Country: Bornholm & Vendsyssel, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: longways set of lines of 3 dancers (W-M-W), the line closest to the music (line 1) faces away from the music. All other lines (lines 2, 3 etc) face line 1.
Numbered 1-2-3-1 etc from the top of the set (ie the music).
Steps:
forgangen nats trin,
kedelflikkertrin,
hoptrin (step-hop), walk
Sheet music: (1) Kedelflikkerdans, Vendsyssel 358:27,
(2) Kjælaflikkara-turn, Borbholm 358:571
[Note differences in part C.]
(3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2:et opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme,
1982. p. 10.
(4) 'tinker's dance' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 86.
Recordings:
Bornholms Spillemandskvartet Melodier fra Bornholm track B11;
De Danske Spillemænd 'Kedelflikkerdansen fra Vendsyssel' Danske folkedanse track A3 [YouTube];
Habbadám 'Kontra sei & Kjæleflekkera turn' Bornholmsk folkemusik track 13 [YouTube];
Henning & Ann-Cathrin Larsen og Bornholmerensemblet Hâ-driv jemm track B6;
Jørgensen & Sørensen Rå og usødet track 01.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Balancé & turn: M1 & M2 each take 2-hand hold with W on his R (WR) and, beginning swinging R foot forward, the two dance 4 kedelflikkertrin. |
| 5-8 | M1 & M2 each with WR take closed waist-shoulder hold and turn CW on the spot with 8 forgangen nats trin. | |
| 1-8 | M1 & M2 each repeats (a) with W on his L (WL). | |
| 9-12 | (b) | Advance, retire & turn: Lines 1 and 2, beginning with a stamp on beat (9:1) and holding inside hands, advance with 3 walking steps,
finishing with a nod to opposite (9-10). and retire with 3 walking steps (no stamp) (11-12). |
| 13-16 | M1 & M2 each raise both hands, and WR turns twice round CCW on the spot under joined (MR/WL) hands, 8 step-hops | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b), except now it is WL who turns CW under (ML/WR) hands. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Circles & progress: Lines 1 and 2 form a closed circle, holding upper arms, and beginning with a stamp on beat (17:1), circle CW, 8 step-hops (17-20). Ditto, beginning with a stamp on beat (21:1), circle CCW 8 step-hops (21-24). |
| 17-24 | Lines 1 and 2 form individual closed circles, holding upper arms, and beginning with a stamp on beat (17:1), circle CW, 8 step-hops (17-20). Ditto, beginning with a stamp on beat (21:1), circle CCW 8 step-hops (21-24) while simultaneously changing places, so that the two lines have now progressed, line 1 down the set, and line 2 up the set. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
When the dance repeats (from (a)), line 1 dances with line 3, while line 2 rests. In the following repeat, line 1 dances with couple 4, while line 2 dances with line 3, etc. If many lines are dancing, lines 1, 5, 9, etc may start simultaneously. |
See videos from [Danish version] KØST2017 and YouTube [German version] with Folkloregruppe Linsengericht 2006, Folkloregruppe Linsengericht 2015.
Provenance: one of the few dances considered to have originated in Denmark and spread elsewhere,
namely to Germany (Kesselflicker in northern and central
Germany). Originally from the ballet "Vaskerpigerne og Kiedelflikkeren",
composed by Claus Schall and choreographed by Vincenzo Galeotti at Det kongelige Teatre [trans: the Royal Theatre].
The ballet premiered Jan. 15, 1788 and formed part of the company's program through
to 1835, by which time it had been performed over 100 times. The tune occurs in numerous musicians' notebooks all over Denmark prior to the 1840s.
The Bornholm description appears to be a 'pirated' copy (published 1928) of that from FFF (first published in 1903, and definitely occurs in the 2nd ed published 1920).
Sources:
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle Danske folkedanse hefte II.
6:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1995, pp. 16-17.
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2:et opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme,
1982. pp. 10-11.
See also:
-- Lund, Jørgen Gad/ Terpsichore, eller En Veiledning for mine Dandse-Elever til at
beholde de Trin og Toure i Hukommelsen som de under mig have gjennemgaaet. Slagelse, 1827. pp. 47-48.
-- 'tinker's dance' 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). -[ first part].
Copenhagen: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1906. p.22.
-- 'tinker's dance' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. pp. 86-87.
-- 'the tinker's dance' in: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Danish folk dances.
Trans. by Viggo Bovbjerg [Chicago, IL]: Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1917. pp.16-17.
-- Sørensen, Per
"Kedelflikkerdans fra Vendsyssel og Kjælaflikkara-turn fra Bornholm" in
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 17, June 1997. [in Danish]
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-26, rev. 2023-01-15.
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