Country: Frijsenborg-egnen, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples: couple 1 stands with backs to music, couple 2 faces couple 1.
Side couples: couples 3 and 4 stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
Steps:
hoptrin (skip step),
polka, walk
Sheet music:
(1) from Peder Pøhl's nodebog
(2) after Steen Jagd, Frijsenborg-egnen
(3) Berggreen, Andreas Peter/ nr 197 'Kyllinge-Sørens Dands' in: Danske folke-sange og melodier: fædrelandske og fremmede. Vol 1.
2nd ed. Kjöbenhavn : C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1861-1870. p. 262
(4) Grüner Nielsen, H./ nr 54 'Kylling-Sørens dans' in: Vore ældste folkedanse: langdans og polskdans - musikbilag. København: Det Schønbergske
Forlag, 1917.
Recordings:
Donslund, Herluf Harpens kraft [YouTube];
Anne Eltard & Kazio Kierpaul [YouTube];
Jagd, Steen [YouTube].
| Bars | Sequence | Dance progression: |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and circle CW [8 walking steps]. Ditto CCW. |
| |:5-12:| | (b) | Polka: Head couples take waltz hold and dance CCW around each other and back to place (5-12), 8 slow polka steps.
Side couples repeat (b) (5-12). [There is no mention of this part in the source listed below, although the sheet music contains a third phrase. This description reflects how the dance is done today, see the videos.] |
| 13-16 | (c) | Star: All take R-elbow hook with partner. The M form L-hand star, bent arms, elbows and hands together, hands up.
Circle CCW, M forwards and W backwards, skip steps [or walking steps]. |
| 17-19 | Repeat (c) circling CW [ie M backwards, W forwards]. | |
| 20 | W swing [one-half turn CW] into centre and form L-hand star as above. | |
| 13-20 | Repeat (c) [circling CCW and CW].. | |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
[The source below suggests sequences as in svingkontra from Blåvand; today these are danced with walking steps rather than skip steps.] | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star, bent arms, elbows and hands together, hands up, and circle CW, 8 skip steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 skip steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star, bent arms, elbows and hands together, hands up, and circle CW, 8 skip steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 skip steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | W two-hand star: All W form 2-hand star, and circle CW, 8 skip steps. Ditto CCW, 8 skip steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | M two-hand star: All M form 2-hand star, and circle CW, 8 skip steps. Ditto CCW, 8 skip steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 6 (a) | Chase: All chase CW around the set, while clapping, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | Swing: The dance finishes with all taking waltz hold with partner and swinging one the spot, walking steps. |
See videos from/with Hedeselskabet 2015, Hedeselskabet vid Ramslag 2016, [unattributed] 2019
Provenance: Kylling Søren was reputedly a well-known thief in the area. He is reputed to have whistled this tune when being flogged for his transgressions. The dance was documented in 1842 by Bachelor of Theology student O.F. Kynde, and sent to A.P. Berggreen.
Source: Larsen, O.
"
Kylling-Sørens danse" in: Østjysk hjemstavn, 1941.
See also:
-- Berggreen, Andreas Peter/ Danske folke-sange og melodier: fædrelandske og fremmede. Vol 1.
2nd ed. Kjöbenhavn : C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1861-1870. (nr 197, p. 262)
-- Grüner Nielsen, H./ nr 54 'Kylling-Sørens dans' in: Vore ældste folkedanse: langdans og polskdans.
København: Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1917.
-- Nørgaard, Kjeld. '
Om Berggreens danse. 2. del'. in:
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 57, Feb. 2001.
Translation and description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-11-09, rev. 2022-10-23.
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