Country: Møn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, waltz hold, M facing in LOD, W in RLOD.
Steps: hopsa
Sheet music: 358:488
Bars | Dance progression: | |
1-4 | All dance 4 hopsa steps, turning alternately CCW and CW while moving forward in LOD, W backwards. | |
5-6 | All dance 2 hopsa steps turning once CW. | |
7-8 | All stamp 3 times, with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
Repeat from beginning as desired, moving in LOD. |
Source: Hansen, H.H./ Gamle danse fra Møn. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 12.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-22
See also Sørensen, Per. 'Grisen faldt og brak sit laar' fra Fyn og 'Grisen brak'te laaret' fra Møn' in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 13. Feb. 1997. [in Danish]
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