Country: Vorbasse-Bække, Jylland, Denmark
Formation: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille, head couples (couples 1 and 2) have backs to or face music, side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand to R
respectively of head couples.
Steps:
svingtrin (buzz),
chassé (change step),
polka,
gangtrin (walk),
løbetrin (run, half-way between a run and a walk, small steps with plenty of lift).
Sheet music:
(1) 358:78
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra forskellige egne. 3 opl. København, 1998 pp. 58-60.
Recordings:
Tingluti Danske folkesange og folkedanse track B4;
Trunderup Spillemændene Dansk spillemandsmusik track 13
Bundsbæk Spillemænd 'berliner efter Holger Toft 1840' 17 melodier af Ole Kjær track 06.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All 4 couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 running steps (1-8). Ditto CCW with running steps (1-8). |
| 9-10 | (b) | Chain & swing: [All begin with R-hand] chain to 1st meeting with opposite dancer, begining with L foot, 1 chassé followed by 2 walking steps. |
| 11-12 | All take waltz hold with opposite dancer, and swing on the spot, 4 buzz steps. | |
| 13-16 | All chain to 1st meeting with partner in opposite place, as above (13-14). Swing partner on the spot, 4 buzz steps (15-16). | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b) to return to place. | |
| 17-20 | (c) | Half-chain & polka: Head couples dance a half-chain, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, without giving hands, to change places. 8 running steps. |
| 21-24 | Head couples take waltz hold with partner and dance back to place, turning CW and moving CCW around opposite couple, 4 polka steps. | |
| 17-24 | Side couples repeat (c). | |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in sequences 1 to 7. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | W 1-hand star: All W form R-hand star and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | M 1-hand star: All M form R-hand star and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | W 2-hand star: All W form 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | M 2-hand star: All M form 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | W circle: All W form closed circle and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Chain & swing: All dance R-hand chain as above. |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Polka: All take waltz hold with partner and dance turning polka around the floor moving in LOD. |
See videos from/with Skralleklubben 2009; Brøndby Spillemandslaug and friends 2013; KØST2017; Herlev gamle danse 2023; Amager Folkedansere 2023.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra forskellige egne. 3 opl. København, 1998 pp. 58-60.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-26, rev. 2023-11-12.
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