Febus

Febus is a 15th Century Italian Dance which appears in seven different manuscripts. It is classified as a bassadanza.

In the Barony of Stormhold it is traditionally the last dance performed at an event.

Reconstruction

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

Steps used

• piva left and right (PvL and PvR)
• continentia left and right (CL and CR)
• sempio left and right (SL and SR)
• doppio left and right (DL and DR)
• riverentia (Rv)
• ripresa left and right (RpL and RpR)
• mezavolta right (MzvR)
• voltatonda left (VtL)

Choreography

The three dancers begin in a line, side by side facing up the hall, and holding hands. The man is standing in the centre.

The dancers perform a continentia left and then right. They then perform two sempi, one doppio left and a ripresa right. This sequence is performed again, however while the women perform the final ripresa the man performs a mezavolta to face down the hall.

CL, CR
SL, SR, DL
RpR

CL, CR
SL, SR, DL
RpR (women) - MzvR (man)

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Incomplete reconstruction. To be continued, Conrad Leviston

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Music

The original music does not survive. Music for this dance is needed.