Country: Denmark
Type: mixer
| Gamle familievals, Vejle Vesteregnen
Formation: open circle of couples "as many as may", 2-hand hold with partner with elbows bent and joined hands at chest height, M facing CCW, W facing CW. Steps: valsetrin (waltz), tyrolertrin Sheet music: (1) Folkets Hus Spillefolk 358:538 (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p.47. (3) Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Musik till gillesdanser i Norden - fiol. [Stockholm: Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur], 1970. p.26. Recordings: |
||||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: | Danish lyrics | English trans. |
| 1-4 | (a) | Progression: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance with 4 tyrolertrin [ie travelling waltz steps] forward in LOD, M dancing
forward, W dancing backward, and swinging joined hands with body motion.
[On last step] M turn over L shoulder, W of R shoulder [ie into circle] to take 2-hand hold with corner (= new partner). |
Og gå så, og gå så, og gå så din vej! | Go away, go away, go on your way |
| 5-8 | Couples dance with 4 tyrolertrin [ie travelling waltz steps] forward in LOD, M dancing backward, W dancing forward, and swinging joined hands with body motion. | Og kom så, og kom så, at danse med mig! | Come to me, come to me, come dance with me | |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Tyrolervals: With new partner, all dance tyrolervals [promenade and turning waltz], moving in LOD.
Repeat from (a) until all have progresssed around circle and returned to original partner. Provenance: Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn.
5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 47.
|
Trala la la la, trala la la la, trala la la la la la la la la! | Trala la la la, trala la la la, trala la la la la la la la la! |
| Gammel familievals, Tvis, Hardsyssel
Formation: couples in double circle, M facing out of circle, W facing in. Steps: valsetrin (waltz), gangtrin (walk) Sheet music: (1) Folkets Hus Spillefolk 358:612 (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2:a opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, p.39. Recordings: |
||||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: | Danish lyrics | English trans. |
| 1-4 | (a) | Progression: Couples wave away current partner with both hands, while dancing 4 slow walking steps backing away from current partner. | Og gå så, og gå så, og gå så din vej! | Go away, go away, go on your way |
| 5-8 | Couples beckon 1st corner (=new partner), next oncoming dancer diagonally to own R) with both hands, while advancing toward corner with 4 slow walking steps. | Og kom så, og kom, vil du danse med mig? | Come to me, come, do you want to dance with me? | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Smedetur (clap sequence): Clap own hands (9), clap R hands (10), clap own hands (11), clap L hands (12), clap own hands (13), clap partner's both hands (14), clap own hands (15), clap own hands twice (16). | Og først i den højre, og så i den venstre, og så i dem begge - vi valser rundt. | First with the right, the left, then both - we waltz around |
| 17-32 | (c) | Waltz: With new partner, all dance turning waltz, moving in LOD.
Repeat from (a) as desired. Provenance: Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2:a opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 39-40. |
||
| Og gå så
Formation: couples in double circle, M facing out of circle, W facing in. Steps: valsetrin (waltz) |
||||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: | Danish lyrics | English trans. |
| 1-4 | (a) | Progression: Couples wave away current partner with both hands. | Og gå så, og gå så, og gå så din vej! | Go away, go away, go on your way |
| 5-8 | Couples beckon 1st corner (=new partner, next oncoming dancer diagonally to own R) with both hands. | Og kom så, og kom så, og dans lidt med mig! | Come to me, come to me, come dance with me | |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Waltz: Couples take waltz hold and dance turning waltz, moving in LOD.
Repeat from (a) as desired. See video from/with Herlev Gamle Danse 2023 Provenance: unknown at time of writing. Source: video from/with 'Å gå så' - Herlev Gamle Danse 2023 |
||
See also:
-- Vogt, Margrit/ nr 8 'Gah von mi ' in:
Alte niederdeutsche Volkstänze (Beiträge zur Volkskultur in Nordwestdeutschland
herausgegeben von der Volkskundlichen Kommission für Westfalen Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Heft 53).
Münster: F. Coppenrath Verlag,: 1986. pp. 50, 144.
Translation & description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-08-20.
Tillbaka till innehållsförteckningen/Back to table of contents