Country: Vejleegnen, Denmark
Type: set dance [best with 8 couples]. If done with fewer or more than 8 couples it becomes a mixer
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: jysk på næsen/polsk/polonaise, run
Sheet music: (1) 358:456;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen. 5:e opl. København:
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 35.
Recordings: could be danced to any polonaise tune with appropriate structure and tempo, e.g. Jydsk på næsen Paa'en igen track 11.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Circle: All circle CW with 12 running steps, then CCW, 12 running steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couple turn: All take couple hold (eg polska hold) and dance in LOD, 8 polonaise steps. |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain, beginning with own partner. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner.
Note: if one hasn't reached one's own partner by the end of bar 8, the music is extended by playing/plucking the last note sufficient times (3 times per bar, but only 1 in the last bar). It is therefore necessary for the musician(s) to keep an eye on a particular couple, and only begin playing bars 9-16 once that couple has been reunited. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain, beginning with own partner. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner. See Note to (2 a). |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain, beginning with own partner. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner. See Note to (2 a). |
| 1-8 | 5 (a) | Chase: All M chase [follow each other] in an inner circle moving CCW, while all W chase in an outer circle dancing CW. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner. See Note to (2 a). |
| 1-8 | 6 (a) | Chase: All M chase [follow each other] in an inner circle moving CCW, while all W chase in an outer circle dancing CW. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner. See Note to (2 a). |
| 1-8 | 7 (a) | Chase: All M chase [follow each other] in an inner circle moving CCW, while all W chase in an outer circle dancing CW. 24 running steps. Stop at first meeting with partner. See Note to (2 a). |
| 1-8,9-16 | Circle and couple turn: The dance finishes by repeating (1 (a) and (b)). |
See video from KØST2017.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 35-36.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2015-08-13, rev. 2022-02-16.
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