music==<br /> <br /> Theoretically this may be danced to any 17 bar bassadanza tune.<br /> <br /> [[Category:dances]]</div>

Conrad Leviston