| Corona | |
| a bassadanza for three in a file | |
| Source: AW Smith (2 mms), reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | |
| Music: Sonare et Balare (DHDS) (not quite a full measure for intro) | |
| Starting position: The word "fila" is used for position, which means "one behind the other", or "column", so the dancers | |
| should be lined up one behind the other. Note that due to the complete lack of interaction between the dancers, | |
| the reference in one mms to "perform{ed} like La Mignotta", and the notes in La Mignotta of many people being | |
| able to do the dance at once, this may well be another "as many as will" dance. | |
| Section 1: | |
| 1 | Two sempi, left and right |
| 2 | Cambiamento (literally "change") to shift feet: ref scambiate from 16th C Italian: |
| jump onto the left toe, put right foot under left heel, swing left foot forward and around, then jump slightly to | |
| land with feet together, weight on left | |
| 3&4 | Two doppi, right and left |
| 5 | Cambiamento right (switch weight to right) |
| 6 | One doppio, left |
| 7 | Two sempio, right and left; mezavolta with a jump |
| 8 | One doppio, right; mezavolta |
| 9&10 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 11 | Cambiamento, left (switch weight to left) |
| 12&13 | Two doppi, right and left; mezavolta |
| 14&15 | Two doppi, left and right |
| 16 | Cambiamento, left (switch weight to left); mezavolta |
| 17 | Voltatonda right |
| 18 | Ripresa left to mezavolta |
| 19 | Voltatonda left |
| 20 | Ripresa right to mezavolta |
| 21 | Two continentie, left and right |
| Section 2: | |
| 22&23 | Two riprese, left and right |
| 24 | Jump onto the left foot and quickly do a doppio, right |
| 25 | Ripresa left, diagonally forward |
| 26 | One sempio, left, pause |
| 27 | Ripresa left, diagonally forward |
| 28 | Voltatonda |
| 29 | Riverentia |
| Repeats | |
| There is a note in Rvat that translates to something like: | |
| This is a very challenging (fortissima = very strong, so formidible?) bassadanza, not for people who scribble | |
| on paper, appropriately the crown of the others. | |
| This is a tricky dance to reconstruct. I've had to use the created music to make some choices, relying on the | |
| DHDS's expertise to be a good guide. In measures 3 & 4, the mms says there are two doppi on the right, and | |
| then one on the left - I've turned those into just two doppi, right and left. In measure 7, the mms separates the | |
| two sempi with some extra description between - I've combined them (perhaps inaccurately). In measures 17 | |
| to 20, there is an instruction for performing four actions of quadernaria in the misura of bassadanza, followed by | |
| the voltatondas/mezavoltas and ripresas (turning back) - I've presumed that the voltas and ripresas are the | |
| same as the four misura. | |
| And, of course, the cambiamento. I looked up "cambiamento" and found that it means change. A DHDS booklet | |
| indicates that cambiamento (and scambiamento, which means switch) might refer to a weight/foot change. I | |
| looked to 16th century Italian dance for the scambiate (form of scambiare, means exchange) step, and have | |
| used that here. | |