Country: Norway
See also:
La chapelloise (Bretagne)
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, holding inside hands, facing LOD.
Steps:
jamvektsteg (change step),
g&arig;steg (walk)
Sheet music: Semb, Klara/ nrs 1 & 2 'Gångslått' in: Norske folkdansar III: slåttar til turdansane. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1970. pp. 5-6.
Recordings: Semb suggests tunes such as
Gamal jegermarsj,
Valdresmarsjen,
Defileringsmarsj, [or other march/walking tune (gånglåt) or polka/humppa/jig.]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1 | (a) | Promenade: Couples walk forward in LOD, 4 walking steps. On 4th step, turn towards partner to face RLOD, hold inside (ML/WR) hands. |
| 2 | All walk backwards in LOD, 4 walking steps. | |
| 3 | Without turning, all walk forward in RLOD, 4 walking steps. On 4th step, turn towards partner to face LOD, hold inside (ML/WR) hands. | |
| 4 | All walk backwards in RLOD, 4 walking steps. | |
| 5 | (b) | Progression: Holding inside hands, dance 1 change-step on the spot, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, and moving slightly away from partner.
Repeat, beginning with inside foot (MR/WL) and moving slightly toward partner. |
| 6 | M dances 2 change-steps on the spot, while swinging partner over to his L side.
Meanwhile W, beginning with L foot, turns one full turn CCW and finishes side by side with partner, facing in LOD, holding inside (ML/WR) hands. |
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| 7 | Dance 1 change-step on the spot, beginning with inside (ML/WR) foot, and moving slightly toward partner.
Repeat, beginning with outside (MR/WL) foot and moving slightly away from partner. |
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| 8 | M dances 2 change-steps on the spot, while swinging partner over to his R side and behind himself in RLOD.
Meanwhile W, beginning with R foot, turns one (or 2 if she pleases) full turn CW, passing in front of partner, past partner's R side in RLOD, and finishing on R side of next M in RLOD (=new partner). Once W has passed in front of partner, M moves forward to take hand of next oncoming W (=new partner). All finish side by side with new partner, facing in LOD, holding inside (ML/WR) hands. |
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| [Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
See videos from/with Folkedanslaget Springar'n 2016, unattributed 2011.
Provenance: Actual provenance disputed. Also known as [la] chapelloise, 'all American promenade', 'humppa promenade', and, in Poland, as 'belgijka'. It was not included in the 1991 ed. of Norske folkedansar II: rettleiing om dansen.
Source: Semb, Klara/ Norske folkedansar II: rettleiing om dansen. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1971 pp. 166-167.
See also:
-- Cordray, Alix 'Allemannsmarsj' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/
Stockton Folk Dance Camp [syllabus] 1985. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1985. p. 35.
-- Wikipedia Chapelloise 2023.
-- Arkness, Jim All American promenade
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-08-14, rev. 2023-06-12.
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