Country: Salling, Lyø & Nordthy, Denmark
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music.
Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
| Baglæns kontrasejre, Salling aka Sidse, Lyø
Steps: run, hoptrin (step-hop) Sheet music: (1) 358:513, (2) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeningar, 1993. p.93. Recordings: De Danske spillemænd track B8 [YouTube]; De Nordiska Spillemænd track 06; Bjerg, Svend Fjand track 09; Rejseorkestret Sving egen cd 2 track 22; Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavsaften track B6; Skalmeje Sving om track B1; Spælimenninir Burturav track 06 [YouTube]; Veinholt, Ida & Aage N. Pedersen [YouTube]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: couples form closed circle, 16 running steps CW. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Cross-over: side couples open with 8 small running steps in small circles to the side (M CW and W CCW). Meanwhile, head couples run through the couple to the left and separate, W running on to opposite place, M returning to own place. Turn with opposite dancer, twice round on the spot. 16 running steps total. |
| 9-16 | Side couples cross as above through their respective left hand couples, which open to let them through. Now all women are in opposite place. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Cross-over back: Head M take waltz hold with opposite woman (ie M2 and W1 respectively), and dance 4 small running steps into centre, 4 small running steps back to Ms place, then another 4 running steps forward, the women being 'thrown' back to their respective partners. With waltz hold with own partner, couples dance out to place, turning one full turn, with 4 running steps. |
| 17-24 | Side couples repeat (c). | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Chain: All couples R-hand chain, once around the set, back to place. 16 hoptrin. |
| Parts (b), (c), and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Women's star: R-hand then L-hand, CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Men's star: R-hand then L-hand, CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Women's two-hand star: CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Men's two-hand star: CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Women's back basket: CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Men's back basket: CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Circle: all couples form closed circle, CW and CCW. 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing partner: the dance finishes with swinging partner on the spot, 32 running steps CW and CCW.
See videos from/with Lyø, 2007, Bugge, Eget & Maack Davis 2011, Bugge & Eget 2011, Musikdirektør Rasmussens Balorkester 2019, Herlev Gamle Danse 2023-09-08
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1980, pp. 28-29
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| Baglæns kontra, Nordthy
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step, seldom used on Thy), polka, totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk) Sheet music: (1) Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] I. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, [1981]. p.25. (2) Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. p.118. Recordings: Førby, Jens Carl Vilde roser cd 1 track 06. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: couples form closed circle, 16 walking steps CW. Ditto CCW, 16 walking steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Polka & cross-over: Two adjacent couples (or two opposite couples) dance around each other, [8 polka steps].
Finish with both W back-to-back in centre. M walk around to opposite W (or W circle to opposite M). |
| 9-16 | The remaining two adjacent (or opposite) couples repeat (b). | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Swing opposite & partner: All swing on the spot with opposite, [16] pivot steps. |
| 17-24 | All swing on the spot with original partner, [16] pivot steps. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain round the set, [walking steps], with a stamp on (32:2) each time. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing partner: couples swing on the spot, 16 pivot [or running] steps CW and/or CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing partner: couples swing on the spot, 16 pivot [or running] steps CW and/or CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | One-hand star: right hand star, [16 walking] steps CW. Ditto L-hand star, CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Two-hand star: front basket hold, [16 walking] steps CW. Ditto CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Kærlighed/Gue venner: back basket hold, [16 walking] steps CW. Ditto CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Circle: closed circle, [16 walking] steps CW. Ditto CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing partner: dance finishes with couples swing on the spot, 16 pivot [or running] steps CW and/or CCW.
See video from/with Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thydanse - Mesterdansere i Nordthy, recorded 1980-1990 Source:
Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.: Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle
skole, 2008. pp. 117-118.
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