Measure [Dulwich 2nd XCIV] | Couples in procession Intermediate |
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| I | A1 | 1-8 | | 2 Doubles on left, right | | Signpost x2 | | | | 2 doubles forward, |
| | 9-12 | | Set left, right (sign) | | | | 2 syngles syde, |
| | 13-16 | | Double on left | | | | a double foreward, |
| | 17-20 | | Double back on right | | | | Reprince back |
| A2 | | | Repeat A1 on same side | | | | twyes |
| B1 | 1-4 | | Singles on left, right | | Heart x2 | | | | 2 singles foreward: |
| | 5-8 | | Double on left, casting down | | | | cast of; a double rownd |
| B2 | 1-4 | | Singles down on right, left | | | | twyes : |
| | 5-8 | | Double on right, casting up | | |
| C1 | 1-4 | | Singles on left, right | | Pavan, SSD x2 | | | | the pvyon, over, |
| | 5-8 | | Double on left | | |
| C2 | | | Repeat C1 on other side | | |
| D1 | 1-4 | | 4 Steps starting on left | | Four-ward and back x2 | | | | travis 4 foreward ; |
| | 5-8 | | Double back on left | | | | reprince bace |
| D2 | | | Repeat D1 on other side | | | | twyse. |
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Reconstruction by Peter Durham, informed by feedback from Madrone dance practice participants. Transcription from The Shakespeare Society's Papers vol 1 (1844), Art. VII - "The passing measure Pavan" Illustrative of a Passage in Twelfth Night. By J. Payne Collier Esq, FSA.
Notes
Sources. This dance only appears in one source: Dulwich College MSS, 2nd Series XCIV, fol. 28.
Music. Anne Daye in "English Measures Old and New" in Historical Dance vol. 4 no. 3 (2018) notes that this dance and two others from the Dulwich Manuscript have matching tunes in the Mulliner book.
Recordings. A recording of La Doune Cella from the Mulliner Book can be found on "Music from the Time of the Spanish Armada" by the York Waits.
Performance. I suggest using Alman steps for this dance.