Laccio d'Amore
From Cunnan
Laccio d’Amore is a dance for one Lord and one Lady, notable for its frequent use of the cadenza throughout the dance. Il Ballarino includes an arrangement of the music for lute. Caroso dedicated this dance to Signora Givlia Colloreta di Valvasone.
Caroso describes Laccio d’Amore as an “encounter”, which could be taken to mean that it should be interpreted as two people meeting for the first time. The couple has only a little time to spend together, so their interaction is light, fun, and frivolous, but also reserved in a way; there is relatively little contact between the dancers compared to a dance like Contrapasso.
| Count | Steps |
| 1-4 | Riuerenza Minima |
| 5-12 | Four Spezzati in a wheel, turning clockwise |
| 13-16 | Facing partner, four Trabuchetti |
| 1-4 | Flank backward with two Spezzati, left foot first |
| 5-8 | Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 9-12 | Flank backward with two Spezzati, right foot first |
| 13-16 | Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 1-2 | Lord alone: Two Passi toward partner |
| 3-4 | Two Trabuchetti |
| 5-8 | Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 9-10 | Two Passi toward partner |
| 11-12 | Two Trabuchetti |
| 13-16 | Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 1-4 | Take right hands and wheel a half turn clockwise in two Spezzati |
| 5-8 | Release hands and take two Passi presti turning back ccw and Cadenza |
| 9-12 | Take left hands and wheel a half turn ccw in two Spezzati |
| 13-16 | Release hands and two Passi presti back cw and Cadenza |
| 1-2 | Lady alone: Two Passi toward partner |
| 3-4 | Two Trabuchetti |
| 5-8 | Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 9-10 | Two Passi toward partner |
| 11-12 | Two Trabuchetti |
| 13-16 | Turn right in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| 1-4 | Take right hands and wheel a half turn clockwise in two Spezzati |
| 5-8 | Release hands and take two Passi presti turning back ccw and Cadenza |
| 9-12 | Take left hands and wheel a half turn ccw in two Spezzati |
| 13-16 | Release hands and two Passi presti back cw and Cadenza |
| 1-2 | Two Fioretti a pie pari (left side first) |
| 3-4 | Flank backward with two Passi presti (again, left foot first) |
| 5-8 | Turn left with Seguiti Semmiodoppio (“beginning on the left foot”) |
| 9-10 | Two Fioretti a pie pari (“beginning with the right foot”) |
| 11-12 | Flank backward with two Passi presti (right foot first) |
| 13-16 | Turn right with Seguiti Semmiodoppio |
| 1-2 | Two Passi presti (going forward) |
| 3-4 | Stomp twice with the left foot, striking behind the right foot |
| 5-8 | Flank backwards with two Spezzati |
| 9-10 | Two Ripresa to the left |
| 11-12 | Two Trabuchetti, left then right |
| 13-16 | Turn left in one Spezzato and Cadenza |
| * | Riuerenza (as last chord fades) |
