Country: Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: any number of sets of 3 persons in a closed circle, usually but not necessarily WL-M-WR.
Sheet music: (1) 358:4. Lyrics by Kristen Karstensen, 1850.
(2) 'after Levy Wilsen 1982' p. 80 in: Krak, Kenneth et al/ Læsø - dans & musik. s.l.: Folkemusikhusringen, 1995,
(3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Tolv danske folkedanse: et udvalg ved Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme.
Kolding: Konrad Jørgensens Bogtrykkeri, 1920. p.10.
(4) 'crested hen' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 49.
(5) Længe nok har jeg bondepige været.
Same tune as
Engelsk molevit,
Molinasky, and
Nummer 7.
Recordings:
Danish Dia Delight Live track 03;
Folkedanseorkestret [Internet Archive];
Folkstow track A1 [YouTube];
Gösta Cederberg's Folkdance Orchestra [Internet Archive];
Helmut Zacharias med sine "syngende violiner" [Internet Archive];
Kim & Hallo Harmonika [YouTube];
Jacobsen, Finn & Peter Hougaard Kom! lad os danse track 17;
Lamb, Jensen & Bugge Live in Denmark 2013 part 2 track 15;
Løager, Anders & Jan Ilsø På vores måde track 12;
Maribo, Erik Den toppede høne [YouTube];
Musica Ficta 'Længe nok har jeg bondepige været' [YouTube];
Polyphon Danse Orkester [Internet Archive];
RCA Victor Folk Dance Orchestra [Internet Archive];
Rumlekvadrillen Spillemandsmusik med Rumlekvadrillen track B1;
Rummelpot [YouTube];
Sheahan, John et al [YouTube];
Spillemandslauget Tramp 2 track 21;
Spæmenninir Burturav track 16;
Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur Gillesdanser i Norden - Danska track A2;
Syddansk Folkemusik Talentskole [YouTube];
Thomsen, Evald [YouTube] &
Thomsen, Evald; en spillemand blandt unge, 1967 [YouTube at 0:00 & 11:40];
Victor Band [Internet Archive];
Beat Bouet Trio 'Génération Y' Révolution rurale [YouTube].
| Den toppede høne (FFF)
Steps: hoptrin (step-hop) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
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| 1-8 | (a) | All circle CW, beginning with a stamp, 8 hoptrin |
| 1-8 | All circle CCW, beginning with a stamp, 8 hoptrin | |
| 9-16 | (b) | The 2 W drop their joint handhold, while M retains his hold with each W. M and WL make an arch, through which WR,
followed by M, dances moving CCW back to place. M turning under own L arm. 4 hoptrin (9-12).
Meanwhile WL dances a little towards WR.
M and WR and M make an arch, through which WL, followed by M, dances moving CW back to place. 4 hoptrin (13-16). |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See YouTube video from Dansk Folkemindesamling, Optimisterne. Source:
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| Den toppede høne, Læsø
Steps: walk with 2 lifts |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | All circle CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | The 2 W drop their joint handhold, while M retains his hold with each W. M and WL make an arch, through which WR,
followed by M, dances moving CCW back to place. M turning under own L arm. 8 walking steps (9-12).
M and WR and M make an arch, through which WL, followed by M, dances moving CW back to place. 8 walking steps (13-16). |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
Provenance: Levy Wilsen maintained that this was danced immediately after
Norsk fjeldmarch,
and that the dancers kept their handkerchiefs in their hands through this dance as well. The tune was commonly known through the
first half of the
1800s as a longways progressive set dance called Molinask.
It is to be found in Ole Peter Christensens handwritten notebook as no. 100 'Molinaske'.
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| Den toppede høne, Fejø
Formation: any number of sets of 3 persons in lines facing in LOD and holding inside hands, usually but not necessarily WL-M-WR. Steps: part way between a walk and a hop [ie slow step-hops or skip steps]. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Beginning with L foot, all dance forward in LOD, 16 small sinuous step-hops. |
| |:9-16:} | (b) | M lifts both arms to form arches, hands flat with thumbs pointing down as both W hold Ms thunbs. M dances forward with small steps as WL turns CW and WR turns CCW under the arches, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Repeat (1 (a)). 16 step-hops. |
| 9-12 | (b) | M and WR take 2-hand hold and turn once round with 4 step-hops. WL rests. |
| 13-16 | M and WL take 2-hand hold and turn once round with 4 step-hops. WR rests. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (2 (b)). | |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Repeat (1 (a)). 16 step-hops. |
| 9-12 | (b) | M and WR dance individually CW around each other, 4 step-hops, clapping on each step. WL rests. |
| 13-16 | M and WL dance individually CW around each other, 4 step-hops, clapping on each step. WR rests. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (2 (b)). | |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Repeat (1 (a)). 16 step-hops. |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | All 3 dancers form closed circle and circle CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW 8 step-hops. |
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Provenance: Documented by Erik Jensen (dairy farmer and folk dance instructor), Sakskøbing in 1941, at a pub dance on Fejø. Jensen was on
summer holidays on Fejø, and attended the dance together with locals. When he saw that the local fishermen danced 'Den toppede høne'
differently from the version he knew he wrote down a description. Then he asked the locals where they had learned this version, they responded that
this was how their parents and grandparents had danced it. The original is in the Sørensen's private archive.
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See also:
-- Grüner-Nielsen, H./ Folkelig vals: sønderhoningdans, fannikedans, Manøsk brudedans,
vip, sæt over, Jysk polonæse, springfort, svejtrit, med melodibilag. København: Det Schønbergske
Forlag, 1920. pp.77-80.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2017-05-12, rev. 2022-02-14.
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