Also known as Oxekowmarch
Country: Oreby og Tårs, Lolland, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: longways set of couples, M to the right, W to the left, as seen from the music.
Couples numbered from the top of the set as couple 1, 2, 1, 2, etc.
Steps:
balancé,
polka, step-hop
Sheet music: 358:469 or
358:105
Recordings:
Bugge, Kristian femtur fra Præstø Dæily June tune nr 16, 2020;
DuoVista Oxekow fra Tåsinge;
Holstebro Folkedanserforening Folkedans med Arne Bech track 28;
Jelling Spillemandslaug Oxekow track 01;
Skævingekvarteten Gamle danse fra Sjælland I track 09;
Spillemandsgruppen Landstrygerne Dansk og svensk spillemandsmusik track A7.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Lines advance, 4 small step-hops (1-2). Retire ditto (3-4). |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Beginning stepping onto L foot, all dance 16 balancé steps. |
| 9-10 | (c) | Lines advance with 4 small step-hops. |
| 11-12 | All take R-in-R hold with partner and stamp 3 times (L R L). Repeat stamps (R L R). | |
| 9-12 | Retaining R-hand hold with partner and turn once round CW on the spot with 4 step-hops (9-10). Repeat stamps (11-12), (L R L) and (R L R). | |
| |:13-16:| | (d) | Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot [and giving R hand to partner], couples 1 and 2 dance R-hand chain twice round,
M1 and W1 changing places at beginning of chain. 16 step-hops.
[Finish in original places.] |
| |:17-20:| | (e) | Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold and dance galop [sic] 2-1/2 times CCW around each other. 16 polka steps.
At the end of the galop, couples 1 and 2 have switched places, ie progressed. |
| Repeat from (a) until all couples are in their original starting position.
When the music repeats, all couples are dancing with a new couple. As each couple reaches either end of the set, they rest one full repeat, [before progressing in the opposite direction]. |
Provenance: The description is based on that by Erik Jensen, during the 1940s-50s,
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra Lolland-Falster. København:
Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1996. 2 udg. pp.. 66-67.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-06-03
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