Pigernes aftensang, Himmerland, Randersegnen

Country: Himmerland & Randers, Denmark
Type: couple dance

    Pigernes aftensang, Himmerland
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold
Steps: chassé (change step), hopsa, sideløbstrin (slip step)
Sheet music: (1) 358:121; (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. p.9.; (3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p.18.
Recordings: De Fredericia Spillemænd [Internet Archive]; Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Så danser vi til...DFS4 track A5.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) Promenade: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance one chassé step forward in LOD , finishing with a stamp.
3-4   Beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot, couples dance one chassé step bqackward in RLOD , finishing with a stamp.
5-8 (b) Couple turn: Couples turn, 4 hopsa steps.
1-8   Couples repeat (a) and (b).
9-16 (c) Slip steps: Couples circle in LOD, 16 slip steps.
9-16   Couples circle in RLOD, 16 slip steps.
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See video from KØST2017.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. p.9.
See also:
-- Sørensen, Per ' Mere Pigernes Fornøjelse fra mange steder, del 2'. in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 69, Mar. 2002. [in Danish]

   
    Pigernes aftensang, Randersegnen
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold
Steps: polka, hopsa, hoptrin (step-hop),
Sheet music: (1) 358:121; (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. p.9.; (3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p.18.
Recordings: De Fredericia Spillemænd [Internet Archive]; Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Så danser vi til...DFS4 track A5.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) Promenade & turn: Couples dance 1 polka step, turning CCW.
3-4   Couples dance 1 polka step, turning CW.
5-8   Couples turn twice round, 4 hopsa steps.
1-8   Couples repeat (a).
9-16 (b) W turn: W grasps her partner's R forefinger with her R hand, and turns CW under the joined arms while moving forward in LOD. M follows his partner. 8 step-hops.
9-16   Couples dance back in RLOD, M grasps his partner's R forefinger withn his R hand, and turns under the joined arms. W follows her partner. 8 step-hops.
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 18-19.
See also:
-- Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Dansebeskrivelser til DFS4. s.l.: Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds, 1980. pp.14-15. [in Danish]
-- Sørensen, Per ' Mere Pigernes Fornøjelse fra mange steder, del 2'. in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 69, Mar. 2002. [in Danish]


Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2022-10-11.

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