Den firkantet laadne aka Skotsk rundt, Forgangen Nat, Galoping fra Døstrup, Ridderen af Randers Bro

Country: Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, waltz hold, facing in LOD
Note: time signatures vary: 3/8 and 6/8.

    Den firkantet/firkantede laadne aka Skotsk rundt, Fyn
Steps: glissadetrin, totrin (pivot)
Sheet music: (1) 358:449; (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983 p. 18.
Note: while the written description specifies glissadetrin and pivot steps, notes on the sheet music suggest chassé (change step) and hopsa.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) 'Promenade': Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot and facing in LOD, all dance 2 glissadetrin forward in LOD.
3-4 (b) Pivot: All take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance 2 pivot steps, moving in LOD.
5-16,1-16,|:17-32:|   Repeat from (a) as desired.

Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983 p. 18.

   
    Forgangen Nat
Steps: chassé (change step), totrin (pivot)
Sheet music: 358:465
Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 1 track 5 [Dancilla]; Spillemandslauget Fandango Bal med Spillemandslauget Fandango track 21.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) 'Promenade': Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance 2 change steps, forward in LOD.
3-4 (b) Pivot: All take closed waist-shoulder hold, and dance 4 totrin, moving in LOD.
5-8   Repeat from (a).
|:9-16:|   Repeat from (a) as desired.

Lyrics by B.J. Lodde:
Forgangen nat vor sultne|sluen|slugen kat
en fed og lækker mus fik fat
men da den i det samme så
en rotte lad den musen gå,
og grådig efter rotten sprang,
men fik en næse vel så lang,
så mus og rotte begge to
slap lykkelig af kattens klo.

See video on Dancilla [Selected couples dancing Forgangen Nat/ Tappenstreg, the majority dancing galoping fra Døstrup].

Provenance: The tune Forgangen Nat is a variation of 'Walpole' aka 'One evening having lost my way', air XLVI in John Gay's Beggar's opera, first performed in England in 1728.

Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 2007, pp. 30-33.
See also
-- Sørensen, Per. Tappenstreg eller Forgangen nat fra Legestue-heftet og Sdr. Jyllands-heftet in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 7. August 1996. [in Danish]

   
    Galoping, Døstrup, Sønderjylland
Steps: chassé (change step), totrin (pivot) polka
Sheet music: 358:525 Same tune as Forgangen nat.
Recordings: Osterholz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 1 track 5 [Dancilla]; Spillemandslauget Fandango Bal med Spillemandslauget Fandango track 21.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) 'Promenade': Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance 2 chassé steps, forward in LOD.
3-4 (b) Polka/pivot: All take waltz hold, and dance 2 polka steps [or 4 pivot steps], moving in LOD.
5-8   Repeat from (a).
1-8,|:9-16:|   Repeat from (a) as desired.

See video on Dancilla [Selected couples dancing Forgangen Nat/ Tappenstreg, the majority dancing galoping fra Døstrup].

Provenance: The tune Forgangen Nat is a variation of 'Walpole' aka 'One evening having lost my way', air XLVI in John Gay's Beggar's opera, first performed in England in 1728.

Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle sønderjyske danse. 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 2007, pp. 30-31.
See also
-- Sørensen, Per. Tappenstreg eller Forgangen nat fra Legestue-heftet og Sdr. Jyllands-heftet in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr. 7. August 1996. [in Danish]

   
    Ridderen af Randers Bro, Randersegnen
Steps: gangtrin (walk), totrin (pivot),
Sheet music: 358:506
A variant of a comedic song known in Germany since 1500s as "Es hatt ein Bauer ein junges|schönes Weib" Reichert & Reichert [YouTube], Spielleut [YouTube]. In Denmark and Norway known as "Der var en skikkelig bondemand" or "Manden sku/var ud efter øl".
Recordings: Dan Haugaard [YouTube], Dan Haugaard Danish folk songs 1957 track 06 [YouTube], Eddie Russell, 1947 [YouTube], Rico Kvintetten med Leif Christensen [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) 'Promenade': Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance 4 walking steps forward in LOD. Inside arms a little bent, and swinging slightly back and forth with the motion of the body.
3-4 (b) Pivot: All take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance 4 pivot steps, moving in LOD.
1-4   Repeat from (a).
|:5-8:|   Repeat from (a) twice.
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See YouTube video with Synnejysk Kvadrille

Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1997 p. 19.

Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-10-31, rev. 2023-02-15.

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