Country: Denmark
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couples 1 and 2 have backs to and face music respectively. Couples 3 and 4 stand to R of couples 1 and 2 respectively.
| Galop kontra, Mors
Steps: galop, hoptrin (both-R-hop), løbetrin (run) gangtrin (walk). Sheet music: (1) 358:181, (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4. opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1985 pp. 26-27. (3) Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Dansebeskrivelser til DFS4. s.l.: Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds, 1980. pp. 29-33. Recordings: Andreasen, Mogens [YouTube]; Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Så danser vi till... track B3; Dronningens Livstykke Traditional 1976-1984 track 23; Habadekuk Kaffepunch track 01; Ramsø Spillemandslaug Ramsø favoritter track 17; Spillemandslauget Østjyderne Ud til begge sider track 2 [download]. V Poulsens Kapel Old school track 13; |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW 16 running steps. Ditto CCW 16 running steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Heads to opposite place: Couples 1 and 2, with waltz hold, dance CCW around each other, stopping in the opposite place, placing W back to back in centre. M stand with partner, in waltz hold. 8 small galop steps. |
| 9-16 | Sides to opposite place: Couples 3 and 4, with waltz hold, repeat. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | M return: All M drop hold with partner, dance 8 running steps CW to original place, take waist-shoulder hold with opposite W, and turn 1/2 way around with 8 hop steps on the spot (see above). M finish with backs to the centre. |
| 17-24 | W return: All W dance 8 running steps CW back to original place, and turn with partner 3/4 turn as above, 8 hop steps. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Staakæde (Standing chain): All dance R-hand chain to opposite with 6 small fast walking steps, and pause, maintaining R-hand hold, with 3 stamps (28). Repeat to opposite place with 6 walking steps, and one stamp (32).
Repeat to return to original place. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing partner: All take waltz hold with partner and dance CW on the spot (swing partner), 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing partner: All take waltz hold with partner and dance CW on the spot (swing partner), 32 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | W one-hand star: All W take R-hand star and dance CW and (with L-hand star) CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | M one-hand star: All M take R-hand star and dance CW and (with L-hand star) CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | W front basket: All W take front basket hold and dance CW and CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | M front basket: All M take front basket hold and dance CW and CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | W back basket: All W take back basket hold and dance CW and CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | M back basket: All M take back basket hold and dance CW and CCW, 16 running steps each way. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | Circle: All repeat 1 (a). |
| |:1-8:| | Swing partner: The dance finishes with all taking waltz hold with partner and dancing CW on the spot (swing partner) 32 running steps. | |
| [In some places, swing partner was danced with 16 buzz steps.]
See YouTube videos from/with Bugge, Eget & Davis Maack 2009, Roskilde havndans 2009. Trio THG 2010, Michael Graubæk og Klaus Pindstrup på Højbystævnet 2011 2011, Nepotisterne 2009.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4. opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1985 pp. 26-28.
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| Kontradans, Vendsyssel
Steps: hoptrin (step-hop), hoptrin (both-R-hop), polka, springforttrin, gangtrin (walk). Sheet music: (1) 358:16, (2) Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. pp. 82-83. Recordings: Fladstrand Spillemændene Spillemandsmusik med liv og sjæl track 14. A variant of the music for Baglæns kontrasejre fra Salling and Baglæns kontrasejre fra Thy |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| 9-15 | (b) | Swing: Couples 1 and 2 take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance on the spot, 14 springforttrin. |
| 16 | M1 and M2 lift partners and place them back-to-back in the centre of the circle. | |
| 9-16 | Couples 3 and 4 repeat (b). | |
| 17-18 | (c) | M to opposite place: All M dance, beginning with L foot, 4 walking steps CW to opposite W with 4 claps. Meanwhile W stay in place. |
| 19-24 | All M take closed waist-shoulder hold with opposite W, and swing on the spot, 14 springforttrin.
M finish inside circle back-to-back. |
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| 17-18 | (c) | W to opposite place: All W dance, beginning with L foot, 4 walking steps CW to original partner with 4 claps. Meanwhile M stay in place. |
| 19-24 | All W take closed waist-shoulder hold with original partner, and swing on the spot, 14 springforttrin.
All couples are now in opposite place. |
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| |:25-32:| | (d) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain once round the set, 16 walking steps. All curtsey/bow on 1st and 2nd meeting with partner. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing, one-hand: All take one-hand hold with partner and turn CW on the spot (swing partner), 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing, 2-hand: All take 2-hand hold with partner and turn CW on the spot (swing partner), 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Swing, crossed back hold: All W take crossed back hold with partner and turn CW on the spot (swing partner), 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. [Ie forwards, and backwards] |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W one-hand star: All W take R-hand star and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M one-hand star: All M take R-hand star and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W front basket: All W take 2-hand hold and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M front basket: All M take 2-hand hold and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | W closed circle: All W form closed circle with shoulder hold and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | M closed circle: All W form closed circle with shoulder hold and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 11 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | Polka: The dance finishes with all dancing fast turning polka [in LOD] around the floor.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte I.
7:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1976, pp. 21-23.
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