Country: Ringkøbing, Denmark
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in a closed circle.
Steps:
chassé (change step),
hurretrin (buzz step),
hoptrin (step hop), walk
Sheet music: comp. by Mie Dalgaard
Recordings: Folkedansmelodier fra Ringkøbing track 12.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Circle CW, 8 buzz steps, followed by 6 walking or 6 step hops (beginning with R foot), and 3 stamps (R, L, R).
Circle CCW, 8 reverse buzz steps, followed by 8 walking or 8 step hops (beginning with L foot). |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | All dance to the centre of the circle with 1 chassé and 2 walking steps, beginning with L foot.
Ditto backwards, 1 chassé and 2 walking steps. Repeat (b). |
| 17-18 | (c) | Chain: R hand to partner, L to next, with 3rd take closed shoulder hold. One chassé and 2 walking steps, beginning with L foot. |
| 19-20 | Turn CW with 4 buzz steps on the spot. | |
| 21-32 | Repeat (c) 3 times. |
See YouTube video with Ringkøbingegnens Folkedansere at Nordlek 2015.
Provenance: choreographed by Ragna Tang, music composed by Mie Dalgaard, 1977.
Source: Tang, Ragna/ Folkedanse fra Ringkøbingegnen 1967-1994. Ringkøbing: Ringkøbingegnens Folkedansere, 1998. pp. 44-45.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2011-10-16, rev. 2021-12-07.
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