To ting from Himmerland (1), Himmerland (2), Læsø, Oksbøl, Thy, Stegt ål og honningbrød, Salling, Familie vals & hopsa

Country: Denmark
Type: couple dance/mixer

 
    To ting, Himmerland (1):
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, holding inside (MR/WL) hands
Steps: tyrolertrin, valstrin (waltz), totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) 358:124, (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. p. 11. (3) Rehl, Becky & Bob Werner (eds.)/ Scandinavian folk dances and tunes. 3rd ed. s.l.: Folklore Village Farm, [1980]. p.9.
Recordings: Rebild Spillemændene 'to ting efter Jens Frederiksen' Traditioner mødes track 16;
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals: tyrolervals.
9-12 (b) Tyrolersvejtrit: couples take 2-hand hold with partner, and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance 4 small walking steps mainly on the spot while moving joined hands somewhat forward and back, so that it becomes a rocking motion.
13-16   Couples take waltz hold with partner, and dance 4 pivot steps, moving in LOD.
9-16   Repeat (b).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Provenance: Not included in earliest editions of Hefte II, but was added at some time after the 3rd ed. published 1941.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle Danske folkedanse hefte II. 6:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1995, pp. 5-6.
See also:
-- Rehl, Becky & Bob Werner (eds.)/ Scandinavian folk dances and tunes. 3rd ed. s.l.: Folklore Village Farm, [1980]. p.9.

   
    To ting, Læsø:
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, 2-hand hold with partner, facing in LOD
Steps: tyrolertrin, valstrin (waltz), totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: Krak, Kenneth et al/ Læsø - dans & musik. s.l.: Folkemusikhusringen, 1995. pp. 74-75.
Recordings:
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals: in 2-hand hold.
|:9-16:| (b) Tyrolersvejtrit: In 2-hand hold, couples dance 4 walking steps forward (9-10) followed by 4 pivot steps, in waltz hold, and [moving in LOD] (11-12).
Note: some dancers dance the pivot steps with 2 lifts, others with only 1.
    Repeat (b) 3 times (13-16, 9-16).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Provenance: Anna Juul Christensen learned this dance from musician Jacob Olsen (1864-1940).

Source: Krak, Kenneth et al/ Læsø - dans & musik. s.l.: Folkemusikhusringen, 1995. pp. 74-75.

   
    To ting, Oksbøl, Vestegnen, Vestjylland:
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, holding inside (MR/WL) hands
Steps: tyrolertrin, valstrin (waltz), totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) afer Karl Nielsen, Oksbøl 358:634, (2) Skjern-Egevad Museumsforening "Bundsbæk Mølle"/ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egevad Museumsforening "Bundsbæk Mølle", 1982. p.22.
Recordings: Thy Spillemandslaug [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals: Couples dance 4 tyrolertrin forward [in LOD' (1-4).
Couples take waltz hold, and dance 4 turning waltz steps [moving in LOD] (5-8). Repeat (a) (1-8).
|:9-16:| (b) Tyrolersvejtrit: Holding inside hands, and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, while swinging inside hands forward and back (free hands hanging at sides), couples dance 4 walking steps forward (9-10) followed by 4 pivot steps, in closed waist-shoulder hold, and [moving in LOD] (11-12).
    Repeat (b) 3 times (13-16, 9-16)..
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See video from Varde 2019.

Source: Skjern-Egevad Museumsforening "Bundsbæk Mølle"/ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egevad Museumsforening "Bundsbæk Mølle", 1982. p.22.

   
    To ting aka 'Bette Else' or 'Gamle Else', Thy:
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, holding inside (MR/WL) hands with partner, facing in LOD
Steps: tyrolertrin, valstrin (waltz), totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. p.96. (2) Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp.35-37. (3) alternatively use 'to ting fra Fur', nr's 13 & 17 in Niels Sørensen's notebook with tunes from Lars Frøstrup, Fur
Recordings: Gammeldans paa Snedsted Kro track 11 [YouTube]; Gunnar Hahns Folkdance Ensemble Skandia (1989) track 12; Gunnar Hahns Folkdance Ensemble Skandia (1997) track 14; Michael Herman and his Folk Orchestra [ Internet Archive (at 1:37); Skaarup, Jens Thybal: traditionel musik fra Thy track 14 Skaarup, Karl Harmonika musik fra Thy track 18; Thy Spillemandslaug Spillemandsmusik fra Thy II (1985) [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals: couples dance tyrolervals or [turning] waltz forward in LOD.
|:9-16:| (b) Tyrolersvejtrit: Couples dance 4 walking steps forward (9-10) in LOD, followed by 4 pivot steps (11-12). [Repeat (b) 3 times.]
According to the Hamborg source (p.6), the 4 walking steps may be danced either holding inside hands or in 2-hand hold.
    Hamborg also notes the following 3 variations to part (b), especially in Sydthy:
(1) 4 walking steps followed by 12 pivot steps. Repeat.
(2) 4 walking steps followed by pivot steps for the remainder of part (b).
(3) pivot steps throughout part (b).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Provenance: According to Hamborg, this has been danced a lot on Thy and is still well known there.

Lyrics (sung to part (a)):
Gamle Else, Gamle Else
Vil du danse med mig?
Nej, jeg vil ej, nej, jeg vil ej
for s&aruing; kysser du mig.

Source: Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. pp.94, 96.
See also:
-- Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp. 6, 35-37.

   
    To ting, Himmerland (2):
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, holding inside (MR/WL) hands
Steps: tyrolertrin, hopsa or hoptrin (step-hop), valstrin (waltz), totrin (pivot)
Sheet music: (1) 358:124, (2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. p. 11. [Same tune as Stegt ål og honningbrød, Salling]
Recordings: Rebild Spillemændene 'to ting efter Jens Frederiksen' Traditioner mødes track 16;
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals: Slow tyrolervals.
|:9-16:| (b) Tyrolerhopsa or pivot: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, either 4 tyrolerhopsa or 4 step-hops forward in LOD followed by, in waltz hold, 4 pivot steps forward in LOD (9-16).
Repeat (b).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Himmerlands-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1978. pp. 11-12.
See also:
-- Harris, Lawton 'To ting' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/ Syllabus of dance directions 1962. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1962 p.34.
-- Folk Dance Federation of California Research Committee To ting, [1959].

   
    Stegt ål og honningbrød, Salling
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, M to L of W, holding inside hands.
Steps: hopsa, tyrolerhopsa, tyrolervals, vals (waltz)
Sheet music: (1) 358:508; (2) Krogh, J.C. & Frue/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1980. p.9. [Same tune as Hto ting fra immerland (2)]
Recordings: Rebild Spillemændene 'to ting efter Jens Frederiksen' Traditioner mødes track 16;
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| (a) Tyrolervals
|:9-16:| (b) Tyrolerhopsa
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See video from KØST2017 and YouTube video from Folkedanserbal i Roskilde 2016

Source: Krogh, J.C. & Frue/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1980. p.9.
See also:
-- Stegt ål og honningbrød [in Danish]

   
    Familie vals & hopsa
Type: mixer
Formation: closed circle of couples, M to L of W.
Steps: hopsa, tyrolerhopsa, tyrolervals, vals (waltz)
Sheet music: Bryans, Helen L. and John Madsen Scandinavian dances. Book II. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1942. p. 1.
Recordings: Mikkelsen, Verner Village folk dances (Folk Fun 95861 V.M.) track A6.
Bars Part Dance progression:
1-4 (a) Tyrolervals: Turning away from partners first, everyone dances 4 Tyrola [sic] waltz steps.
5-8   Each M takes the W on his left in dance position [waltz hold] and turns her CW with 4 waltz steps and finishes with her on his R side. In this way the women progress CCW.
9-16   Repeat (a).
1-16 (b) Tyrolerhopsa: This is similar to (a) but with hopsa instead of waltz.
The waltz is repeated a number of times and then followed by the hopsa in quick tempo.

Source: Bryans, Helen L. and John Madsen Scandinavian dances. Book II. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1942. p. 1.

Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2017-07-18, rev. 2023-01-11.


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