Country: Midt- og Vestsjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have backs to or face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 5) stand to R of head couples, facing opposite couple.
Steps:
chassé (change-step),
hurretrin (buzz step),
gangtrin (walk)
Recordings:
Alle tiders Roskildemusik Lys på rødderne (RX001CD 1995) track 13.
| Version I - not 'crooked
Sheet music: (1) Godvin, Carl "Roskilde-egnens gamle danse" pp 142-156 in: København: Aarbog udgivet af Historisk Samfund for Københavns Amt (med Gamle Roskilde Amt), 1917/1919; (2) Sørensen, Pia & Per/ II: 26 gamle folkedanse fra forskellige egne. 2 opl. Kolding:s.n., 1994. p.18. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Cross-over & swing: Head couples change places, with couple 2 [couple facing music] making an arch which couple 1 dances under. 8 walking steps. |
| 17-24 | Head couples, in waltz or polska hold, turn on the spot, 8 hurretrin. | |
| 9-24 | Side couples repeat (b), couple 4 [couple with R shoulder towards music] making the arch. | |
| 9-24 | Head couples repeat (b) to return to place, couple 1 making the arch. | |
| 9-24 | Side couples repeat (b) to return to place, couple 3 making the arch. | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences.
The Godvin source suggests swing partner in part (a) of all subsequent sequences. The Sørensen source suggests the following sequences: |
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| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot, waltz hold, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle [or back basket], and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle [or back basket], and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle [or back basket], and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | Circle: All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin.
See video from Varde 2019. Source:
Godvin, Carl "Roskilde-egnens gamle danse" pp 142-156 in:
København: Aarbog udgivet af Historisk Samfund for Københavns Amt (med Gamle Roskilde Amt), 1917/1919.
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| Version II - 'crooked'
Sheet music: (1) after Chr. Tobiassens nodebog 1853 ; (2) version by P.B. Christiansen based on 'Gevningebogen', inspired by the Shetland Islands |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| 9-14 | (b) | Cross-over & swing: Head couples, beginning with L foot, change places with couple 2 making an arch which couple 1 dances under. 3 chassé steps. |
| 15-22 | Head couples, in waltz or polska hold, turn on the spot, 8 hurretrin. | |
| 9-22 | Side couples repeat (b), couple 4 making the arch. | |
| 9-22 | Head couples repeat (b) to return to place, couple 1 making the arch. | |
| 9-22 | Side couples repeat (b) to return to place, couple 3 making the arch. | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot, waltz hold, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W circle: All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing: The dance finishes with swing partner on the spot, waltz hold, 16 hurretrin.
See videos from YouTube from/with RejseOrkestret, and På Løvenborg Gods Source: Christiansen, Poul/ 14 danske danse : beskrivelser og musikbånd til undervisningsbrug. [Roskilde]: Amtscentralen i Roskilde, 1985. pp.28-29. |
Provenance: The dance may have originated in the area of Holbæk
but has been danced most recently in the parishes west of Roskilde.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-10-19, rev. 2022-12-27.
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