Totur fra Elmue, Hyllede, Kjøng, Præstø Amt

Country: Præstø & Kjøng, Sydsjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance

    Totur, Elmue
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), sideløbstrin (slip step), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:500,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 22.
Recordings:
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| 1 (a) Circle: All form closed circle. Dance CW (1-8) 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW (1-8) 8 walking steps.
|:9-16:|   (b) Advance & retire: All take waltz hold with partner and dance 4 slip-steps towards centre of circle (5-69-12), and 4 slip-steps to return to place (13-16).
Repeat (b) (9-16).
    Part (b) is the same in all sequences.
|:1-8:| 2 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 3 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 4 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 5 (a) W circles: All W form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and circle on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 6 (a) M circles: All M form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and circle on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
    Sequences 5 and 6 may be repeated as desired.
|:1-8:|   Swing: The dance finishes in waltz hold with partner and swinging, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 22.

   
    Totur, Hyllede aka Totur I
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), sideløbstrin (slip step), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:211,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 21.
Recordings: Bugge, Kristian track 07.
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-4:| 1 (a) Circle: All form closed circle. Dance CW (1-4) 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW (1-4) 8 walking steps.
|:5-8:|   (b) Advance & retire: All take waltz hold with partner and dance 4 slip-steps towards centre of circle (5-6), and 4 slip-steps to return to place (7-8).
Repeat (b) (5-8).
    Part (b) is the same in all sequences.
|:1-4:| 2 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 3 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 4 (a) Swing: All take waltz hold with partner and swing, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 5 (a) W circles: All W form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and circle on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 6 (a) M circles: All M form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and circle on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
    Sequences 5 and 6 may be repeated as desired.
|:1-4:|   Swing: The dance finishes in waltz hold with partner and swinging, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

See videos from KØST2017, Fælledparken 2023 with Christian Obel & publikum,

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 21.

   
    Totur, Kjøng aka Totur II
Formation: any number of couples in four lines, forming a large square. Lines 1 and 2 have backs to or face music, lines 3 and 4 face each other on the sides.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), hoptrin (step-hop), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) 358:212,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 23.
(3) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse udg. af Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, De Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger. 3:e opl. Vejle: Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger, 1988. p.31.
(4) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse Trans. by Ib Nielsen & Deborah Jones. 1:st (English version) s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. p.31.
Recordings: Samsø Folkedansere track 04 [WWW]; unattributed [YouTube]; Zar Trio Sving egen I (2004 ed.) track 6.
Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-8:| 1 (a) Circle: All form closed circle. Dance CW, 8 walking steps (1-8). Ditto CCW 8 walking steps (1-8).
Finish in original separate lines in a large square.
9-16   (b) Advance & retire: Lines 1 and 2 advance with 4 step-hops (9-12), and retire with 4 step-hops (13-16).
9-16   Lines 3 and 4 repeat (b).
    Part (b) is the same in all sequences.
|:1-8:| 2 (a) Swing: All swing partner, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
Finish in original lines in a large square.
|:1-8:| 3 (a) Swing: All swing partner, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
Finish in original lines in a large square.
|:1-8:| 4 (a) Swing: All swing partner, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
Finish in original lines in a large square.
|:1-8:| 5 (a) W circles: All W form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and dance 16 buzz steps on the spot.
Finish in original lines in a large square.
|:1-8:| 6 (a) M circles: All M form small closed circles of 2-3 dancers, and dance 16 buzz steps on the spot.
Finish in original lines in a large square.
|:1-8:| 7 (a) Swing: The dance finishes with swing partner, on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1979, p. 23.
See also:
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse udg. af Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, De Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger. 3:e opl. Vejle: Danske Skytte, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger, 1988. p.31.
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen: 40 danske folkedanse Trans. by Ib Nielsen & Deborah Jones. 1:st (English version) s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. p.31.
-- Tracie, Gordon E. 'Totur II' in: Syllabus of dance directions. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1962. pp. 25-26.
-- Tracie, Gordon E. Totur II. Folk Dance Federation of California, October 1963.
-- Tracie, Gordon E. 'Totur II' in: Folk Dance Camp syllabus. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1964. pp. 65-66.


Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2017-05-12, rev. 2023-07-11.


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