| Æ russer, Mors
Step: hopsa, hoptrin (step-hop) Sheet music: 358:476 |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1 | Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), couples turn 1/2 turn CW with 1 hopsa step.
In some parts of Mors, instead of the hopsa step, they danced one step-hop on each foot (ie 2 step-hops). |
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| 2 | On inside foot (MR/WL), couples turn 1/2 turn CW with 1 step-hop. | |
| 3-8,9-16 | Repeat 7 times. | |
| Repeat as desired.
While dancing they sang "Føst æ po den jenne Ben, og siden po den naaen." Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1985, p. 9. |
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| Russeren/Æ russer, Thy
Steps: mazurka (Danish), totrin (pivot), chassé (change step). polka, hoptrin (step-hop) Sheet music: (1) after Svend Madsbøll, 1979, (2) from Martinus Nielsens nodebog (nr 64a) & after Jens Skårup, Skårup, 1986, in: Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. p.58. (3) Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted] : Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. (pp. 22-23 of the pdf file). Recordings: Baltinget Special (Balt CD 3) track 04; Danish Dia Delight Live 1996 (CEMCD 0496) track 01; Skårup, Jens et al Thybal track 04. Can also be danced to skottis (schottish) and hopsa tunes. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-3 | (a) | With open waist-shoulder or skewed waltz hold, 2 mazurka steps forward in the LOD, beginning with outside foot (ML/WR). |
| 4 | With waltz or polska hold, dance 1 pivot step with outside foot (ML/WR), turning about 180 degrees CW, so that M is facing centre of circle. | |
| 5-6 | (b) | Still with polska/waltz hold, 1 polka step in LOD, starting with inside foot (MR/WL). |
| 7-8 | Two pivot steps, making one complete turn CW.
[Hamborg describes this as 2 hopsa steps.] |
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| 1-8,|:9-16:| | Repeat from (a) as desired.
Provenance: Ejnar Ringgård recall this dance was also known as 'Dengang jeg var lille'.
Traditionally danced as part of a sequence (De tre fra Thy): Bette Mett',
Æ russer and
Krokonens vals.
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| Danserim efter Einar Ringgård, Skovsted
|:Dengang jeg var lille ville moder banke mig men nu er det for silde nu løber jeg min vej:| |
See YouTube videos with: Heebøl og Vinther, Karl Skaarup Four, Krak, Beck, Bugge Lang Linken, Tingluti
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville 2012-01-31, rev. 2021-10-29.
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