Country: Vejleegnen, Denmark
Type: couple mixer
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle.
Steps: tyrolervals waltz
Music: 358:145, sheet music
Recordings:
Mikkelsen, Verner Village folk dances track A10;
Rebild Spillemændene Det levende håndværk track 02;
Spillemandsgruppen Lunterne track 16;
Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur Gillesdanser i Norden - Danska track B8.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Couples, holding R-hands, dance 4 waltz steps CW around each other, starting with ML/WR foot. |
| 5-8 | Drop handhold with partner, and give L hand to corner (=new partner), M moving CW in circle, W moving CCW. 4 waltz steps one full turn around corner. | |
| 1-8 | Return to give R-hand to original partner, and repeat (a). | |
| 9-12 | (b) | Holding inside hands with new partner, dance 4 tyroler waltz steps forward in LOD. |
| 13-16 | In waltz position, dance 4 waltz steps turning CW, moving in LOD. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See videos from KØST2017 and on YouTube.
Source: Village folk dancers: Scandinavian dances music by Verner Mikkelsen, instructions noted by Margaret & Carson Whelan as learned from John Madsen many years ago. [mimeog.] [Toronto, ON]: n.d., p.6.
See also: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983. pp. 30-31
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-04-20, rev. 2020-06-30.
Tillbaka till innehållsförteckningen/Back to table of contents