Country: Als, Langeland, Denmark
| Galopin, Als
Type: couple dance Formation: couples in open circle. Waltz hold, facing in LOD. Steps: chassé (change step), gangtrin (walk), polka, tå-hæl (toe-heel) Sheet music: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 2007. p.32. Recordings: Mikkelsen, Werner Village folk dances track 16 [Note: played 2xAABB+CC] |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Promenade: Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), all dance 1 chassé followed by 2 walking steps forward in LOD (1-2).
Beginning with inside foot (MR/WL), all dance 1 chassé followed by 2 walking steps forward in LOD (3-4). Repeat (a) 3 times (5-8,1-8). |
| 9-16 | (b) | Toe-heel: Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), all dance, 1 chassé followed by a toe-heel step with inside (MR/WL)
while singing "Tå-hæl" (9-10).
Beginning with inside foot (MR/WL), all dance, 1 chassé followed by a toe-heel step with inside (MR/WL) while singing "Tå-hæl" (11-12). Repeat (b) 3 times (13-16,9-16). |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Polka: In waltz hold, all dance 16 turning polka steps moving in LOD.
Repeat from (a) as desired. Provenance: Documented by Johannes Egedal in 1926. Both the dance and the music are based on information from the musician Hans Møller. Møller said that the music is from 1860 and transcribed by himself in 1926 based on his recollection. He noted that "The folk dance teacher Lauritz Jørgensen, from Kjøng near Assens, came to Als in 1860 and taught the locals to dance Francaise, Galopin, Topilette-polka, Varsovienne, and several other folk dances." Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 2007. pp. 32-33. |
| Galopin, Langeland
Type: couple dance Formation: couples in open circle. Side-cross hold position (aka promenade position, skater's position) Steps: chassé (change step), galop, polka, hæl-tå (heel-toe) Sheet music: 358:432 Recordings: |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-16 | (a) | Promenade: All dance, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, 8 chassé steps in LOD. |
| 1-16 | (b) | 'Golden apples': All W move in front of and facing partner (ie with backs in LOD) and all "play with golden apples", dancing 8 chassé steps. |
| 17-18 | (c) | Polka & heel-toe: All take waltz hold with partner, and dance 1 polka step turning CCW. |
| 19-20 | All dance heel-toe, with inside (MR/WL) foot. | |
| 21-22 | All dance one polka step turning CW. | |
| 23-24 | All dance heel-toe, with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
| 25-32 | All dance 4 polka steps turning CW. | |
| 17-32 | Repeat (c). | |
| |:33-40:| | (d) | Galop: All dance 16 galop steps [ie 16 fast turning polka steps, moving in LOD].
Repeat from (a) as desired. See video from KØST2017 and YouTube from/with Holstebro Folkedanserforening Source: Sørensen, Pia & Per/ I; 55 gamle folkedanse fra forskellige egne samlet og bearbejdet af Pia & Per Sørensen. 5:e opl. Kolding: Pia & Per Sørensen, 1935, 2003. p. 50. |
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