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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