These dance tunes are based on 15th-and 16th-c. Italian & Burgundian "balli" and "bassadanze," written as part of Alkemie's program Sweet Friendship & Sacred Monsters' program La Gelosia! The balli in this collection have  sections in different proportions of the same tactus. The bassadanze in this collection are "tenors" to be improvised over, as were the historical models.