Country: north Fyn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, M with backs to centre of circle, W facing into circle, no hold
Steps: hopsa,
hoptrin (step-hop),
hop med fodskift
(crossed scissor steps & forward-back scissor steps),
(leap onto both feet, astride & together)
Sheet music: (1) 358:88.
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1984, p.15.
[played with accelerating tempo.]
Recordings:
Haugaard og Høirup Lys track 05 [YouTube],
Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 08,
Tingluti Danske folkesange og folkedanse track A13 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Figuré: M dances 8 leaps astride & together. Meanwhile W dances 8 forward-back scissor steps, beginning with R scissor step. |
| 1-8 | (b) | M step-hops onto R foot, swinging L leg up (1:1)and hops again, clapping hands beneath the leg (1:2).
Then step-hops again onto R foot, and claps hands while stepping onto L foot (1:3). Repeat hopping on L foot and swinging R leg up and clapping as before (2:1,2:3).
Repeat 3 times.
Meanwhile, W dances R crossed scissor step (1:1) and W arm in front and R arms behind, followed by an L crossed scissor step (1:3), with R arm in front and L behind. Repeat (2:1,2:3) W then leaps onto both feet apart (3:1) and together with R crossed in front (3:3), again onto both feet apart (4:1), and together with L foot crossed in front (4:3). Repeat (5-8). |
| |:9-16:| | (c) | Hopsa: Couples take waltz hold, and dance hopsa, moving in LOD. 16 hopsa steps turning CW. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See video from KØST2017
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og Øerne. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1984, p. 15.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-23, rev. 2022-10-03.
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