Country: Bornholm, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: couples in two lines reversed, ie M to L and W to the R as seen from top of the set (closest to music).
Couples are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc from the top).
Steps: løbetrin (run),
gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:576;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982. pp.19-20.
(3) Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds/ Så danser vi til Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet: dansebeskrivelser til DFS4.
s.l.: Spillemandskredsens Forlag, 1980. p. 21.
(4) Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 66.
Recordings:
Bornholms Spillemandskvartet Melodier fra Bornholm track A2;
Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Så danser vi til...DFS4 track A7.
Tage Absalon with John Godtfredsens Trio Midt uda i salten Østersjø track 04.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-2 | (a) | Advance: M1 and W1 advance, and push off partner with R hand at shoulder height. 4 running steps. |
| 3-4 | Retire & cast: M1 and W1 retire, and cast down around couple 2. 4 running steps.
[Finish 2-1-3-4.] |
|
| 5-6 | Advance: M1 and W1 advance, and push off partner with L hand at shoulder height. 4 running steps. | |
| 7-8 | Retire & cast: M1 and W1 retire, and cast down around couple 3. 4 running steps.
[Finish 2-3-1-4.] |
|
| 1-6 | Advance: M1 and W1 advance, take inside (ML/WR) hands, and run up the set to original place. 12 running steps. | |
| 7-8 | Cast: M1 and W1 cast down around couple 2. 4 running steps.
[Finish 2-1-3-4.] |
|
| 9-16, 9-14 | (b) | Armkrogsknude (elbow hook 'knot'): Couples 1 and 2, with a clap on the first beat, dance R elbow-hook 'knot',
ie R elbow to partner, L elbow W with W and M with M, R elbow to partner, and finally L elbow W with W and M with M. 14 walking steps.
[Ie. turning ca 1 full turn with 4 walking steps with each elbow-hook. Finish 2-1-3-4.] |
| 15-16 | Dancers pause.
Repeat from (a) as desired. In the 1st repeat, couple 1 dances as above with couple 3, while couple 2 rests.
On the 2nd repeat, couple 1 dances as above with couple 4, while couple 2 dances as above with couple 3.
Every second repeat, a new couple enters the dance.
After having danced chain with the last couple, the original couple 1 stands at the end of the lines as the new
bottom couple.
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Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982. pp.19-20.
See also:
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ 'Herman Bosses' in: Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte I.
7:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1976, pp. 27-28.
-- 'Herman Bosses' in: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte I.
3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1919, p. 27.
-- Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds/ Så danser vi til Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet: dansebeskrivelser til DFS4.
s.l.: Spillemandskredsens Forlag, 1980. pp.21-23. [in Danish, English, German]
-- 'Herman Bosses' in: Hanson, Lida Saboni & Laura Wolcott Goldsmith (trans.)/
Old Danish folk dances described by the Association for the Promotion of Folk Dances (Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme).
Copenhagen: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1906. p. 15.
-- 'Herman Bosses' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 66.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville ON, 2022-12-01, rev. 2023-02-11.
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