Branle Charlotte

Branle

Arbeau, Orchesography

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Beginning (to newcomers)



I	A1	1-4	Double left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. Left foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the left. ¶	Pied largy gaulche. Pied droict approché. Pied largy gaulche. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas fōt vn double a gaulche. ¶
		5-6	Kick left, right	Left foot in the air. Right foot in the air. ¶	Pied en l’air gaulche. Pied en l’air droict. ¶
		7-10	Double right	Right foot wide. Left foot approached. Right foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the right. ¶	Pied largy droict. Pied gaulche approché. Pied largy droict. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas fōt vn double a droict. ¶
	A2	1-10	Repeat A1	:\|\|:	:\|\|:
	B	1-4	Double left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. Left foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the left. ¶	Pied largy gaulche. Pied droict approché. Pied largy gaulche. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas font vn double a gaulche. ¶
		5-6	Kick left, right	Left foot in the air. Right foot in the air. ¶	Pied en l’air gaulche. Pied en l’air droict. ¶
		7-8	Single right	Right foot wide. Left foot approached. These two steps are a single to the right. ¶	Pied largy droit. Pied gaulche approché. Ces deux pas font simple a droict. ¶
		9-11	Kick left, right, left	Left foot in the air. Right foot in the air. Left foot in the air. ¶	Pied en l’air gaulche. Pied en l’air droict. Pied en l’air gaulche. ¶
		12-13	Single left	Left foot wide. Right foot approached. These two steps are a single to the left. ¶	Pied largy gaulche. Pied droit approché. Ces deux pas font simple à gaulche. ¶
		14-16	Kick right, left, right	Right foot in the air. Left foot in the air. Right foot in the air. ¶	Pied en l’air droit. Pied en l’air gaulche. Pied en l’air droit. ¶
		17-20	Double right	Right foot wide. Left foot approached. Right foot wide. Feet together. These four steps are a double to the right. ¶	Pied largy droit. Pied gaulche approché. Pied largy droict. Pieds ioincts. Ces quatre pas fōt vn double a droict. ¶

II			Repeat as desired	And will continue while repeating as at the beginning ¶	Et continuerez en répétant comme au commencement ¶

Reconstruction by Peter and Janelle Durham. Translation by Peter Durham. Original transcribed from Fonta edition.

Notes

Reconstruction. A few recordings of the music for this dance seem to interpret the :||: symbol between the first and second sections as meaning that the second section of the dance is repeated as well as the first. However, there is no :||: symbol at the end of the dance, as there is for the other dances for which the final section repeats. We believe that the non-repeat interpretation is correct.