| Alesandresca | ||
| a bassadanza for two by Guglielmo Ebreo | ||
| Source: Smith's translation, reconstructed by Dafydd and Conandil. | ||
| Music: Forse che si, forse che no, Alesandresca | ||
| involved, but the beginning of the dance is very clear. | ||
| Starting position: man in front of the woman, leading. | ||
| Section 1: | ||
| 1 | Two sempi (left and right) and a doppio (left) | |
| 2 | Doppio (left) | |
| 3&4 | Voltatonda with a sempio on the right and a doppio on the left (which starts in the middle of measure 3 and finishes | |
| in the middle of measure 4), finishing measure 4 with a mezavolta to reverse positions (the woman is leading after | ||
| this half-turn). | ||
| 5&6 | Two riprese, left and right | |
| 7 | Two continenze, left and right | |
| 8-14 | Repeat all of the above, with the mezavolta in the middle returning the man to the lead position | |
| Section 2: | ||
| 15&16 | Shift to go right shoulder to right shoulder and circle with two sempi, left and right, and a doppio left | |
| 17&18 | Reverse directions and circle left shoulder to left shoulder with two sempi, right and left, and a doppio right | |
| 19&20 | Take right hands and circle with two sempi, left and right, and a doppio left | |
| 21&22 | Take left hands and circle with two sempi, right and left, and a doppio right | |
| Section 3: | ||
| 23 | Riverentia on the left | |
| 24 | Separate from each other with a sempio backwards on the left, the mezavolta on the right to face away from your partner | |
| 25 | Ripresa left | |
| 26 | Voltatonda in two sempi, right and left | |
| 27 | Ripresa right (remain facing away from your partner throughout) | |
| Section 4: | ||
| 28&29 | Take two doppi, left and right, away from your partner, then mezavolta to face your partner again | |
| 30&31 | Two riprese, left and right | |
| 32 | Riverentia on the left | |
| Section 5: | ||
| 33 | Man movimento (scosso), woman responds | |
| 34&35 | Approach your partner with two saltarelli, left and right (in bassadanza time) | |
| 36 | Voltatonda in two sempi right and left | |
| 37 | Ripresa right | |
| 38 | Riverentia on the left, touching right hands, and at the end the woman adjusts so that she's once again in the lead of the pair | |
| 39&40 | Two riprese, left and right | |
| 41 | Riverentia on the left | |
| The entire dance repeats with the Forse music - the second time, the roles are reversed. | ||