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Dances currently practiced in Caerthe:

15th century Italian (Domenico, Ebreo, etc.):

• Amoroso
• Anello
• Geolosia
• Gioioso in tre
• Leoncello Vecchio
• Mercanzia
• Petit Vriens
• Presoniera
• Rostiboli Gioioso
• Verceppe

Johnes Banys' notebook/Gresley ms (approx. 1500 - English):

• Le Bens Distonys (soon - we need music)

Pavans and Basse Dances (with Galliards, and Tourdions):

• Carolingian Pavan (Belle Qui Tienne Ma Vie)
• “una pavana all'Italiana” (1st section of Pavana Matthei)
• Casuella la Novella
• Goioso Spaghnuolo
• Lauro
• Galliard and variations (cinq pas and variations, eleven step, and tourdion)
• Saltarello

SCA conjectural dance:

Quen Quer Que (to a period Spanish song)

Old Measures (Inns of Court – 1570-1670):

• Quadran Pavan
• Turkelone
• The Earl of Essex Measure
• Tinternell
• Lorayne Alman [1570 only]
• The Old Alman
• Brounswycke Alman [1570 only]
• The Queen’s Alman
• New Alman (c. 1570)
• Madam Sosilia Alman
• The Black Alman

16th century Italian (Caroso "Il Ballarino" - 1581):

• Ballo del Fiore in duo
• Ballo del Fiore in Terzo
• Selections from La Caccia d'Amore (Cesare Negri’s "Le Gratie d’Amore" 1602)
• “una caccia da farsi in routa”
• “una caccia da farsi in due”
• Chiara Stella
• Contrapasso Nuovo
• Dolce Amoroso Fuoco
• Il Piantone
• Villanella

16th century French Bransles (Arbeau "Orchesography" - 1589):

• Suite:
• Branle Double
• Branle Simple
• Branle Gay
• Branle Bourgoigne (Burgundian)
• Suite:
• Branle Cassandre
• Branle Pinagay
• Branle Charlotte
• Branle de Guerre (War)
• Aridan
• Branle D'Escosse (Scotts)
• Branle Des Lavandiers (Washerwoman’s)
• Branle Des Pois (Peas')
• Branle du Chandelier (Candlestick or Torch)
• Branle Chevaulx (Horses')
• Branle de la Montarde
• Branle Official
• "Turkish" Bransle (SCA 'Maltese')

17th century English Country dances (mostly first edition Playford [1651 - registered in 1650]):

• Black Nagg (3rd edition - 1657)
• Dargason
• Fine Companion
• Gathering Peascods
• Grimstock
• Heart’s Ease
• Jenny Pluck Pears
• Mage on a Cree
• Oringes and Lemmons (3rd edition - 1657)
• Picking Up Sticks
• Rufty Tufty
• Sellinger’s Round or The Beginning of the World (4th edition - 1670)
• Upon A Summer’s Day

New dances are added periodically.  Dances marked (soon) are scheduled for introduction by the end of the year.  All other dances listed above are practiced regularly (each at least once every two months) at Tuesday night Caerthen dance practice.

If you are not blessed with live music, you might want to check our Recommended Recordings.

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