Country: Randers, Salling & Himmerland, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle facing in LOD. Waltz or polska hold.
Steps: (see below)
| Flyvgal, Øster Alling, Randersegnen
Sheet music: 358:232. Music is played in accelerating tempo. Recordings: Christensen, Anders Chr. N. Vildspil og nodespil cd 2 track 21. | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:||:9-16:| | Man's step: M steps forward on L foot (1:1), as for a waltz, turning CW on L foot, steps back with R foot behind L (1:2), and with a brief step on L, takes a small step forward with R foot (1:3) so as to begin forward on L again (2:1). | |
| Woman's step: W steps forward on R foot (1:1), as for a waltz, turning CW on R foot, steps back with L foot behind R (1:2), and with a brief step on R, takes a small step forward with L foot (1:3) so as to begin forward on R again (2:1). | ||
Beat: 1:1 1:2 & 1:3 2:1 2:2 & 2:3 etc. Man: L R L R L R L R Woman: R L R L R L R LOne bar=one full CW turn. The long step forward on beat 1 must not become a hop. |
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| Repeat as desired. | ||
| Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 9-10. | ||
| Flyvgal, Salling
Sheet music: 358:264. Note that the music is quite fast (♩=128). | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-16:| | Man's step: M steps forward on L foot (1:1), as for a waltz, turning CW on L foot, steps back with R foot behind L (1:2), and with a brief step on L, takes a small step forward with R foot (1:3) so as to begin forward on L again (2:1). | |
| Woman's step: W steps forward on R foot (1:1), as for a waltz, turning CW on R foot, steps back with L foot behind R (1:2), and with a brief step on R, takes a small step forward with L foot (1:3) so as to begin forward on R again (2:1). | ||
Beat: 1:1 & 1:2 1:3 2:1 & 2:2 2:3 etc. Man: L R L R L R L R Woman: R L R L R L R LOne bar=one full CW turn. The long step forward on beat 1 must not become a hop. |
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| Repeat as desired. | ||
| Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4:e opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1980, p. 16. | ||
| Flyvegal, Als, Himmerland
Sheet music: Folkets Hus Spillefolk. Note that the music is very slow (♩=88), with strong emphasis on the first beat of each bar. Recordings: Rebild Spillemændene Traditioner mødes track 14. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1 | 1 polonaisetrin=1 pivot step followed by 1 omtrædningstrin (change-step, or polka step).
Man's step: M steps forward with pivot on L foot (1:1) in front of partner, with a strong lift on L, swings R behind L for a change-step (R-LR) while turning smoothly CW. Woman's step: same as M's step, but with opposite footwork, and beginning with a shorter step onto R foot, but also with a strong lift on the first beat. W's change-step is a little stronger than M's. One bar=one full CW turn. |
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| 2-16 | Repeat as desired.
See video from/with Onsdagsspillemændene fra Rebild 2023. Source: Sørensen, Pia and Per Sørensen / VI: 27 gamle folkedanse fra Jylland Samlet og bearbejdet af Pia & Per Sørensen. 1 opl. Kolding: 2000. pp. 26-27. |
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-30, rev. 2023-07-26.
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