Country: Denmark
Type: varies
| Den muntre kreds, Vestsjælland
Country: Amager, Sjælland, Denmark Type: mixer Formation: any number of couples in closed circle, arm in arm. Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), gangtrin (walk) Sheet music: Folkets Hus Spillefolk Den muntre kreds. Can also be played in 6/8. Recordings: Venstrebenet [YouTube]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Advance & retire: All advance into centre of circle, 4 walking steps (1-2), and retire ditto (3-4). Repeat (5-8). |
| 9-16 | (b) | W advance & retire: All W advance to centre of circle, 4 walking steps (9-10), clapping on (10:3). W retire, 4 walking steps (11-12).
M advance & progress: All M advance, 4 walking steps (13-14), turn CCW (over L shoulder), and advance to next W in RLOD, 4 walking steps (15-16). |
| 1-8 | (c) | Swing: All hold new partner's upper arms (traditional) or take waltz hold, and dance 16 buzz steps turning CW on the spot. |
| 9-16 | (d) | Promenade: All take front cross or arm-in-arm hold and promenade in LOD, 16 walking steps. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See videos from/with Venstrebenet 2014; Rejseorkestret 2017; Heebøl, Kristine et al 'Munter kreds : varmen i ryggen' 2018; Heebøl & Vinther 2019; Mads Hansens Kapel 2021; Herlev Gamle Danse 2023 Provenance: Apart from its reintroduction in folkdance circles, this is still danced popularly on Sjælland in the area around Holbæk. Holding upper arms rather than waltz hold in the buzz step turn is an older tradition, as is beginning a mixer with one's partner standing at man's L side. Source: Christiansen, Poul/ 14 danske danse : beskrivelser og musikbånd til undervisningsbrug.
[Roskilde]: Amtscentralen i Roskilde, 1985. pp. 30-31. [in Danish]
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| "Christians cykel" aka
Circassian circle, Le Cercle Circassien, Fröhlicher Kreis, etc.
Type: mixer Formation: any number ("as many as will") of couples in closed circle. Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), gangtrin (walk) Sheet music: Folkets Hus Spillefolk Christians cykel [or any walking, polka, reel or jig tune] Recordings: {See numerous recordings of 'Circassian circle', 'Le cercle circassien' and 'Fröhlicher Kreis' in Discogs, Internet Archive, etc.] |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Advance & retire: All advance (1), 4 walking steps. Retire ditto (2).
Repeat (a) (3-4). |
| 5-8 | (b) | W advance & retire: All W advance (5), 4 walking steps. Clap hands on 4th step (5:4). Retire ditto (6).
M advance & progress: All M advance (7), 4 walking steps. Turn over L shoulder (CCW), and advance to corner W (=new partner) (8) [ie W previously on their L side], 8 walking steps. |
| 9-12 | (c) | Swing: All take L-in-L, R hand on R shoulder of new partner, or waltz hold, with new partner, and swing on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
| 13-16 | (d) | Promenade: All take sideways front-crossed hold facing LOD, and promenade in LOD, 16 walking steps.
Finish in closed circle, facing in, with new partner on MR side. Repeat from (a) as desired, with a new partner at each repetition. See videos from/with Fælledparken 2019; Fælledparken 2023 med Christian Obel & publikum Provenance: The dance in this form, of individual rather than couple progression, is attributed to having been documented by Maud Karpeles in May 1918 (1928?) in Netherwitton (Northumberland), and first published in about 1933. Now very popular internationally in folk dance and social dance circles. See: Circassian circle, Le Cercle Circassien, Fröhlicher Kreis, etc. When it arrived in Denmark is currently unknown. Source: Løsblad.dk Christians cykel
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See also: almindelig sekstur i kreds [Danish],
Circassian circle, Le Cercle Circassien, Fröhlicher Kreis, etc.
as well as Playford's Sellenger's round
[video].
Translations & descriptions: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2014-01-24, rev. 2023-09-16.
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