Country: Stolbro, Sønderjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance/mixer
| Alsinger sekstur, Stolbro - quadrille
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) have respectively their backs to and face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to the R of couples 1 and 2. Steps: gående valsetrin ('walking' waltz), vals (waltz) Sheet music: (1) Thomsen, Herluf Vad 358 danske folkedansmelodier i arrangement for 2 violiner, klarinet og bas. 1. violin. Bind 1.. s.l.:Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds, 1963. pp. 138-139. (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. pp. 54-55. Note: Bars 1-16 are only repeated the first time. Same tune (played in 3/4 time) as Alsinger sextur, Sundeved sextur, sextur fra Holbæk, sekstur I fra Vendsyssel, sekstur fra Holstebro, part 3 of trekant fra Vejle Vesteregn. Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 2 track 1 [Dancilla]. Rumlekvadrillen Himmel og hav track B3 [unclear whether this is in 3/4 or 6/8]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-16:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and circle to L [CW] (1-16), 16 'walking' waltz steps.
Ditto to R [CCW] (1-16), 16 'walking' waltz steps.
Note: Bars 1-16 are only repeated the first time. |
| 17-32 | (b) | Chain: Beginning with L hand to partner and outside foot (ML/WR), all dance L-hand chain, once round the set, 16 'walking' waltz steps. |
| 33-48 | (c) | Waltz: All take waltz hold with partner and dance turning waltz turning CW and moving CCW once around the set, 16 waltz steps. |
| 1-16 | 2 (a) | Waltz: All take waltz hold with partner and dance turning waltz turning CW and moving CCW once around the set,
16 waltz steps.
Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. Repeat from (2 (a)) as desired. Note: bars 1-16 are only repeated in (1 (a)) [not in later repeats]. The dance finishes with part (c). This version of Alsinger sekstur is always followed by Alsinger kontra. See video on Dancilla. Provenance:
The music is a very well-known sekstur tune,
358:312,
likely composed by Emil Horneman (1809-1870) in København around 1856.
It was performed in the musical "Forlovelse i en Wienerkvadrille" [trans: "Betrothal in a Wiener-quadrille"]
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg.
København, 2007. pp. 54-55.
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| Sundeved sekstur, Avnbøl
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) have respectively their backs to and face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to the R of couples 1 and 2. Steps: gående valsetrin ('walking' waltz), tyrolerkast (step-swing), vals (waltz) Sheet music: (1) Thomsen, Herluf Vad 358 danske folkedansmelodier i arrangement for 2 violiner, klarinet og bas. 1. violin. Bind 1.. s.l.:Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds, 1963. pp. 138-139. (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. pp. 54-55. Same tune (played in 3/4 time) as Alsinger sextur, Sundeved sextur, sextur fra Holbæk, sekstur I fra Vendsyssel, sekstur fra Holstebro, part 3 of trekant fra Vejle Vesteregn. Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 1 track 13 [Dancilla], Rumlekvadrillen Himmel og hav track B3 [unclear whether this is in 3/4 or 6/8]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-16 | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and circle to L [CW] (1-8), 8 'walking' waltz steps. Ditto to R [CCW] (9-16), 8 'walking' waltz steps. |
| 17-20 | (b) | Head couples circle: Head couples form closed circle and circle CW 1/2 turn, 4 'walking' waltz steps. |
| 21-22 | Heads change places: Beginning with L foot, head M change places passing to the R and turning to R [CW] with 2 'walking' waltz steps.
On the 1st step, M pass each other back-to-back, then on 2nd step, dancing backwards to original place. |
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| 23-24 | Beginning with R foot, head W change places passing to the L and turning to R [CW] with 2 'walking' waltz steps.
On the 1st step, W pass each other face-to-face, then on 2nd step, dancing backwards to original place. |
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| 25-32 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 33-48 | (c) | Tyrolerkast & waltz: Holding inside hands and beginning with a tyrolerkast (step-swing stepping onto outside (ML/WR) foot and
swinging inside (MR/WL) foot), all couples take waltz hold
with partner and dance turning waltz turning CW and moving CCW once round the set, [14 waltz steps]..
Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. |
| 1-16 | 2 (a) | Tyrolerkast & waltz: All repeat (1 (c)). |
| 1-16 | 3 (a) | Tyrolerkast & waltz: All repeat (1 (c)). |
| 1-16 | 4 (a) | W R-hand star: All W form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 5 (a) | M R-hand star: All M form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 6 (a) | W R-hand star: All W form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 7 (a) | M R-hand star: All M form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 8 (a) | W circle: All W form closed circle, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 9 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW. |
| 1-16 | 10 (a) | All circle: All form closed circle, and circle 8 walking waltz steps forward CW, and 8 walking waltz steps backward CCW.
The dance finishes with part (10 (c)). See video on Dancilla. Provenance: The music is a very well-known sekstur tune, 358:312, likely composed by Emil Horneman (1809-1870) in København around 1856. It was performed in the musical "Forlovelse i en Wienerkvadrille" [trans: "Betrothal in a Wiener-quadrille"] Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg.
København, 2007. pp. 53-54.
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| Alsinger kontra, Stolbro
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) have respectively their backs to and face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to the R of couples 1 and 2. Steps: hoptrin (step-hop), hop, hopsa (hopsa) Sheet music: (1) 358:313; (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. pp. 56-58. (versions from Stolbro and Stevning). Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 2 track 2 [Dancilla]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-16 | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and circle to L [CW] (1-8), 8 step-hops. Ditto to R [CCW] (-16), 8 step-hops. |
| 17-18 | (b) | Advance & retire: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, head couples advance, clapping twice, 2 step-hops. |
| 19-21 | Head couples take 2-hand hold with opposite, and dance (19-20, M forward, W backward) [ie toward W's original place], 2 step-hops, followed by 1 step-hop in place (21), and | |
| 22-24 | 3 step-hops toward centre of the set (M backward, W forward). Meanwhile, 'sawing' joined arms back and forth. | |
| 25-32 | Without dropping handhold, the two couples hook elbows as follows: M1 hooks his elbow over his original partner's elbow. W2 hooks her elbow over her original partner's elbow. The 4 dancers turn on the spot once round CCW, both W with 8 step-hops, while the 2 M hop 16 times on R foot with L foot stretched out to L a little off the floor. | |
| 17-32 | Side couples repeat (b), with M3 and W4 hooking their elbows over their original partner's elbow. | |
| 33-48 | (c) | Waltz: All take waltz hold with partner and dance turning hopsa, turning CW and moving CCW once around the set,
16 hopsa steps.
In sequences 1 and 2, parts (b) and (c) are danced as described above. In sequences 3 and 4, side couples begin part (b). In all other respects, parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. |
| 1-16 | 2 (a) | Hopsa: In waltz hold with partner, all dance turning hopsa once around the set, 16 hopsa steps. |
| 1-16 | 3 (a) | W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star with thumb hold and circle to L [CW], 8 step-hops. Ditto in L-hand star, circling to R [CCW], 8 step-hops. |
| 1-16 | 4 (a) | M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star with thumb hold and circle to L [CW], 8 step-hops.
Ditto in L-hand star, circling to R [CCW], 8 step-hops.
The dance finishes with part (4 (c)). Alsinger kontra is always preceded by Alsinger sekstur. See videos from KØST2017, from Dancilla Deutsch-Dänische Tänze, Deutsch-Dänische Tänze 2006. Provenance: The dance was documented by Andreas Otterstrøm at Stolbro Kro (trans: Stolbro pub) about 1923. The first tune [in the FFF source], entitled 'sekstur' followed by Alsinger, which also appeared in the first edition of the FFF source, was transcribed by Niels Nielsen, Guderup. The dance is always preceded by 'Alsinger sekstur' and danced with the same partner. [FFF, p.55] Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. pp. 56-60. |
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