relationship with mitochondria, as mitochondria have with eukaryotic cells. Over the course of the novel, characters physically journey inside a mitochondrion and encounter the farandolae as sentient creatures that do circular "dances" around their "trees of origin" that drain the elder fara of energy. Within the Society for Creative Anachronism and other associations who attempt to recreate dances of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Farandole is sometimes danced due to its assumed medieval origin (but see the historical concerns above). Examples can be found on YouTube. Notes External links Dances and traditional musics used in the county of Nice (France) A more extensive description of steps French dances Dance forms in classical music Group dances