the snogging dance, since you ask

[abendgules]

I was referring to Lady Cecilia's Allmande, or Sosilla's Allemande, or whatever form you know.
Apparently the original instructions are to 'embrace your partner' at the end of the dance, so the embrace can take whatever form you feel comfortable with.
With the dance mob that Master Paul and milady Anne run with, it's snogging. :-)

I think we should make it the official dance of the reign of Marcus and Cecilia, since it's clearly named after Her Majesty.

Comments

[thorngrove.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yes, seconded!

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

From what I remember of this dance there were two embraces per verse (either a repeat, or a mirror-repeat, depending on where you are). If Paul and Anne's dance mob can snog during that, either the music's being played awfully slow, or that gang is *really* good. ;-)

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

If Paul and Anne's dance mob can snog during that, either the music's being played awfully slow, or that gang is *really* good. ;-)

Perhaps a bit of both? The sightreading musicians were perhaps necessarily a bit slower than the preferred tempo, but it accommodated teaching new folks.

Paul and Anne are members of a dance reenactment group called Renaissance Footnotes (very basic website):
http://www.basdance.hampshire.org.uk/index.html

I danced at their practices for a year or so (though not their performances) while I lived in Reading.

[sismith42.livejournal.com]

hehe! That sounds reasonable to me, what does Her Majesty think?

Btw, the Elizabethan/Stuart English descriptions for these is a hoot! Lots more info about the Inns of Court dances are here:
http://www.dhds.org.uk/jnl/hdvol2.html

(scroll down for the article by DR Wilson in vol 2 no 5). Also, there's a fab CD and booklet out that covers them all, here: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance/inns_of_court.html