Mølleturen, Midt- og Østjylland

Country: Midt- og Østjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couples in a closed circle.
Steps: run, tyrolertrin, waltz
Sheet music: 358:147 [variant of Drunten im Unterland]

Bars Part Dance progression
1-4 1 (a) All couples circle CW, 12 running steps.
5-8   All couples circle CCW, 12 running steps.
9-16   (b) All couples take waltz hold, and dance tyrolervals: 4 tyrolertrin, followed by 4 turning waltz steps, turning CW and moving CCW.
1-4 2 (a) All dance R-hand chain to 1st meeting with partner. 12 running steps.
5-8   All M form L-hand star, while holding R arm around partner's waist. W have L hand on partner's shoulder. Star circles CCW, 12 running steps.
9-16   (b) Repeat (1 (b)).
    Sequence (2 (a) and (b)) is repeated twice.
1-4 3 (a) All M chase CCW in an inner circle, while, all W chase CW in an outer circle, to 1st meeting with partner. 12 running steps.
5-8   All M form L-hand star, as in (2 (a)). 12 running steps.
9-16   (b) Repeat (1 (b)).
    Sequence (3 (a) and (b)) is repeated twice.
1-16   The dance finishes with a repeat of sequence (1 (a) and (b)).

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 41.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-02-25, rev. 2021-05-18

See also Sørensen, Per. Sjijnmyra-valsen; Mølleturen in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 1. January 1996. [in Danish]


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