Country: Ærø, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music.
Side couples: couple 3 stands on the side to the right of couple 1, and couple 4 faces couple 3. W stands to R of M.
Steps:
hopsa;
trippetrin;
mollevit (menuet à deux mouvements);
ærøtrin
Sheet music:
(1) 358:116
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4 opl.
København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1984. p. 64.
(3) Mandagsorkestret kontra med mollevit
Recordings:
Jydsk på Næsen Ska' vi danse - Danske folkedanse II [WWW].
| Bars | Sequence | Dance progression |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), and CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| 9-12 | (b) | Trippetrin & turn: All take two-hand hold with partner (hands at chest level), and step lightly on the spot (M: L-R-L-R; W: R-L-R-L [sic]) [ie trippetrin], while swinging joined hands twice towards and away from centre. |
| 13 | All clap hands once, and turn, M to L on L foot and W to R on R foot [ie into set]. | |
| 14 | All take a step toward corner, M with R and W with L foot. | |
| 15-16 | All take waltz hold with corner, and turn once round CW on the spot, 2 hopsa steps. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b) to return to partner, beginning swinging hands and stepping away from centre, and M now turning R and W turning L [ie into the set], to turn with partner. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Menuet circle: All couples holding inside (MR/WL) hands, dance CCW half way around the set, 4 mollevit steps. On the 4th step, both turn completely round CCW, M dancing the 4th step mainly on the spot, while W dances up to M's L side. Finnish holding 'new' inside (ML/WR) hands. |
| 17-24 | All continue CCW around the set to original place, 4 mollevit steps. On the 8th step, W again dances back to M's R side, turning one full turn CW, while M dances the last step on the spot, and switching to original inside (MR/WL) hands. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Half-chain corner cpl: Couple 1 with couple 3, and couple 2 with couple 4, dance a half-mollevit [essentially a half-chain without taking hands]: all dance
1 forward mollevit step across the two-couple set, passing opposite on the L, and turned towards them in passing (25-26), 1 mollevit turn step [over L shoulder], finishing across from and L side to L side with opposite (27-28), 1 mollevit step on the spot (29-30), 1 backward mollevit step, out to opposite couple's original place (31-32). Repeat to return to own original place (25-32). |
| Parts (b), (c), and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Cpl 1-hand turn: Couples take R-hand hold and circle CW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), followed by L-hand hold and circle CCW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Cpl 2-hand turn: Couples take two-hand hold and circle CW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then circle CCW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Cpl x-hand turn: Couples take crossed two-hand hold and circle CW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then circle CCW on the spot, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Damerne 'halter' (W 1-hand star): All W take R-hand star and circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then with L-hand star circle CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Herrerne 'halter' (M 1-hand star): All M take R-hand star and circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then with L-hand star circle CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Damerne 'helter' (W circle): All W form closed circle and circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Herrerne 'helter' (M circle): All M form closed circle and circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle and circle CW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8), then CCW, 8 ærøtrin (1-8). |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4 opl. København;
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1984. pp. 64-66.
See also:
-- Fynboerne Ærø - musik og dans n.d. [in Danish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville ON, 2015-09-09, rev. 2023-08-17.
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