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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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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