Folk dances from Denmark

On this page there is shown an example of a folk dance programme for an evening in Denmark today, where I dance.
The programme is for experienced dancers. About half of the dances, the interactive dances, are explained shortly (1-3 minutes). (Teaching a new dance takes longer time).
The programme is taken from my dance orientated music book: *117* Gue jawtner mæ spelmajsbal, which of lay out reasons has only short melodies.
The classification and grouping of the dances and the translation into English is mine (an approximate name may some times sound better than an exact translation).

A programme of 30 dances of different types is adequate for a dance evening of 2 hour dancing + ½ hour coffee break.
I have only 20 dances on my web site, but this will suffice if you are not very experienced with the dances here, or the music can be played a little longer time.
Observe: that if you have come to dance all evening with your lovely spouse then you need to buy a record (CD) and start all over when you get back home, because in my programme here you get mixed all the time, get new partners.
 
 

Programme for a folk musician dance evening in Denmark 1999
No.	.	Dansetype	Type of Dance	Dans	Dance	Week
1	.	fynbo	rhineland polka	Bedstefars nr ½5	Grandfather's no. ½5	5
2	.	vals	waltz	Emmas vals	Emma's Waltz	20
3	K	kvadrille	quadrille (square)	.	.	.
4	F	gånglåt	walking tune	Gärdeby gånglåt	Gerdeby Walking Tune	4
5	T	trekant	3 corner dance	Vandet fryser	Freezing Waters	15
6	P	pardans	couple dance	.	.	.
7	F	(engelsker /) familievals	(englisher or) family waltz	Stødt kanel	Pounded Cinnamon	9
8	R	rækkedans	line dance	Fætter Mikkel	Cousin Mikkel	2
9	.	skottis	schottische	Smedens 1' skottis	Blacksmith's  no1 Schottische	12
10	F	kredsdans	big circle mixer	Dona Bleska	Doudlebska Polka	17
11	2p	2 par	2 couples	Bitte mand i knibe	Little man in a fix	6
12	.	hambo	hambo	Jänta å ja	The Girls and Me	16
13	.	hopsa	hopsa	Høstdans	Harvest Hopsa	7
Coffee break, with a song and sometimes a story
14	.	sdr.honing	south ho	1000 tanker	1000 Thoughts	18
15	.	sdr.honing	south ho	.	.	.
16	.	fannik	fannik	.	.	.
17	.	rask sdr.ho	quick south ho	.	.	.
18	/ s	(boda polska) / speciel	(boda polska) or special	Bondepigen	Peasant Girl	11
19	.	fynbo	rhineland polka	.	.	.
20	F	kredsdans	big circle mixer	Hamborg 6-tur	Hamburg 6-trip	19
21	P	pardans	couple dance	Snurrebocken	Whirring Buck	10
22	K	kvadrille	quadrille	.	.	.
23	.	mazurka	mazurka	.	.	.
24	3P	3 par	3 couples	Trommelvalsen	Roller Waltz	3
25	F	kredsdans	big circle mixer	2-tur fra Vejle	2-trip from Vejle	8
26	P	pardans	couple dance	Sjijnmyravalsen	Sjijn Bog Waltz	1
27	K	kvadrille	quadrille	6-tur fra Vendsyssel	6-trip North	13
Small break: with the possibility to get to the partner you owe the last dance
28	.	polska	polska	.	.	.
29	.	hopsa	hopsa	.	.	.
30	.	vals (/ trippe)	waltz (/ mince)	Trippevals "353"	Mince Waltz no. 353	14

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