Country: Væggerløse, Lolland-Falster, Denmark
Type: longways non-progressive set
Formation: even number of couples in two lines of couples facing couples
Steps: menuet
Sheet music: 358:171
Recordings:
Baltic Crossing The tune machine track 05;
Baltinget Classic track 09.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Without holding hands, lines advance with 1 menuet step (1-2), and retire to place with 1 menuet step (3-4). |
| 5-8 | Repeat | |
| 1-8 | Holding R-in-R with partner, circle once round CW with 4 menuet steps, finishing in place | |
| 9-12 | (b) | Half chain across with opposite couple, 2 menuet steps |
| 13-16 | Half chain back to place, 2 menuet steps | |
| 9-16 | Opposite couples in closed circle dance CW once round with 4 menuet steps, swinging arms to the music. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. The last time bars 9-16 are played, all couples make a large circle and dance to the left with 4 menuet steps. |
See video from KøST2017
Note: this was one of the combined dances for Nordlek 2000 in Stavanger, Norway.
Provenance: the dance was originally documented by Johannes Egedal in 1917, based on a description provided by Karen Suder, Fiskebæk by Marrebæk, and submitted by Rasmus Toxværd, Væggerløse.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. 2nd. ed., 1996 p.80
See also: Skov, Ole "Menuetten på Falster,
-1,
-2" in
Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 23 & 24, Jan & Feb. 1998.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2011-10-03, rev. 2021-08-12.
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