Country: Thy, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: longways set, M to R and W to L as seen from the music, and numbered 1-2-3 from the music (top of the set).
Steps: waltz
Sheet music: 358:191
Recordings:
Bugge, Kristian Dæily June tune #1;
Impuls Trio track 11;
Skaarup, Karl Musiker track 12 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Couple 1, beginning with L foot, casts down around couple 2, 2 waltz steps.
Couple 1 finishes between couples 2 and 3. |
| 3-8 | Couples 1 and 3 circle once round CW, 6 waltz steps. | |
| 1-2 | Couple 1 casts up around couple 2, M turning CW and W turning CCW, 2 waltz steps. | |
| 3-8 | Couples 1 and 2 circle once round CW, 6 waltz steps. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couple 1 cross over giving R hands, cast down around couple 2, cross over as if giving L hands, and cast down behind couple 3 (9-14), 6 waltz steps.
Finishing behind couple 3, M1 and W1 peak at each other, first over L shoulder then over R shoulder of respectively M3 and W3 (15-16). |
| 9-16 | Couple 1 dances back to place retracing previous route, crossing over first as if giving L hand, and then crossing over as if giving R hand, 8 waltz steps. | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold with partner and dance CCW around each other. Couple 1 finishes in couple 2 place. 16 waltz steps. |
| When the music repeats from (a), couple 1 dances with couples 3 and 4 while couple 2 rests.
Alternatively, couples 1, 4, 7, etc. can all start part (a) simultaneously. |
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| When a couple reaches the second last position in the set, they dance as follows: | ||
| 1-8 | (a) | Couple 1 casts down around last couple, and circles once round CW with last couple. 8 waltz steps. |
| 1-8 | Couple 1 casts up around last couple, and circles once round CW with last couple. 8 waltz steps. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couple 1 crosses as if giving R hand. M1 continues CW around last W, crosses again as if giving R hand, and CCW behind last M. Meanwhile, W1 continues CCW around last M, crosses again as if giving R hand, and CW behind last W. 8 waltz steps. |
| 9-16 | Couple 1 retrace their cross-overs as above, 8 waltz steps. | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Couple 1 and last couple take waltz hold with partner and dance CCW around each other. Couple 1 finishes as last couple. 16 waltz steps. |
Provenance: Sørensen (see below) speculates that 'seksture' of this type, a progressive longways set, emerged in Denmark at the beginning of the 1800s, as part of the very popular 'contredanses anglaise' or 'engelske danse'.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1985, pp. 56-58
See also:
-- Sørensen, Per Sekstur - 1. del in:
Dansens og musikens rødder nr. 38, May 1999 [in Danish]
-- Aabech, Tage Danse for flere par in Om
traditionel fynsk dansemusik
-- Nørgård, Kjeld Om
seksture Hjemstavnsliv, 1982-06.
-- Heltoft, Jørgen Tak
til Kjeld Nørgård Hjemstavnsliv, 1982-07.
-- Thomsen, H. Vad Lille
bidrag til Kjeld Nørgaards 'Om seksture' Hjemstavnsliv, 1982-07.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-22
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