Country: Hindsholm, Fyn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, open waist-shoulder hold, facing in LOD. All steps are soft.
Steps: see below
Sheet music: 358:94
[same tune occurs in
De fire hjørner fra Midtsjælland (358:26),
Galopaden fra Århus (P&P II),
Grisen faldt og brak sit laar,
Kavaleri galop fra Vejle (358:320),
Russisk kavalerie (P&P II)]
Recordings: Baltinget Alive track 12; Baltinget Sving egen cd 2 track 05.
| Bars | Dance progression: | |
| 1 | All leap onto outside foot (ML/WR) while kicking inside foot (MR/WL) up behind.
All leap onto inside foot (MR/WL) while kicking outside foot (ML/WR) up behind. |
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| 2 | All leap onto outside foot (ML/WR) while kicking inside foot (MR/WL) up behind. Meanwhile M begins to turn CW in front of partner.
and taking partner around the waist with L arm.
Both hop again on outside foot (ML/WR), while M drops hold with R arm, turns to face in LOD on partner's R side and kicking MR/WL (inside foot) forwards. W places her R hand on M's L shoulder. M and W have now changed places. |
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| 3-4 | Repeat the above, beginning leaping onto MR/WL (outside foot), and W turning like M above in (2). | |
| Repeat as desired, moving in LOD. |
See videoa from KØST2017 and YouTube
Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4:e opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1984, pp. 24-25.
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]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-09-15, rev. 2022-01-31.
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