Country: Vendsyssel, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couple 1 has backs to music, couple 2 faces couple 1, coupe 3 stands to R of couple 1, couple 4 faces couple 3.
Steps: balancé (pas de bas),
polka,
hoptrin (step-hop),
gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:556;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2 opl. København:
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982, p. 39.
Recordings:
Baltinget Alive track 01;
Gangspil Gangspil 2 cd 2 track 10.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance 8 walking steps CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| 5-8 | (b) | Balancé: All turn to partner, and beginning stepping onto L foot, dance 4 balancé steps.
On fourth step, turn over R shoulder to face corner. |
| 5-8 | Facing corner, all beginning stepping onto L foot, dance 4 balancé steps.
On fourth step, turn over R shoulder to face partner. |
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| 9-10 | (c) | Ståkæde ('standing chain'): : Starting with L foot, and giving R hand to partner, all dance past partner with 4 small walking steps.
Close circle by giving L hand to next oncoming dancer. |
| 11-12 | In the closed circle, all dance 1 balancé step, followed by 3 stamps (R L R). | |
| 9-10 | Maintaining R-hand hold with partner, all turn 1/2 turn CW with 4 small walking steps.
Close circle by giving L hand to corner (ie next on-coming dancer). |
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| 11-12 | In the closed circle, all dance 1 balancé step, followed by 3 stamps (R L R). | |
| 13-16 | (d) | 1-hand star: Couples take open waist-shoulder hold, all M form L-hand star, and all dance CCW, 8 step-hops.
Close circle by giving L hand to next oncoming dancer. |
| 13-16 | M drop L-hand star hold, couples turn 1/2 turn CCW (around L shoulder) on the spot, and all W form R-hand star. All dance CW, 8 step-hops. | |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | W 1-hand star: All W form R-hand star, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW in L-hand star (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | M 1-hand star: All M form R-hand star, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW in L-hand star (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | W 2-hand star: All W form 2-hand star, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | M 2-hand star: All M form 2-hand star, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 6 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 7 (a) | M back basket: All M form back basket, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 8 (a) | All back basket: All couples form back basket (M arms around W waists, W hands on M shoulders), and dance 8 walking steps moving CW (1-4). Ditto CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | Polka: The dance finishes with couples in waltz hold dancing 8 polka steps around the set. |
Note: this is part of a sequence of dances that were traditionally danced one after the other. The sequence consists of: totur, tretur, firtur.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2 opl. København:
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982, pp. 39-40.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-05, rev. 2023-02-08.
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