Country: Holstebro, Hardsyssel, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 3 couples each in closed circles.
Steps:
balancé,
hoptrin (step-hop),
hopsa
Sheet music: 358:600
Recordings: Holstebro Folkedanserforening Dansk og skandinavisk folkedans med Arne Bech track 07.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | All dance CW, 8 step-hops. |
| 1-8 | All dance CCW, 8 step-hops. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | All turn to corner, and beginning with L foot, dance 4 balancé steps. |
| 9-16 | All turn over L shoulder on the first balancé step, and facing partner, dance an additional 3 balancé steps. | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | All dance R-hand chain, 16 step-hops.
At first meeting with partner, take L-in-L hand hold with partner at shoulder height, holding R arm up in the air and dance half way round CCW, and chain back. Repeat at next meeting with partner, taking R-in-R hand hold, with L arm held high. |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | All couples take waltz hold and dance 16 hopsa steps CCW around the set. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | All W form closed circle and dance CW, followed by CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | All M form closed circle and dance CW, followed by CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | The dance finishes with all 3 couples forming a closed circle, and dancing CW, followed by CCW, 16 step-hops. |
See video from KØST2017
Provenance: the dance comes from Vinding. The music was found in the neighbouring parish of North Felding.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2:a opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 20-21.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-01-23, rev. 2021-07-05
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