Country: Stolbro, Als, Sønderjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couples 1 and 2 (head couples) have respectively their backs to and facing the music. Couples 3 and 4 (side couples) stand respectively to the R of couples 1 and 2.
Steps:
hopsa,
hoptrin (step-hop)
Sheet music: 358:528.
[Same tune as Gamle Berliner, Langeland.]
Recordings: Renate Osterholz et al Liflig sang cd 2 track 05 [Dancilla].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| (b) | Cross-overs (opføring) - head cpls: Head couples cross: | |
| 9-10 | W1 and W2 dance 2 step-hops diagonally L. M1 and M2 stand. | |
| 11-18 | M1 and M2 pass on the R (L shoulders) between W1 and W2, in an arc to the R [toward opposite Ms place]. [Meanwhile, W1 and W2 continue in an arc forward to
opposite Ws place.]
On meeting partner at opposite place partners change places, M dancing outside his partner, W inside her partner, to centre of set. While dancing these 8 step-hops, W turn continuously over R shoulder, M over L shoulder. Finish in the centre of the set, facing opposite couple. W is to L of her partner.
M4 M1 W1 W3
W4 W2 M2 M3
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| 19-22 | M1 and W1, and simultaneously M2 and W2, change places with partner, M dancing outside and W inside partner. Both turning once round themselves over R shoulder, while retiring to opposite place. 4 step-hops, beginning with a stamp. | |
| 9-22 | Head couples repeat (b) to return to original place. | |
| |:9-22:| | Cross-overs (opføring) - side cpls: Side couples repeat (b). | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Hopsa: All couples take waltz hold, and dance hopsa CCW once round the set. 16 hopsa steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star with thumb hold, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW. Ditto CCW in R-hand star. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star with thumb hold, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW. Ditto CCW in R-hand star. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW. Ditto CCW 8 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | Hopsa: The dance finishes with all couples taking waltz hold, and dance hopsa CCW once round the set. 16 hopsa steps. |
Provenance: documented by Andreas Otterstrøm around 1932.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 udg.
København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 2007. pp. 64-65.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-24, rev. 2022-12-05.
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