[SCA-Dance] La Vita e Bella (pun intended)

[Alexander Clark]

BTW, if anyone gets to do this with Thyra before she is crowned and
becomes a Dancing Queen, be sure to greet her with a hearty
"Buongiorno, Principessa!"

On 8/15/12, I wrote:
> I just had a horrible idea, and I had to do something about it. The
> results are below.
>
> La Vita e Bella
>
> perpetrated by Henry of Maldon (Alex Clark)
>
> To the tune of Bella Gioiosa, with the Ritornello played (three
> repeats) after every playing of the main theme, as if it were a
> chorus.
>
> A cascarda (or sumpin like dat) for a woman between two men, or a man
> between two women; the one in between leads the dance.
>
> 1. Holding hands in line, they all do a riverenza in balzetto, 4
> trabuchetti beginning with the L, 2 seguiti spezzati forwards with the
> leader going straight forwards while the others turn half to L to go
> away, then all turn half L again doing 2 steps forwards and the
> cadenza, ending up in a small triangle.
>
> Chorus: The leader and the one on the leader's R both simultaneously
> do a riverenza in balzetto. Then the leader and the one on the L do
> the same. Then all three simultaneously turn L with a seguito spezzato
> and the cadenza, ending up facing in again.
>
> 2. All three dancers go round the circle to L with 4 seguiti spezzati,
> then face in and do scambiata L and scambiata R.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 3. Leader and the one on the leader's R turn once round by the R hand
> with 2 seguiti semidoppii. Leader and third dancer do likewise by the
> L hand.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 4. Solo: Leader goes forward 2 steps and cadenza, then immediately
> begins 5 seguiti battuti di canario, then go L 2 riprese, 2
> trabuchetti, turn L with a seguito spezzato and cadenza.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 5. Second dancer's solo: The dancer on the leader's R does the solo as
> above.
>
> Chorus, led by the second dancer, who begins with a riverenza in
> balzetto to the one on the R hand.
>
> 6. Third dancer's solo: The dancer on the leader's L does the solo as
> above.
>
> Chorus, led by the third dancer, who begins with a riverenza in
> balzetto to the one on the R hand.
>
> 7. Jousting: With their L sides held forward, all three dancers do 4
> seguiti spezzati, the first forward, next backward, and 2 forward to
> pass through, the leader going through the middle, and finish by
> turning R to face in; do all this again.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 8. All three do two fioretti a pie pari, two little steps back, then 2
> seguiti spezzati passing through as in the jousting figure above; do
> all this again.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 9. All three do the catena (hey), beginning with the leader going into
> the middle and passing the one on the L hand by the L shoulder, with
> six seguiti spezzati, then finish with two steps forward and a cadenza
> in their starting places.
>
> Chorus.
>
> 10. All three do four trabuchetti, 4 seguiti battuti di canario, then
> go L with 2 riprese, 2 trabuchetti, and turn L with 1 seguito spezzato
> and cadenza.
>
> Chorus, but this time only the leader turns all the way, while the
> other two go forward into line and then turn halfway round.
>