The Dance Plan for a Least the Next Few Months

For the first hour of the class (2pm to 3pm) we'll be doing dances from the first list below - exactly which ones will depend on the numbers and knowledge base of the people who come along.

For the next half hour (3pm to 3:30) we'll do some revision. If you aren't one of the people who have done the dance before, you can get extra help :)

For the rest of the class (3:30 to 4pm, maybe a little later for those who feel like it) we'll be doing dances from the second list.

NB The lists will change slowly over time.

Really easy dances are marked with an asterisk and the number on the right is the minimum number of dancers needed.

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Dances from this list vary from those only 1 or 2 different steps to about half-a-dozen.

English Country                                                                  15th C Italian
Argeers                                4                                              Petit Vriens*                           3
Cuckholds all Awry              4                                              Amoroso                                 2
Dargason                             8                                              Anello                                     4
Gathering Peascods              6                                              Belfiore                                   3
Goddesses (*until the Heys) 6 or 8                                        Gelosia                                    6
Grimstock                           6                                              Gratiosa for 2                           2
Hearts Ease                         4                                              Gratiosa for 3                           3
Hit an Misse                        4                                              Leoncello for 3                         3
Jenny Pluck Pears               6                                               Presionera                               2
Merry Merry Milkmaids       8                                              Rostiboli gioioso                       3
Picking of Sticks                  6                                              Voltati in Ça Rosina                  3
Rufty Tufty                         4
Spanish Jeepsie (the real one, for 8)                                     16th C Italian
Upon a Summer’s Day        6                                               Ballo del Fiore for 2                                         2
Whirligig                             6                                               Ill Conto Del Orco                                           2
                                                                                          Ill Piantone (the non-improvisational version)     2
Modern Inventions Attempting
a Period Style                                                                  Burgundian Basse Danse
Mannschaft Pavan                8                                            Alenchon                                                          2
Red and White Almain          2                                            Danse de Cleves                                                2
(The Politarchopolis Dance)                                                La Spagna                                                         2
Saltarello La Regina              2
Spanish Jeepsie for 4            2
 
 

Dances from this list may have more steps and/or be more complicated. Some are also longer.

Allegrezza d'Amore    C          3                                        Newcastle                    8
Ballo del Fiore for 3                  3                                        Parsons' Farewell         4
Bizzaria d'Amore                     4                                         Saint Martins               4
Barriera                                   2
Bassa Sevella                           2                                      16th C French (Arbeau & modern choreographies of Arbeau)
Fedelta                     C            2, but better 6                    Galliarde/Tordion - More Complex Variations    1
Fiamma d'Amore       C          2                                       Gavotte (both Arbeau's improvisational one and Helga Hill's modern,
Il Canario (Canarios)                2                                        choreographed version)                                    1
Chiarra Stella           C           2                                                                     (but the dance is for a group holding hands in a ring)
Contentezza d'Amore              2
Forza d'Amore                       2
Gratia d'Amore                       2
Il Piantone (with vaiations)       2
La Castellana          C            2
Laura Suave                            2
Spagnoletta       C-like             2
Spagnoletta nuovo C-like         3
Lo Spagnoletto                       4
Il Torneo Amoroso (Negri's)    2
Villanella                                2
Il Villanico                              2

C is for Cascarde - a group of bouncy little dances with a close family resemblence.