| Bars | Dance progression: |
| 1-7 | Promenade (CCW turn): The couple turns CCW [on the spot] with 14 running steps. Each time M moves R food, he may whip L heel a little out sideways [on 1st beat], and replace it beside R foot. W runs forwards around him with longer steps. |
| 8 | M drops hold with R hand, and W with L hand, so that they swing away from each other, as M steps slightly back on R foot and closes L, while W steps back on R foot and forwards on L, after which they take sønderhoning hold. |
| 9-16 | Sønderhoning (CW turn): and turn with e.g. 10 sønderhoning steps. |
| The number of steps in the CCW turn, and in the sønderhoning CW turn depends on the number of bars in the music which can vary. |
See videos from/with: KØST2017 and YouTube: Sønderho Fondens Bal, 1980, Bugge, Eget & Davis Maack - Hvad er det for narreri, Jæ' Sweevers - Hu hej hummel i æ vand, Jæ' Sweevers - Kakkelovnen, Jæ' Sweevers - En pige vandred [danced as sønderhoning], Uhrbrand, Mouritzen & Thorlund - Hans Madsens kiste, Dobbelt Op - Bedstefars snaps, Bugge, Lydom & Beck - Hans Christian drog til stads, Bugge & Lirum Larum - Den nye fannik.
Provenance: When it was originally documented between 1911-1916, partly by J. Egedal, fannikedans was danced by the
inhabitants of Nordby (Northern village) on the island of Fanø, while sønderhoning was danced by those
of the village of Sønderho on the same island. Since about 1900, fannikedans has also been danced in the village
of Sønderho, normally played at a faster tempo than sønderhoning.
Fannikedans is now danced more
commonly as part of a suite consisting of two or more
sønderhoning, a fannikedans
and a rask sønderhoning.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte III. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 8.
See also:
-- Bæk, John/ Polskdans som levende tradition
i 1900-tallets Danmark? -- musik og dans fra Fanø. 1983.
-- Grüner Nielsen, H./ Folkelig vals: sønderhoningdans, fannikedans, Manøsk brudedans, vip, sæt over,
jysk polonæse, springfort, svejtrit. København: Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1920. p.63.
-- Karlsen, Hugo Hørlych/ Dans mellem ebbe og flod: sønderhoning. 3 rev. s.l.: Nordøsten, 2004. p.40.
-- Skov, Ole "Lidt omn indsamlingen af Sønderhoning og Fannikedans
1. del &
2. del" in
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 46-47, Feb.-Mar. 2000.
-- 'The Fannike dance' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 5.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2014-08-29, rev. 2022-12-12.
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