Sekstur fra Læsø - per 'Læsø - dans & musik', per FFF, simplified version

Country: Læsø, Denmark
Type: set dance
Sheet music: (1) 358:565, (2) Krak, Kenneth et al/ Læsø - dans & musik. s.l.: Folkemusikhusringen, 1995. pp. 90, 172, 175. Note: O.C. Petersens manuscript notebook notes 6 sekstur tunes, of which 3 are included in the Krak book. Sekstur is played as polka [Krak p. 166]., (3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF) / Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1982, pp. 48-49., (4) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse udg. af Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, De Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger. 3:e opl. Vejle: Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger, 1988. pp. 45-46. (5) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. pp. 45-46.
Recordings: Habadekuk Mollevit track 07; Jensen & Bugge Sving egen cd 1 track 16; Jensen & Bugge at Højbystævnet 2010 [YouTube]; Jydsk på Næsen Kort og godt track 03; Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 16; V Poulsens Kapel Fanden er løs track 04; Vilsen, Levy Traditionel music fra Læsø track 19 [YouTube].

    Sekstur fra Læsø - Læsø - dans & musik version
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
Steps: chassé (change step), hurretrin (buzz steps), gangtrin (walk)
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| 1 (a) Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 16 walking steps.
Note: circle CW and CCW first time only. Music plays part A twice.
9-12   (b) Gå fremmed (opføring): Head couples, holding inside hands, advance with 1 chassé, take R--in-R hold with opposite, and turn once round CW. Drop hold and retire to place, 8 walking steps.
Part (b) may also be danced with, in addition, holding L hand around opposite's upper arm at the elbow.
13-16   Side couples repeat (b).
17-24   (c) Skulti (chain): All couples, with clap on first beat (17:1) and passing partner by R shoulders, dance chain around the set without giving hands. 16 walking steps.
    Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
1-8 2 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
1-8 3 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
1-8 4 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
1-8 5 (a) W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star, and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 6 (a) M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star, and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 7 (a) W two-hand star: All W form two-hand star and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 8 (a) M two-hand star: All M form two-hand star and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 9 (a) W circle: All W form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 10 (a) M circle: All M form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8 11 (a) Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8   Swing: The dance finishes in waltz hold with partner turning CW on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

See YouTube videos with Wood 'n Shoe 2009, Trio THG 2010, Læsøgruppen 2011, Folkemusik på Fattiggården, juni 2012, Fællesspil til Onsdagsdansen i Roskilde 2014, Habadekvartet 2014, Jydsk på Næsen 2016.

Provenance:
Although an older video of sekstur fra Læsø, as well as older descriptions, note that head and side couples alternated in being first active couple in part B (see FFF version, below), none of the informants for this source could actually remember the dance having been done this way in living memory.
Sekstur and sløjfen are the two dances with sequences that have remained popular longest on Læsø, and traditionally would have been played several times in the course of an evening. Therefore musicians had several different tunes to choose from [Krak p.172]. Several musicians on the island composed their own tunes for the sekstur, such as Jens Bjørn Smith [Krak p.91]. O.C. Petersens manuscript notebook notes 6 sekstur tunes, of which 3 are included in the Krak et al book.

Source: Krak, Kenneth et al/ Læsø - dans & musik. s.l.: Folkemusikhusringen, 1995. pp. 90-91.

   
    Sekstur fra Læsø - FFF version
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz steps), gangtrin (walk)
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-8 1 (a) Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
9-12   (b) Opføring: Head couples take R-hand hold with opposite, and turn once round CW and return to place, 8 walking steps.
Part (b) may also be danced as follows: M gives R hand to opposite W and, lifting his hand over his head, leads her CW around himself, then retires to place while opposite W dances forwards to original place where she turns half-way round CW [over R shoulder].
13-16   Side couples repeat (b).
17-24   (c) Chain: All couples dance R-hand chain, with clap on first beat and passing partner as if giving R-hand, continue chain around the set giving L-hand to next oncoming dancer etc. 16 walking steps.
    In sequences 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 couples 3 and 4 begin part (b).
In all other respects, parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
1-8 2 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
Side couples begin part (b).
1-8 3 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
Head couples begin part (b).
1-8 4 (a) Swing: Swing partner on the spot. Waltz hold. 16 buzz steps CW.
Side couples begin part (b).
1-8 5 (a) W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star, and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Head couples begin part (b).
1-8 6 (a) M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star, and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Side couples begin part (b).
1-8 7 (a) W two-hand star: All W form two-hand star and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Head couples begin part (b).
1-8 8 (a) M two-hand star: All M form two-hand star and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Side couples begin part (b).
1-8 9 (a) W circle: All W form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Head couples begin part (b).
1-8 10 (a) M circle: All M form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
Side couples begin part (b).
1-8 11 (a) Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps.
1-8   Swing: The dance finishes in waltz hold with partner turning CW on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

See video from KØST2017 and on YouTube with Folkemusik på Fattiggården, juni 2012.

This was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 1997 in Vasa.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF) / Gamle danse fra Vendsyssel og Læsø. 2:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1982, pp. 48-50.
See also:
-- documentation produced for Nordlek 1997
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse udg. af Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, De Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger. 3:e opl. Vejle: Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger, 1988. p.46.
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse Trans. by Ib Nielsen & Deborah Jones. 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. p.46.

   
    Sekstur fra Læsø - simplified version
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz steps) or sideløbstrin (slip-steps), gangtrin (walk)
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-8 1 (a) Circle: All couples form closed circle and circle CW, 16 walking steps.
9-12   (b) R-in-R hand turn: Head couples take R-in-R hold with opposite, and turn once round CW, 16 walking steps.
13-16   Side couples repeat (b), 16 walking steps.
    Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
17-24   (c) Chase: All M chase CCW once round inside the set while clapping hands.
Meanwhile, all W chase CW once round outside the set while clapping hands, 16 walking steps.
1-8 2 (a) Swing: All couples take front-crossed hold with partner and turn on the spot, 16 buzz steps or slip-steps.
    Repeat from (2 (a)) as desired.
The dance finishes with all couples forming closed circle and circling CW, 16 walking steps.

Source: Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse udg. af Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, De Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger. 3:e opl. Vejle: Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger, 1988. p.45.
See also:
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse Trans. by Ib Nielsen & Deborah Jones. 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. p.45.

Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-23, rev. 2022-11-24.

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