Trace Banys [DRO] | Couples Beginning |
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| I | A | 1-8 | | 2 Doblis forward on left, right | | | | Lebens disinens de 2 ¶ After the end of þe trace, |
| B | 1-8 | | 1st person: 3 Singlis forward left, right, left while
2nd person: 3 Singlis back left, right, left | | | | the first iii forth and torne, whill the second retrett iii bake |
| | 7-8 | | 1st person: Turn to face down | | |
| | 9-12 | | Doblis forward (both return to place) | | | | then com togedr and |
| | 13-16 | | Doblis forward to trade places
(hook around partner, both end facing up) | | | | ethir torne into oders plas / |
| B2 | 1-16 | | Repeat B1 reversing roles | | | | then last mā iii forth & torn whill þe first retrett / (2) then come togedr in such wys as þay ded afore and ethir end in ther own place |
| C | 1-2 | | Singlis forward on left | | | | (1) then trett |
| | 3-4 | | Singlis back on right | | | | and retrett |
| | 9-12 | | Turn Single left | | | | and torn |
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| II | | | | Repeat as desired | | | | |
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Reconstruction by Peter Durham based on that of Jennifer Nevile in "Dance Steps and Music in the Gresley Manuscript", Historical Dance volume 3 number 6 (1999). Transcribed from facsimile with Fallows transcription as a reference.
Notes
Reconstruction. At the beginning of the dance, in each couple the 1st person is the one on the left, and the 2nd person is the one on the right. In the manuscript, the 1st person is described as “the first”, and the 2nd person is described as “the second” or, interestingly, as “the last man”. Whether this implies this is a dance for men only, or just a gender-neutral dance, is an interesting topic for exploration.
Performance. The manuscript doesn't provide detailed step descriptions. For a Doblis on the left, I suggest: step left, step right, step left, close right together. For a Singlis on the left, I suggest: step left, close right together.