Ballon firtur, Døstrup

Country: Døstrup, Sønderjylland, Denmark
Formation: set dance
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: hopsa, hoptrin (step-hop), tyrolertrin (waltz rhythm)
Sheet music: (1) 358:310; (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. p. 50.
Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 1 track 11 [Dancilla]; Spillemandsgruppen Lunterne track 07.

Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) Head couples, holding inside hands, advance with 3 tyrolertrin and a curtsey/bow to opposite.
3-4   Head couples retire with 3 tyrolertrin and a curtsey/bow to partner.
5-8   Side couples repeat (a).
9-16   Repeat (a).
17-24 (b) Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), all dance R-hand chain, once round the set, 16 step-hops.
|:25-32:| (c) All dance tyrolerhopsa once CCW round the set, 16 hopsa steps.
    Repeat from (a) as desired.
The dance finishes with part (c).

See videos from/with KØST2017, from Dancilla, and from YouTube with Udspil, from Hessisches Volkstanzturnier 2011.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København, 2007. pp. 50-51.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-24, rev. 2022-09-06.


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