Country: Bornholm, 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:
hopsabalancé (pas de bas in hopsa rhythm);
mollevet (menuet à deux mouvements),
gangtrin (walk);
vals (waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:589
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2nd ed. København;
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982, pp. 38-40.
Recordings:
Bornholms Spillemandskvartet Melodier fra Bornholm track 17;
Holstebro Folkedanserforening Dansk og Skandinavisk folkedans med Arne Bech track 12.
| Bars | Sequence | Dance progression |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All circle CW, 8 walking steps with 'svikt' [ie lift] (1-8), and CCW, 8 walking steps with 'svikt' (1-8). |
| 9-12 | (b) | Balancé & turn: All turn to face partner, and dance 4 small hopsabalancé steps, beginning towards the centre of the circle (ie ML/WR). |
| 13 | All clap, 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 with 2 hopsa steps. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b) to return to partner, M now turning R and W turning L [ie into set]. | |
| 17-20 | (c) | Advance, retire, W turn: Head couples, holding inside hands, advance with 1 menuet step toward each other (17-18), and retire with 1 menuet step backwards to place (18-20). |
| 21-24 | Maintaining handhold with partner, head W, turning to their L [ie CCW], turn under partner's arm with 2 menuet steps. M meanwhile dances the 2 menuet steps on the spot, turned towards partner. Finish with a small curtsey/bow to partner. | |
| 25-32 | Side couples repeat (c). | |
| |:33-40:| | (d) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain round the set, 16 waltz steps. |
| |:41-48:| | (e) | Waltz: All couples take waltz hold, and dance turning waltz CCW around the set, 16 waltz steps. |
| Parts (b), (c), (d), and (e) 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, 16 walking steps (1-8), followed by L-hand hold and circle CCW on the spot, 16 walking steps (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Cpl 2-hand turn: Couples take two-hand hold and circle CW on the spot, 16 walking steps (1-8), then circle CCW on the spot, 16 walking steps (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | W 1-hand star: All W take R-hand star and circle CW, 16 walking steps (1-8), then with L-hand star circle CCW, 16 walking steps (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | M 1-hand star: All M take R-hand star and circle CW, 16 walking steps (1-8), then with L-hand star circle CCW, 16 walking steps (1-8). |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Gåsegang (chase): All form single circle [ie open circle] and circle CW while clapping hands, 16 walking steps (1-8), turn and circle CCW, again clapping own hands, 16 walking steps (1-8). |
See video from/with KØST2017
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Bornholm. 2nd ed. København;
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1982, pp. 38-40.
See also:
-- Lind, Eyvind L. Folkedansen i Hasle i 20'erne in:
Bornholmeren 1986. [in Danish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville ON. 2015-08-07, rev. 2023-08-17.
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