Country: Taasinge/Tåsinge, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (1 and 2) have backs to or face music respectively. Side couples: couple 3 stands to R of couple 1, and couple 4 faces couple 3.
Steps:
chassé (change-step)
hurretrin (buzz-step), walk
Sheet music: 358:105 and
Danish description for Nordlek 2006.
Recordings:
Bugge, Kristian femtur fra Præstø Dæily June tune nr 16, 2020;
DuoVista Oxekow fra Tåsinge;
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: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle and dance CW, 16 hurretrin. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Head couples, beginning with R foot, advance with 1 chassé and 2 walking steps (9-12). Small bow on last beat.
Head couples, beginning with L foot, retire to place with 1 chassé and 2 walking steps (13-16). |
| 9-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Head couples, holding inside hands and beginning with R foot, advance with 1 chassé followed by 3 stamps (L R L) (17-20).
Head couples retire to place with 2 chassés, clapping 3 times on each chassé (21-24). |
| 17-24 | Side couples repeat (c). | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Couple 1 with couple 3, and couple 2 with couple 4, form back basket and circle CW, 16 hurretrin. [Ie each head couple with the side couple on head couple's R. M with arms around Ws waists, W with hands on Ms shoulders.] |
| |:33-40:| | (e) | Couple 1 with couple 3, and couple 2 with couple 4, dance R-hand chain, 16 walking steps. Finish in place. |
| Parts (b), (c), (d) and (e) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | In waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | In waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | W1 with W3, and W2 with W4, take L-in-L hold, placing R hand on the other's shoulder, swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | M1 with M3, and M2 with M4, take L-in-L hold, placing R hand on the other's shoulder, swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | W1 with W3, and W2 with W4, take L-in-L hold, placing R hand on the other's shoulder, swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | M1 with M3, and M2 with M4, take L-in-L hold, placing R hand on the other's shoulder, swing on the spot, 16 hurretrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | All form closed circle and dance CW, 16 hurretrin.
The dance finishes with part (e). |
See video from KØST2017
Note: one of the dances from the combined dance program for Nordlek 2006 in Göteborg, Sweden. Seqences 1. 4, 5 and 8 only.
Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4:e opl. København:
Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1984. pp. 40-41.
See also Danish description for Nordlek 2006.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-26.
See also: Sørensen, Per "Oxekow" in Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 3, March 1996. [in Danish]
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