Country: Döderhultsvik, Småland, Sweden
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: any number of couples in longways set, M to the R and W to the L as seen from the music, numbered 1, 2, 1, 2, etc from the top of the set.
Steps: balancé,
chassé (change-step),
pas de rigaudon, walk
Sheet music: Andersson, Göran / 24 kontradanser nedtecknade i Döderhultsvik, Småland s.l.: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, Smålands distrikt, 1992. p.64.
Recordings: Andersson, Göran / 24 kontradanser track 20, or any anglaise with appropriate structure (AABB,A=4,B=4) and tempo.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Couples 1 and 2 dance balancé, first to L then to R. |
| 3-4 | Couples 1 and 2 dance pas de rigaudon. | |
| 1-4 | Couples 1 and 2 dance dos-à-dos, 4 chassé steps. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Holding inside hands (ML/WR), couple 1, followed by couple 2, dances down the set, 4 chassé steps.
On the last beat, turn (towards partner), to face up the set, holding inside (MR/WL) hands. |
| 5-8 | Couple 2, followed by couple 1, dances up the set, 4 chassé steps.
Finish in original lines, having now progressed one place. |
|
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
Provenance:
From a handwritten notebook of sheet music and dance descriptions, inscribed [in Swedish] 'Notebook belonging to Lars Fornander Ericson, Döderhultsvijk', likely from the late
1700s or early 1800s. Lars Fornander Ericson, according to parish records, was born in 1787 and emigrated to 'Amerika' in 1807, at the age of about 20.
The original dance description in the notebook reads [translated from Swedish]: 2 lines, 2 and 2 couples do balancé, pasdurigadon and dos-a-dos,
then promenade. End.
[Translator's note: since the chassé 'a trois pas' was a basic step at least from the early 1700s, I am suggesting it as the basic step in both the
dos-à-dos and the promenade (part (b)).]
Printed source: Andersson, Göran / 24 kontradanser nedtecknade i Döderhultsvik, Småland s.l.: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, Smålands distrikt, 1992. pp.64-65.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-09-05
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