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Le Siciliano was a peasant dance of Sicily, a graceful pastorale
which can be performed by a solo dancer or group, and was often
given to the sound of the flageolet and tambourine. It carries
with it the sunny influence of the Siciliano country
to which it owes its birth. Venus, The Goddess of Love was born
in Sicily so its no wonder this dance is a love dance expressing
tender courtship and where it played its part at many weddings,
festivals and Masquerades to the strains of a flute accompanied
by a tambourine, but it need not be a solo dance. In that country,
the man chooses his partner first,
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they dance together, each holding a handkerchief. Then he retires
having, it is supposed, avowed his love, and she dances alone
for a while, and chooses another partner which shows that it has
not always been the gentlemen who had to select their partners.
-- By 1877 this dance was very seldom
used, but exceedingly graceful. It was one of the most difficult
to execute, and consisted of 33, 35, and 40 tours de Mazourka.
The gentlemen commenced in figure one, with the second movements
in the Varsoviana.
The Tarentella and Salterelo
were very close in design.
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Publisher |
| How
To Dance a revival of ancient dances |
Ardern,
Holt |
1907 |
Cox |
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Basic
Steps ... (from Holt's Dancing
made easy)
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1.
Step forward with right foot, then with the left, and turn. Step
to the left and then to the right, and turn. Repeat the same thing,
accompanying each step with a tambourine.
2. Pirouette to the left, point the foot to the right. Then repeat
and make the chassée forward. That occupies seven beats of
the music, and then point to the left, and pose, the arms raised
upwards, using the tambourine.
3. Four pas de basques forward and four back, then a pirouette
to the right and four pas de basques forward, a pirouette to the
left and four back.
4. Point the toe of the left foot four times, then back with the
right foot, pirouette to the right, point the toe four times,
and back with the left foot, and pirouette to the left.
5. Eight pas de basques forward, and turning on the fifth, sixth,
seventh, and eighth round, with pirouette and pose. It is a gay
dance in 6-4, 6-8 time. (Purcell's Suite No. 11 gives suitable
music).
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