Country: Lolland-Falster & Vendsyssel, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples. Couples with 2-hand hold, arms stretched out to the sides ("butterfly hold"). M face out of circle, W face in.
Steps:
hoptrin (hop),
polka,
løbetrin (run),
sideløbstrin (slip step).
| Den lille Vendelbo, Vestlolland-Nakskovegnen
Sheet music: (1) 358:152 [NB 4/4-time] (2) Folkets Hus Spillefolk after Finn Larsen (3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. 2 udg. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1996, p. 17. Recordings: Larsen, Fin Alfred Filiong gong gong track 02 [YouTube]; Spillemandslauget Tramp Tramp no. 3 track A9; Venstrebenet [YouTube]; V. Poulsen's Kapel Old school (GO Danish Folk Music, 2015) [YouTube]; |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | (a) | Slip steps: With butterfly hold, couples dance in LOD, 8 slip steps. Ditto in RLOD, 8 slip steps. |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| 5-6 | (b) | Elbow hook turn: Couples drop hold, clap twice, take R-elbow hook, and dance once round CW, 6 running steps. |
| 7-8 | Couples clap twice, take L-elbow hook, and dance once round CCW, 6 running steps. | |
| 9-12 | (c) | Polka: Couples take waltz hold and dance, moving in LOD, 8 turning polka steps.
In some places, (c) was repeated. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
The dance is lively, with small movements. See videos from/with De Dysted Spillefolk 2016; Køge Spillemænd 2016; Amager Folkedansere 2023. Provenance: Dance originally documented by Erik Jensen in the 1940s-50s. In some places the polka was repeated, in others not.
It was still being danced at public dances up until the 1940s.
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| Enbenet reel, Vendsyssel
Sheet music: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2 opl. København:Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF), 1982, p. 12. [Same tune as 358:152 (Den lille Vendelbo) but played in 2/4 time.] Recordings: V Poulsens Kapel Old school track 03 [YouTube]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Slip steps: In butterfly hold, couples dance 8 small slip steps in LOD. |
| 5-8 | Couples dance 8 small slip steps back in RLOD. | |
| 1-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 9-12 | (b) | Elbow hook turn: Couples take R-elbow hook with partner, lift L knee to hip-height, and swing L foot forward and back in time to the music while hopping 8 times on R foot and turning CW on the spot.` |
| 13-16 | Couples take L-elbow hook with partner, hop on L foot, and swing R foot as above, turning CCW. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Polka: Couples take waltz hold with partner, and dance polka in LOD. 16 polka steps.
The dance is lively, but with small movements. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See video from/with 'eetbenet reel' - Herlev Gamle Danse 2022 Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2 opl. København:Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF), 1982, pp. 12-13. |
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-03-30, rev. 2023-11-12.
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