Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Ludwig, Katherina
Warm-up: Ginevra, Amoroso (including an improvised 3-person variant)
Main Session - Negri's Canary
Revision of all mutanze learned so far:
Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Ludwig, Katherina
Warm-up: Ginevra, Amoroso (including an improvised 3-person variant)
Revision of all mutanze learned so far:
Present: Anna, William, Caterine, Katherina
Warmup: Amoroso, La Figlia de Guglielmino
Revision of
Skimmed through the third and fifth mutanze. Danced the whole thing through several times, including all verses.
NOTE: we need a more detailed revision of the 5th mutanza, the separating verse, and the final verse.
Present: William, Anna, Caterine, Katherina
Warmup: Figlia de Guglielmino, Chiara Stella
New material (for at least some present)
Katherina practiced her current interpretation of the man's third mutanza, which she'll teach next time.
Revision:
Present: Caterine, William, Katherina
Warmup: Rostiboli Gioioso for three
We had Canario scheduled for this session, but did Pavaniglia instead, because that's what I had prepared.
Revision
New Material (for this year, anyway)
Present: Caterine, William, Ludwig (Canary only), Katherina
Warmup: Black Almain
Revision
New Material (for this year, anyway)
Present: William, Ludwig, Katherina
Warmup: Rostiboli Gioioso for three (with two men and one woman, for a change)
Revision
New Material
Present: William, Anna, Katherina
Warm-up: Rostiboli Gioioso for three
Learned the whole of the man's 4th mutanza, on both sides (verses 11 and 12). Katherina practiced the woman's 4th mutanza, but didn't teach it.
Our first advanced-dancing session for the summer!
Present: Katherina, Anna, William, Caterine
Warm up: Pungente Dardo, Amoroso
Revision
Regular dance classes have finished for the year, and will re-start in February, but we're still dancing!
Our last class of 2010, and we have a lovely session, with both familiar faces and some new ones. Please come back next year!
We got through:
(all 16th century French branles, from the manual "Orchesography")
(all balli from 15th century Italian manuscripts)
(a variation on the galliard, in which the woman leaps, and the man spins her, while helping her to leap even higher)