Mads tobak, Fyn

Country: Fyn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle
Steps: chassé (change step), polka, sideløbstrin (slip step)
Sheet music: 358:91 ♩=112-116.
Recordings: Fynbokvartetten Folkedans for begyndere track B3.

Bars Part Østfyn
    Hold: waltz hold
1-2 (a) Couples dance 3-1/2 slip steps moving in LOD. On final beat (2:2), couples turn 1/2 turn CW.
3-4   Couples continue to dance 3-1/2 slip steps moving in LOD. On final beat (4:2), couples turn 1/2 turn CW, finishing in start position.
1-4   Couples repeat (a).
|:5-8:| (b) Couples dance turning polka, moving in LOD. 8 polka steps.
     
Bars Part Nordfyn
    Hold: front crossed hold
1 (a) Couples dance as follows:
M: step onto L foot, swinging R foot straight forward (1:1); leap onto R foot, swinging L foot back (1:2).
W: step onto R foot, swinging L foot straight forward (1:1); leap onto L foot, swinging R foot back (1:2).
2   Couples dance as follows:
M: beginning stepping L foot behind R, dances 1 small chassé step to his R.
W: step onto R foot, dance 1 small polka step over to partner's L side.
3   Couples dance as follows:
M: step onto R foot, swinging L foot straight forward (3:1); leap onto L foot, swinging R foot back (3:2).
W: step onto L foot, swinging R foot straight forward (3:1); leap onto R foot, swinging L foot back (3:2).
4   Couples dance as follows:
M: beginning stepping R foot behind L, dances 1 small chassé step to his L.
W: step onto L foot, dance 1 small polka step over to partner's R side.
1-4   Couples repeat (a).
|:5-8:| (b) Couples dance turning polka, moving in LOD and turning CW. 8 polka steps.

See YouTube video of variant from Østfyn.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Fyn og øerne. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1984, pp. 18-19.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-13, rev. 2021-06-11.


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