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.
Steps:
chassé (change-step)
Sheet music: no. 40 "The bagpiper" Note: 9/8 time.
Recordings: Floating Sofa Quartet Neighbourhood track 06 ('Peacock followed the hen' or 'Brose & butter')
[YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Chase: W1, followed by M1, casts off around W2, and below couple 2 on opposite side, 2-1-3. Meanwhile couple 2 steps up. 8 chassé steps. |
| 1-4 | Chase: M1, followed by W1, casts up around W2, to finish in original places on own side. Meanwhile, couple 2 steps down. 8 chassé steps. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Cross & half figure-8: 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 below couple 2, ie 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. |
| 5-8 | Chain: Couples 1 and 2 chain, couple 1 finishing below couple 2, ie in order 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
[When the dance repeats (from (a)), couple 1 dances with couple 3, while couple 2 rests. In the following repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 4, while couple 2 dances with couple 3. If many couples are dancing, every 2nd couple may start.] |
Provenancec
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 9/8-time, wherefore the translator suggests
chassé steps are appropriate.]
Printed source: Reventlow, E. nodebog ms., 1799.
Description: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-02-19, rev. 2021-10-08.
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