Country: Thy, Denmark
Type: set dance.
Formation: 2 couples facing each other. M has W at his R side.
Steps: chassé (change-step),
svingtrin (buzz step),
hopsa, run, walk
Sheet music: 358:483, part
I (Skjer i haver),
II (Thetop),
III (P Thomsens kjede) [alle efter Viggo Gade, Thy)
Also in: Krogh, J.C./ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1939, pp. 58-59, efter Kresten Bach, Mors.
Recordings:
PULS track 02 (tretur, thetop & gesvint (Viborg totur), efter Jens Carl Førby);
Svøbsk Kvartet [YouTube].
| I (Skjer i haver) | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle and dance CW, 4 chassé steps, and CCW, 4 chassé steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Both W cross to opposite place, passing on the R (L-shoulders), beginning with R foot and turning to the R. 2 chassé steps. |
| 13-16 | Both M cross to opposite place, passing on the L (R-shoulders), beginning with L foot and turning to the L. 2 chassé steps. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | R-hand chain back to place, with 8 chassé steps. |
| [According to 1985 ed., may also be danced with sequences (as foloows), danced with svingtrin.
In sequences, parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.] |
||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | One-hand star, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Two-hand star (front-basket), 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Back basket (M hands around women's waists, W hands on men's shoulders), 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Closed circle, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Finish with waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 svingtrin. |
| II (Thetop) | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle and dance CW, 16 running steps. Ditto CCW, 16 running steps. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Both W cross to opposite place, passing on the R, beginning with R foot and turning to the R. 2 small hopsa steps. |
| 11-12 | Both M cross to opposite place, passing on the L, beginning with L foot and turning to the L. 2 small hopsa steps. | |
| 13-14 | Both W cross back to place, as above. 2 small hopsa steps. | |
| 15-16 | Both M cross back to place, as above. 2 small hopsa steps. | |
| 9-16 | (c) | R-hand chain once round the set and back to place, 8 hopsa steps. |
| |:17-24:| | (d) | With waltz hold, the two couples dance hopsa twice round each other. 16 hopsa steps. |
| [According to 1985 ed., may also be danced with sequences (as follows), danced with running steps.
Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences.] |
||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | One-hand star, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Two-hand star (front-basket), 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Back basket (M hands around women's waists, W hands on men's shoulders), 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Closed circle, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Finish with waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
| III (P Thomsens kjede) | ||
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle and dance CW, 16 slow running steps, and CCW, 16 slow running steps. |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Elbow-chain:
R elbow hook with partner, turn once round CW, 4 walking steps, L elbow hook with corner, turn once round CCW, 4 walking steps, R elbow hook with partner, turn once round CW, 4 walking steps, L elbow hook with corner, turn once round CCW, 4 walking steps, R elbow hook with partner, turn once round CW, 4 walking steps, L elbow hook with corner, turn once round CCW, 4 walking steps, R elbow hook with partner, turn twice round CW, 8 walking steps. |
| [According to 1985 ed., may also be danced with sequences (as follows), danced with slow running steps.
Part (b) is the same in all sequences.] |
||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | One-hand star, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Two-hand star (front-basket), 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Back basket (M hands around women's waists, W hands on men's shoulders), 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Closed circle, 16 running steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Finish with waltz hold, swing partner on the spot, 16 running steps. |
Notes:
-- commonly followed by Viborg-totur sks 'Gesvint' [for 2 couples].
A version of Viborg totur for 4 couples is also available.
-- This version was collected in Thy in 1933, by W. Bøgh Christensen, office manager, and Svend Clemmensen, master carpenter, at the
behest of Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (F.F.F.). In the third and later editions of the F.F.F. pamphlet Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy,
dance descriptions were revised and standardized with the collaboration of Arne Bech.
-- Tre smaa sorte is also known as De små sorte and even De tre små sorte, and the names of the
individual dances which make up the suite differ slightly. Versions may also differ in how they are danced, and the music to which they
are danced in different recordings.
-- A slightly different version (De små sorte), as it is commonly danced on Thy now, is available here:
Skære havre,
Tetop,
Pe' Thomsens kæde,
Viborg totur
Printed sources:
-- Krogh, J.C./ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1939, pp. 58-60.
-- Krogh, J.C./ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1985, pp. 52-55.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2015-08-03, rev. 2021-10-14.
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