Rigadon med 3 mandspersoner og 6 fruentimmer

Rigadon med 3 Mandspersoner og 6 Fruentimmer

Country: Denmark
Formation: 3 lines, numbered 1 through 3 from the front, each consisting of one M (in middle) and 2 W, one to his R (WR) and one to his L (WL). All 3 lines facing front, each line holding hands.

                     W3R   M3   W3L
                     W2R   M2   W2L
                     W1R   M1   W1L
 
                         front

Steps: balancé, omdansningssteg, walk
Music: "La parisienne englois med 6 damer og 3 messieurs" in the Bast notebook, p. 15. [Jørgensen, Pia Brun/Brdr Basts violinbog (ISMN M-90011803-0-8, 2002?] Note that part (b) is played 3 times.
Also known as: Nikongestykket

:1-8: 1 (a) All, beginning with L foot, dance 8 walking steps forward. Ditto backwards to place (1-8).
Repeat (1-8).

9-16 (b) M2 takes 2 walking steps to W1R (9-10), and the two dance 3 balancés or other figuré (11-12). Take waist-shoulder or polska hold, and dance 4 omdansning steps or skip steps turning CW on the spot (13-16).
Note: M2 starts with the person closest to the front.

9-16 M2 repeats (b) with W3L.

9-16 (c) M2 with W3L and W1R dance R-shoulder reel of 3. At the same time M1 does same with W1L and W2L, and M3 with W2R and W3R. All start passing R shoulders, ie M1 to W2L, and M3 to W2R. 16 walking steps.
Note: M2 starts the reel of 3 with the he started the balancés with.

:1-8: 2 (a) Repeat 1 (a).

:9-16: (b) M2 repeats 1 (b) with W1L and W3R.

9-16 (c) Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with W1L and W3R. M1 dances reel of 3 with W2R and W1R, and M3 dances reel of 3 with W2L and W3L.

:1-8: 3 (a) Repeat 1 (a).

:9-16: (b) M2 repeats 1 (b) with W2L and W2R.

9-16 (c) Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with W2L and W2R. M1 dances reel of 3 with W1L and W1R, and M3 dances reel of 3 with W3L and W3R.

:1-8: 4 (a) Repeat 1 (a).

:9-16: (b) M2 repeats 1 (b) with M3 and M1.

9-16 (c) Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with M1 and M3. W2R dances reel of 3 with W1R and W3R, and W2L dances reel of 3 with W3L and W1L.

The whole sequence is danced 3 times, with each male in turn dancing as M2.
Translator's note:
There are two ways to transition each male in turn to position M2:
Alternative 1: Bast's description instructs that the reel of 3 in 4(c) continue "until another man comes into [M2]s place, and thus the sequences begin again until all 3 men have been in the middle."
Alternative 2: As 1(a) begins each time, rows 2 and 3 move forward, and row 1 moves backward to become row 3. In this alternative, the women also change their relative position in the set.

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Source: "Nr 13 Rigadon" arranged by Kenneth Krak, 2006. photocopy
Translation and interpretation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2011-10-18, rev. 2019-04-15

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:1-8:	1 (a)	All, beginning with L foot, dance 8 walking steps forward. Ditto backwards to place (1-8). Repeat (1-8).
9-16	(b)	M2 takes 2 walking steps to W1R (9-10), and the two dance 3 balancés or other figuré (11-12). Take waist-shoulder or polska hold, and dance 4 omdansning steps or skip steps turning CW on the spot (13-16). Note: M2 starts with the person closest to the front.
9-16	(b)	M2 repeats (b) with W3L.
9-16	(c)	M2 with W3L and W1R dance R-shoulder reel of 3. At the same time M1 does same with W1L and W2L, and M3 with W2R and W3R. All start passing R shoulders, ie M1 to W2L, and M3 to W2R. 16 walking steps. Note: M2 starts the reel of 3 with the he started the balancés with.
:1-8:	2 (a)	Repeat 1 (a).
:9-16:	(b)	M2 repeats 1 (b) with W1L and W3R.
9-16	(c)	Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with W1L and W3R. M1 dances reel of 3 with W2R and W1R, and M3 dances reel of 3 with W2L and W3L.
:1-8:	3 (a)	Repeat 1 (a).
:9-16:	(b)	M2 repeats 1 (b) with W2L and W2R.
9-16	(c)	Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with W2L and W2R. M1 dances reel of 3 with W1L and W1R, and M3 dances reel of 3 with W3L and W3R.
:1-8:	4 (a)	Repeat 1 (a).
:9-16:	(b)	M2 repeats 1 (b) with M3 and M1.
9-16	(c)	Repeat 1 (c): M2 dances reel of 3 with M1 and M3. W2R dances reel of 3 with W1R and W3R, and W2L dances reel of 3 with W3L and W1L.
		The whole sequence is danced 3 times, with each male in turn dancing as M2. Translator's note: There are two ways to transition each male in turn to position M2: Alternative 1: Bast's description instructs that the reel of 3 in 4(c) continue "until another man comes into [M2]s place, and thus the sequences begin again until all 3 men have been in the middle." Alternative 2: As 1(a) begins each time, rows 2 and 3 move forward, and row 1 moves backward to become row 3. In this alternative, the women also change their relative position in the set.