pennsicdance: ball suggestions

[Alexander B. Clark]

At 06:00 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, Judithsca at aol.com wrote:
>Well, there is a huge difference between the french basse danse and the 
>italian bassadanze.  The french are danced in 3, and the Italian in 6 
>(i.e. The French are twice as fast as the Italian style, and thus they 
>move very differently). . . .

That's a lot more than I know. Is there any evidence to prove this 
conclusively, or is it modern interpretation?

Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon