Grisen braak'te laaret, Møn

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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