Country: Enslev, Randersegnen, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 2 couples each, in large open circle. Couple 1 facing LOD, couple 2 facing RLOD.
Steps:
hurretrin (buzz step),
chassé (change step),
totrin (pivot step)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:253
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p.41.
Recordings:
unattributed - mandolin, 2018 [YouTube]
[or any rheinlænder polka or schottische with appropriate (AB,A=B=8) structure.]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Circle: Pairs of facing couples form closed circles and circle twice round CW, 16 small buzz steps. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Promenade: Both M take waltz hold with opposite (=new partner) and dance forward in LOD, M1 with W2 in front, and M2 with W1 following them, 2 change steps. |
| 11-12 | M1 with W2 and M2 with W1 take closed waist-shoulder hold, and dance 4 pivot steps, moving in LOD. | |
| 13-16 | Repeat (b).
Note: although (b) is danced around the floor in LOD, the 2 original couples stay together, so that they are ready for the next sequence. After each sequence, both M have changed partner. Part (b) is the same in all sequences. |
|
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | Swing: Couples take waltz hold, and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | Swing: Couples take waltz hold, and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | 1-hand star: Couples form R-hand star and circle, 16 small buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 5 (a) | 2-hand star: Couples form 2-hand star and circle, 16 small buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 6 (a) | Back basket: Couples form back basket and circle, 16 small buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | Swing: The dance finishes in waltz hold with current partner, swinging on the spot, 16 small buzz steps. |
Provenance: A similar dance occurs on Vardø, Norway, as byttereinlender for 2 par.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 41-42.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-07-25.
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