I did notice the lift, but was far enough away (second row balcony, whence we could see floor patterns well) that I couldn't see exactly where they were lifting from. I did wonder whether they were going to do La Volta at any point, and was disappointed that they didn't. I noticed that the galliards were made up of plausible steps, but weren't necessarily the same on each side. And there was some line dance in which I commented to shalmestere "It's like a catalogue of every possible way to progress, done once each." And I was sorta wondering about the Ballo del Fiore thing.
I know of two period sources for the Rosti Boli tune, both monophonic (one in Ebreo or Domenico, I forget which, and the other in the Burgundian basse-dance repertoire), but the "arrangement" was in line with what we know about 15th-century ornamentation practices, and in line with lots of recordings by professional groups that have done more research than I have. I didn't have a problem with it. It was one 15th-century dance in an otherwise 16th-century show, in 16tth-century clothes, but one can imagine 16th-century courtiers occasionally doing an out-of-date dance because the King's mother likes it. Of course, they didn't do anything that looked like Caroso or Negri, either, more Arbeau. (I'm not familiar enough with 16th-century costume to know when in the 16th century they were aiming for.)
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Date: 2019-06-18 11:12 am (UTC)I know of two period sources for the Rosti Boli tune, both monophonic (one in Ebreo or Domenico, I forget which, and the other in the Burgundian basse-dance repertoire), but the "arrangement" was in line with what we know about 15th-century ornamentation practices, and in line with lots of recordings by professional groups that have done more research than I have. I didn't have a problem with it. It was one 15th-century dance in an otherwise 16th-century show, in 16tth-century clothes, but one can imagine 16th-century courtiers occasionally doing an out-of-date dance because the King's mother likes it. Of course, they didn't do anything that looked like Caroso or Negri, either, more Arbeau. (I'm not familiar enough with 16th-century costume to know when in the 16th century they were aiming for.)