Country: Ulfborg & Rousthøje, Jylland, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Sheet music:
(1) 358:633
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998. p.8.
(3) Nielsen, Bent Chr. et al/ 'after Erling Jensen' Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egvad Museumsforening, 1982. p.21.
[variants of the tune occur for the following dances
Stop, Denmark,
Stopp & Djävlar anamma stopp, Åland,
Halihiljaa &
Nuuskapolkka, Finland,
Stoggen & polkastoppen, Norway, and
Skåningen & stoppen, Sweden]
Recordings:
Holstebro Folkedanserforening 'stop, Ulfborg' Folkedans med Arne Bech track 04.
| Stopp, Ulfborg, Holstebro Kommune, Midtjylland
Formation: open double circle of couples, M with backs to centre, waltz hold, facing LOD. Steps: sideløbstrin (slip-steps), polka, appel (stamp/stomp), |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-4:| | (a) | Gallop: Couples dance small slip-steps, moving in LOD. |
| 5 | (b) | Polka & stomp: Couples dance 1 polka step turning 1/4 turning CCW. |
| 6 | Couples stamp with inside (MR/WL) foot. | |
| 7 | Couples dance 1 polka step turning 1/4 turning CW. | |
| 8 | Couples stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
| 9-12 | Couples dance 4 polka steps turning CW and moving in LOD. | |
| 9-12 | Couples repeat (b).
Repeat from (a) as desired. See videos from/with Dansefestival Bornholm 2012; KØST2017; Herlev Gamle Danse 2023-09 Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel . 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998. p.8. |
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| Stop, Rousthøje, Varde Kommune, Sydvestjylland
Formation: open circle of couples in double circle, waltz hold, facing LOD. Steps: chassétrin (change-step), hoptrin (step-hop), polka, hæl- og tåstötning (heel and toe) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1 | (a) | Promenade: Couples hop on outside (ML/WR) foot, while bending inside (MR/WL) knee swinging inside
foot back (1:1).
Hop again on outside (ML/WR) foot, while swinging inside (MR/WL) foot forward in LOD (1:2). |
| 2 | Repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork. | |
| 3-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| 1-4 | In waltz hold, couples dance 4 polka steps, turning CW amd moving in LOD. | |
| 5 | (b) | Heel-toe & polka: In waltz hold, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 1 sideways change-step in LOD. |
| 6 | Couples dance 1 heel-toe step with inside (MR/WL) foot towards LOD.
Finish facing partner, with joined (ML/WR) hands between them. |
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| 7 | Beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot, couples dance 1 sideways change-step in RLOD. | |
| 8 | Couples dance 1 heel-toe step with outside (ML/WR) foot towards RLOD.
Finish facing partner, with joined (ML/WR) hands held towards LOD. |
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| 9-12 | Couples dance 4 polka steps turning CW and moving in LOD. | |
| 5-12 | Couples repeat (b).
Repeat from (a) as desired. Source: Nielsen, Bent Chr. et al/ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egvad Museumsforening, 1982. p.21. |
Provenance: The dance, and similar music, is also known to have occured as Stop in Denmark, Stopp on Åland and elsewhere in Finland, Stoggen & polkastoppen in Norway, Stoppen & 'Skåningen' in Sweden. According to Gammaldans i Norden, related dances are also known in Denmark as 'slibstensstykke', in Finland as 'piratyspolkka' [pidätyspolkka] and 'stopp-polka', and in Norway as 'stoggen' and 'Skåningen'. [Source: Urup, Henning, Henry Sjöberg, Egil Bakka (eds.)/ Gammaldans i Norden. Rapport frå forskningsprosjektet. Komparativ analyse av ein folkeleg dansegenre i utvalde nordiske lokalsamfunn. Oslo: Nordisk forening for folkedansforskning, 1988. p.263.]
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2023-06-22, rev. 2023-09-27.
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