Country: Blåvand, Sydvestjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couples 1 and 2 (head couples) respectively have their backs to and face the music. Couples 3 and 4 (side couples) stand respectively to the L of couples 1 and 2.
Steps:
hopsa, step-hop (very soft, almost without a hop),
tyrolerhopsa, walk
Music: 358:49, sheet music
Recordings:
Hans-Arnes Husorkester Kredsen rundt I track 07;
Spillemandslauget Fandango Bal med ... track 03.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: Note: verse is in part (e), chorus is parts (a-d). |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle, and dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Head couples form closed circle, and dance once round CW, 8 step-hops. |
| 9-16 | With a stamp, M1 and M2 take waltz hold with opposite W, and turn in opposite place, 8 step-hops.
Finish with W1 and W2 (head W) back to back in centre of set [facing original place], while M1 and M2 stand in opposite place. |
|
| |:17-24:| | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 25-32 | (c) | All M dance CCW half-way round the W in the centre to original place, 8 step-hops. |
| 25-32 | All M take L elbow hook with partner. All W remain in centre but turn to face CW, and place R hand at waist, their 4 elbows touching. The star circles once round CW (M dancing backwards), 8 step-hops. | |
| 1-2 | (d) | Maintaining L-elbow hook, couples turn half-way round CW (all dancing backwards), 2 step-hops.
All M form R-hand star. |
| 3-8 | The star circles half-way round CW (W dancing backwards), 6 step-hops. | |
| 1-2 | Maintaining L-elbow hook, couples turn half-way round CW (all dancing backwards), 2 step-hops.
Finish with all W taking R-hand star hold. |
|
| 3-8 | The star circles half-way round CW (M dancing backwards), 6 step-hops. | |
| |:9-16:| | (e) | All couples take back-hold position (R sides together), and turn CW 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| Parts (a), (b), (d) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:9-16:| | 2 (e) | All W form R-hand star, and circle CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:9-16:| | 3 (e) | All M form R-hand star, and circle CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:9-16:| | 4 (e) | All W form 2-hand star, and circle CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:9-16:| | 5 (e) | All M form 2-hand star, and circle CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 step-hops. |
| |:9-16:| | 6 (e) | All chase CW around the set, while clapping, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps. |
| |:9-16:| | 7 (e) | The dance finishes with all dancing tyrolerhopsa out around the floor. |
See video from KØST2017
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Hefte III. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 17-18.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-28
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