Country: Vejle Vesteregn, Denmark
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: step-hop,
hopsa,
tyrolerhopsa
Music: 358:536,
sheet music
| Dance progression: | ||
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | In closed circle, all dance CW, 8 step hops (1-8). Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops (1-8). |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | All take waltz hold with partner, and dance turning hopsa moving CCW in the circle. 16 hopsa steps. |
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | All take 2-hand hold with partner, M with backs to centre of the circle. All dance with small hopsa steps, moving in LOD (moving to ML/WR). The first step of every second hopsa step should be quite long, the 2nd and 3rd on the spot. |
| 1-8 | All take 2-hand hold with new partner to their L, W dancing the first hopsa step on the spot and M moving to their L on the first hopsa step. All continue moving in LOD as above, 8 hopsa steps. | |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | All dance turning hopsa with latest new partner as in (1 (b)). |
| Repeat sequences 2 ((a) and (b)) as desired. |
See video from KØST2017. [Note: in this video, dancers are dancing hopsa steps rather than step-hops in (1 (a)).]
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 45-46
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-11-29.
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