Country: Vendsyssel, Jylland, 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 (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
Alternatively, may be danced in a circle with as many couples as will.
Steps:
tyrolervals (waltz steps forward without turning),
vals (waltz)
Sheet music: (1) 358:17.,
(2) 'sailor's waltz' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 84.
Recordings:
Scanian Folk Flute Workshop in Landskrona 2019 [YouTube];
Spillemandskredsens Orkester (?) 2014 [YouTube];
Viser på valse 2 track 82 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: all form closed circle and circle CW with 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | M fold arms on chest, W hands at waist. All turn individually CW, 8 waltz steps.
Finish facing corner. |
| 17-24 | Smedetur: M1 and W1, and simultaneously M2 and W2, clap own hands, clap R hands with partner, clap own hands, clap L hands with partner, clap own hands, clap both hands with partner, clap own hands 4 times. | |
| 9-24 | Repeat (b), finishing (9-16) facing partner, and doing clapping sequence with partner. | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | One-hand turn: take R-in-R hand with partner and turn CW on the spot with 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, L-in-L hand, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Two-hand turn: take two-hand hold with partner and turn CW on the spot with 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Crossed back hold turn: take crossed back hold with partner and turn CW (forwards) on the spot with 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW (backwards), 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W one-hand star: all W form R-hand star and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, L-hand star, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M one-hand star: all M form R-hand star and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, L-hand star, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W two-hand star: all W form two-hand star and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps.
Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps.
If danced in a circle with more than 4 couples, omit this sequence. [Alternatively, dance it in a front basket.] |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M two-hand star: all M form two-hand star and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps.
Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps.
If danced in a circle with more than 4 couples, omit this sequence. [Alternatively, dance it in a front basket.] |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | W shoulder hold: all W form closed circle with shoulder hold and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | M shoulder hold: all M form closed circle with shoulder hold and circle CW, 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 11 (a) | Circle: all form closed circle and circle CW with 8 tyrolervals steps. Ditto CCW, 8 tyrolervals steps. |
| |:1-8:| | Waltz: the dance finishes with all couples dancing turning waltz in LOD around the floor. |
See YouTube videos from/with unattributed.
Source:
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte I.
7 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1976, pp. 30-31.
See also:
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle danske folkedanse hefte II.
2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1920, p. 20.
-- 'sailor's waltz' in: Hanson, Lida Saboni & Laura Wolcott Goldsmith (trans.)/
Old Danish folk dances described by the Association for the Promotion of Folk Dances (Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme). -[ first part].
Copenhagen: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1906. p. 22.
-- 'sailor's waltz' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing
seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 84.
-- 'sailor's dance' in: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Danish folk dances.
Trans. by Viggo Bovbjerg [Chicago, IL]: Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1917. pp. 27-29.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2022-02-13.
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