Country: Rykkerup, Lolland, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set
Formation: reversed longways set, M to L as seen from the music, W to R.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), walk,
vals (waltz)
Sheet music: 358:471
Recordings: Nille og hendes spillemænd track B5.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Promenade: Couple 1, holding inside hands, dances down the set, 8 slow, stately walking steps. |
| 9-16 | Couple 1 turns 1/2 turn CCW as a couple, and dances back up the set, 8 slow walking steps.
Finish in original place, but in opposite line, ie M in W line, and W in M line. |
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| 17-18 | Couple 1 curtesy/bow to partner. | |
| 19-20 | M1 and W2 curtesy/bow. Simultariously, M2 and W1 ditto. | |
| |:21-28:| | (b) | Swing: Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold with partner and swing on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
Finish in place at start of (b), ie M in W line, and W in M line. |
| |:29-36:| | (c) | Chain: Couples 1 and 2 dance R-hand chain twice round, beginning giving R hand to partner, and beginning with ML/WR foot. 16 walking steps. |
| |:37-44:| | (d) | Waltz: Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold with partner, and waltz 2-1/2 times moving CCW around opposite couple. 16 waltz steps.
Finish having progressed one place, and in original lines. |
| When the music repeats, couple 1 dances with couple 3 and couple 2 stands over. When couple 1 dances with couple 4, couple 2 dances with couple 3.
If there are many couples in the lines, every second couple (ie couples 1, 3, 5, etc.) can begin simultaneously. |
See video from KØST2017
Provenance: originally documented by Erik Jensen according to information from Lars Henriksen, Rykkerup, musician and farmer. Melody is also from Lars Henriksen.
A four part ecossaise-type dance.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. 2nd ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1996, pp. 74-75.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2011-12-12, rev. 2022-01-29.
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