Nummer sju, Tåsinge

Country: Tåsinge, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 2 couples facing.
Steps: chassé (change step), hurretrin (buzz step), reeltrin (jig step), walk
Sheet music: 358:424. A variant of Længe nok har jeg bondepige været.
Recordings: Jelling Spillemandslaug Mellem højene track 15; Løager, Anders & Jan Ilsø På vores måde track 12; Løager, Anders Folk & roots 2006 (Music from Denmark) (FFS0601) track 08.

Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| 1 (a) Circle: All 4 dancers form closed circle and circle CW, 16 hurretrin.
9-16   (b) Figuré: Facing opposite, all dance 8 reeltrin.
9-10   All change places with partner (W passing in front of partner, M passing behind), with 1 chassé.
11-16   Facing opposite, all dance 6 reeltrin.
|:1-8:|   (c) Chain: All chain, beginning with R hand to opposite, 16 walking steps.
    Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
|:9-16:| 2 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin.
|:1-8:| 3 (a) W swing: The two W take L-in-L hold, place R hand on opposite Ws R shoulder, and turn on the spot, 16 hurretrin.
|:9-16:| 4 (a) M swing: The two M repeat (3 (a)), 16 hurretrin.
|:1-8:| 5 (a) Circle: All 4 dancers form closed circle and dance CW, 16 hurretrin.
|:9-16:| 6 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin.
[Note: the music starts from the beginning every second time, since the dance consists of 3 phrases, while the music consists of 2.]

Source: Sørensen, Pia & Per/ I: 55 gamle folkedanse fra forskellige egne. Kolding:s.n., 2003 p. 43.
See also:
-- Sørensen, Per Nummer 7 fra Tåsinge in Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 25, March 1998. [in Danish]
-- Nielsen, Bent Chr. Og dansen den går -- en musikhistorisk skitse. pp. 34-44 in Tåsinge Årbog, 1988.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-08-09, rev. 2023-07-08.


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