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: chassé (change-step)
Sheet music: no. 41
Recordings: [any anglaise or engelsk with AABB structure where A=B=8]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | 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 betlow couple 2, ie 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. |
| 1-8 | Cross & half figure-8: Couple 1 crosses, dances a half figure-8 around couple 3 (M1 dancing CW around W3, then CCW around M3; W1 dancing CCW around M3 then CW around W3) and finish on own side below couple 3, ie 2-3-1. 8 chassé steps. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Cpl 1 weaves up: Couple 1 crosses, dances outside couple 3, crosses and dances outside couple 2, finish in original place, ie 1-2-3. 8 chassé steps. |
| 9-16 | Chain: Couples 1 and 2 chain, couple 1 finishing below couple 2, ie 2-1-3. 8 chassé steps. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
[When the dance repeats (from (a)), couple 1 dances with couples 3 and 4, while couple 2 rests. In the following repeat, couple 1 dances with couples 4 and 5, while couple 2 dances with couples 3 and 4. 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 (DFS).
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 6/8-time, wherefore the translator suggests
chassé steps are appropriate.]
Printed source: Reventlow, E. nodebog Ms., 1799.
Description: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-10-08.
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