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Pavanne D'Amour

Couples in a line, as many as will
To "The De Lessep's Dance" from "Shakespeare in Love"

Each pavanne set consists of single, single, double, with the direction indicating the starting foot

Part One
Reverence (followed by a pause in the music)
Pavanne set left forward, pavanne set right forward
Pavanne circle left (left palms together), pavanne circle right (right palms together)
Bransle out, bransle in, two singles forward
Bransle out, bransle in, two singles backward
Lady circles lord in one pavanne set, lord circles lady in one pavanne set
Part Two
Lady does left pavanne set forward
Lord does right pavanne set forward
Both do left pavanne set forward, right pavanne set backward
Switch places (passing right shoulders) with a pavanne set left
Continue back to place with a pavanne set right
Part Three
1. Switch sides while moving forward in a left pavanne set (lady passes in front of lord)
2. Repeat in a right pavanne set (lady again passes in front of lord)
3. Facing partner, tap left wrists once, tap right wrists once
4. Single to own left and back to place, single to own right and back to place
5. Palm switch left
Repeat 1-5
Step together to kiss on right cheek and step back to place, step together to kiss on left cheek and step back to place
Reverence

Choreographed by Lady Aine ingen in baird
in honor of her marriage to Lord Malachy Lochlainn O'Domhnaill