Country: Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: longways progressive set, M to the R and W to the L as seen from the music, numbered 1-2-3 etc from the top of the set (music).
Steps:
balancé or pas de bas,
pas de bourrée or chassé (change-step)
Sheet music: no. 17
Recordings: Pørtners Komplot Reventlow track 05 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | M2 and W1 advance with 2 balancé steps, take 2-hand hold, turn CW with 4 chassé steps, and retire with 2 chassé steps. |
| 1-4 | M1 and W2 advance with 2 balancé steps, take 2-hand hold, turn CW with 4 chassé steps, and retire with 2 chassé steps. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Couple 1 crosses, dances around couple 3 (M1 dancing CW around W3, then CCW outside W2 and back to place; W1 dancing CCW around M3, then CW outside M2 and back to place) and finish on opposite side in order 1-2-3. 8 chassé steps. |
| 9-12 | Couple 1 crosses, dances around couple 3 (M1 dancing CCW around M3, then outside M2 and back to place; W1 dancing CW around W3, then outside W2 and back to place) and finish on own side in order 1-2-3. 8 chassé steps. | |
| 5-8 | (c) | Couple 1 crosses, dances a half figure-8 around couple 2 (M1 dancing CW around W2, then CCW around M2; W1 dancing CCW around M2 then CW around W2) and finish on own side between couples 2 and 3, ie finishing 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. |
| 9-12 | Couples 1 and 2 dance R-hand chain, finishing 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
[When the dance repeats (from (a)), couple 1 dances with couples 3 & 4, while couple 2 rests. In the following repeat, couple 1 dances with couples 4 & 5, , while couples 2 & 3 rest. Once couple 1 dances with couples 5 & 6, couple 2 dances with couples 3 & 4, etc. If many couples are dancing, every 4th couple may start.] |
Provenance:
From a musician's notebook from Lolland-Falster, Denmark. The book belonged to an E. Reventlow, and has been dated to 1799. The original manuscript,
DFS 1906/036 A:006 is part of Dansk Folkemindesamling.
The manuscript contains sheet music for 168 tunes, with choreography in the form of diagrams and/or descriptive text.
[Translator's note: although no information about steps is given, the accompanying sheet music is 4/4-time, wherefore the translator suggests the dance
be done with pas de bourrée or chassé steps.]
Source: Reventlow, E. nodebog Ms., 1799.
Description: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-10-08.
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