Country: Fyn, Lolland, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: couple dance/mixer
| Jomfru Lisken, Fyn etc.
Type: couple dance Formation: any number of couples in open circle. Steps: jysk paa næsen/polsk/polonaise, walk Sheet music: [Jensen, Poul Skårup & Gertrud Weensgård]/ De Fynske Bondedans. Årslev: De Fynske, 1990. p. 14. Note: 3/8 time. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Promenade: Descriptions are 'unclear' at best. Jensen & Weensgård provide the following
description dated 1821: "...has apparently been an old dance, on its way out of fashion. It was danced only by old
women (without men). They danced two and two and began by holding each other by the hand... As they
danced they sang [see lyrics, below]." Grüner Nielsen reiterates
this description (p. 76).
[This I interpret as the promenade that usually precedes a pols/polska turn, ie holding inside hands, or open waist-shoulder hold, and dancing in LOD likely with walking steps (stepping on 1:1 and 1:3).] |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Runtenom: Jensen & Weensgård continue the description as follows: "...then they put
their hands on [possibly each others'] sides and turned "runtenom", after which they again held each other by the hand,
...".
[This I interpret as a jysk på næsen or L-foot polska turn. Grüner Nielsen describes the jysk paa næsen step in Jomfru Lisken as L foot to the floor, led by the heel, on (1:1), followed by 3 small steps danced on the ball of the foot (1:2-1:3) (p. 75) -- see line 3 of the lyrics below.] Lyrics:
Provenance: Grüner Nielsen maintains (p.75) that the tune was common all over, and cites occurences in Kallundborg {sic],
Horns herred, Sjælland, Nordlunde in Låland [sic], and Bågø. He suggests the tune is
originally from the German 'Jungfer Lischen weis du waszch'.
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| Jomfru Lisken, Kalundborg, Nordvestsjælland
Type: couple dance Formation: any number of couples in open circle, waltz hold. Steps: vals (waltz) Sheet music: Sørensen, Pia & Per/ VII: 28 gamle folkedanse fra Sjælland, Lolland, Fyn og Øerne. Kolding: Pia & Per Sørensen, 2000 p.14. Note: 3/4 time. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Waltz: All dance turning waltz. |
| 5 | (b) | Rock: Couples drop hold and turn to face partner, hands on hips and feet together.
Both rock back onto heels. |
| 6 | Both rock forward onto 'toes' [balls of the feet]. | |
| 7-8 | Repeat (b). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
The dance finishes with part (a). Lyrics:
Provenance: the dance was documented by Christian Olsen (1881-1968), from 'Torpelund', Eskebjerg near Kalundborg. He
came from a line of musicians, and was very interested in history. He collected many tunes - one variant of this tune
was published in vol. 3 of his Gamle danse fra Nordvestsjælland, where it is entitled "Heel and toe" Jomfru
Lisken". His collection of music and this dance are now stored at "Dansk Folkemindesamling", together with descriptions
of six or seven other dances.
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| Jomfru Lise (Jungfrau Lieschen), Kalundborg, Nordvestsjælland
Type: mixer Formation: any number of couples in closed circle. Steps: hæl og tå (heel-toe), sideskridt (side-step), sideløbstrin (slip-step), polka, walk Sheet music: (1) Sørensen, Pia & Per/ VII: 28 gamle folkedanse fra Sjælland, Lolland, Fyn og Øerne. Kolding: Pia & Per Sørensen, 2000 p.18. (2) Folkets Hus Spillefolk. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Sidesteps: In closed circle, all dance 1 sideskridt to L (1), followed by 1 to R (2).
Repeat (3-4). |
| 5-8 | All advance 4 walking steps (5-6). Retire ditto (7-8). | |
| 1-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 9-12 | (b) | W progress: All W advance to centre, 4 walking steps (9-10),
turn over L shoulder, and advance to next M standing to L of original partner, 4 walking steps (11-12). |
| 13-14 | All take courtesy hold (WL in ML hand, MR hand on W's waist), and turn once round, 4 walking steps. | |
| 9-14 | Repeat (b).
W have now advanced to 2nd M (=new partner) CW from original partner. |
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| 15-18 | (c) | Heel-toe & polka: All take waltz hold [M facing LOD, W facing RLOD], and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot,
dance a heel-toe step, followed by 2 slip-steps toward centre of circle (15-16).
Repeat with opposite footwork, moving out of circle (17-18). |
| 19-22 | All dance 4 turning polka steps [moving in LOD]. | |
| 15-22 | Repeat (c). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See YouTube videos from/with: Dansefestival Bornholm 2013, Duo Visti med venner 2019. Provenance: The dance is not old, but the music and the dance are thought to have been composed and devised in the
1960s by Edgar Christensen of Frederiksværk, a folk dance musician, and his wife, an eager folkdancer.
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| Jomfru Listen, Anderstrup, Lolland
Type: couple dance Formation: any number of couples facing, in open circle, waltz hold facing in LOD. Steps: glissadetrin, hæl og tå (heel-toe), vals (waltz) Sheet music: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. 2:et udg. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1996, p. 18. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1 | (a) | Heel & toe: All dance in forward LOD, beginning with outside foot, 1 glissadetrin. |
| 2 | All dance in LOD:
2:1 outside heel (ML/WR) forward 2:2 pause 2:3 close outside foot to inside foot |
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| 3-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Waltz: All dance turning waltz, turning CW and moving in LOD. 4 waltz steps. |
| 1-8,|:9-16:| | Repeat from (a) three times. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
Provenance: The description is written by Erik Jensen based on information from "Bette Karl" in Anderstrup. Erik Jensen writes "I can't guarantee the accompanying music, it is from one of my musicians who had found it in some 'old junk'. The musician who was with me visiting 'Bette Karl', who showed us Jomfru Listen, tried to write down the notes based on Karl's singing, but his unmelodic howls were impossible to translate into notes." The dance description is called Jomfru Listen, and the sheet music is entitled Jomfru Lischen. Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. 2 udg. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1996, pp. 18-19. |
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