Lo Dimostra

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lo Dimostra
by Giovaninno
for two gentlemen and a lady in a triangle

Quick memory aid

figure 1: man 1 start solo, circle both ways with steps, full hay with the traps, man 1 finish solo
figure 2: lady start solo, circles with right then left men with steps, full circle both ways with the traps, lady finish solo
figure 3: man 2 start solo, circle both ways with steps, slow half-hay, starting with men switching, with the traps, man 2 finish solo
coda: 4 passi intraverso, lady circles with right then with left men, riprese left and right, double turning in place, men join lady

Glossary

s - sempio
d - doppio
t - trapassino
P - passo
p - passetto
Px - passo intraverso
r - ripresa
½r - mezza-ripresa
R - reverenza

Translation of the original text

Figure 1

	First man	feet	Lady	feet	Second man	feet	Notes	Positions
1	s s	LR					Slightly towards the second man	odd
2	p p p p	LRLR					Towards the lady - arrive right beside her	odd
3	t ½r	LR					Trapassino back to his original place	Back to triangle at the end
4	d	L					Turning over the left shoulder
5	d	R					Turning over the right shoulder
6	s s	LR	s s	LR	s s	LR	Around the circle one way
7	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	Around the circle one way
8	s s	LR	s s	LR	s s	LR	Back the other way
9	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	Back the other way
10	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR	Treccia of 8 trapassini, each returning to his or her own place (so a full hay)
11	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR
12	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR
13	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR
14	s s	LR					Slightly towards the second man	odd
15	p p p p	LRLR					Towards the lady - but not quite to right beside her - just near	odd
16	R	R	R	R
17	d	R					Turning, and returning to his place	Back to triangle

Figure 2

	First man	feet	Lady	feet	Second man	feet	Notes	Positions
1			s s	LR			Just as the man did in measures 1-5 of figure 1	odd
2			p p p p	LRLR				odd
3			t ½r	LR				Back to triangle at the end
4			d	L
5			d	R
6			s s	LR	s s	LR	Take right hands, and turn 360°
7			p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	Take right hands, and turn 360°
8	s s	LR	s s	LR			Take left hands, and turn 360°
9	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR			Take left hands, and turn 360°
10	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR	"Turning around" - circling one direction
11	t P	LR	t P	LR	t P	LR	"Turning around" - circling one direction
12	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR	Circling back the other direction
13	t P	LR	t P	LR	t P	LR	Circling back the other direction
14			s s	LR			Slightly towards the first man	odd
15			p p p p	LRLR			Towards the second man - but not quite to right beside him - just near	odd
16	R	R	R	R			It doesn't say for the man to do a reverenza here, but it seems clear
17			d	R			Turning, and returning to her place	Back to triangle

Figure 3

	First man	feet	Lady	feet	Second man	feet	Notes	Positions
1					s s	LR	Just as the man did in measures 1-5 of figure 1	odd
2					p p p p	LRLR		odd
3					t ½r	LR		Back to triangle at the end
4					d	L
5					d	R
6	s s	LR	s s	LR	s s	LR	Around the circle one way
7	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	Around the circle one way
8	s s	LR	s s	LR	s s	LR	Back the other way
9	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	p p p p	LRLR	Back the other way
10	t t	LR			t t	LR	Switch places, holding right hands
11	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR	Treccia, starting with the first man (now in the last position) giving his left hand to the lady, and, in the end, everyone returning to their own place - a half hay, probably, since two trapassini are appropriate for just switching places at first
12	t t	LR	t t	LR	t t	LR
13	t P	LR	t P	LR	t P	LR
14					s s	LR	No explicit instructions htere other than the steps, and the reverence by the first man isn't stated, merely assumed by us due to parallelism	odd
15					p p p p	LRLR		odd
16	R	R			R	R
17					d	R		Back to triangle

Figure 4 (coda)

	First man	feet	Lady	feet	Second man	feet	Notes	Positions
1	Px	L	Px	L	Px	L	"this they always do in a triangle"- we think circling. Note that these passi intraverso may be odd - it says, in the ripresaof which they are partially comprised, to do two of them - so a saltarello tedesco, but with a back and forth at the end, not just one way (cha-cha?) In the end, they should all be back to place, so a quarter of the way around the circle with each passo intraverso	triangle
2	Px	L	Px	L	Px	L
3	Px	L	Px	L	Px	L
4	Px	L	Px	L	Px	L
5			t t	LR	t t	LR	Taking right hands, and turn 360°
6			t P	LR	t P	LR	Taking right hands, and turn 360°
7	t t	LR	t t	LR			Taking left hands, and turn 360°
8	t P	LR	t P	LR			Taking left hands, and turn 360°
9	r	L	r	L	r	L	"rotating in a triangle"
10	r	R	r	R	r	R	"rotating in a triangle"
11	d	L	d	L	d	L	Turning over their own left shoulder
12	P P	RL			P P	RL	Going to join the lady	line

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