(TRAY-kahnt frah HOR-sens)
Skandia CD, track 29
| Credible English Title | Three-corner Dance from Horsens. |
| Heritage | Denmark. |
| U.S. Source | As described in Folkedanse, Beskrivelser Gamle Danske Folkedanse, Hefte II, Tredje Oplag, published by Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, København, 1941, page 25, and danced by Nordiska Folkdancers, Seattle (see Background Information). |
| Category | Three-couple group dance. |
| Type | Introduction, followed by three distinct tunes to accompany the three-part dance. |
| Function | Set dance. |
| Character and form | Light and sprightly. |
| Footwork | Parellel, opposite. |
| Specific steps | Walk, pivot, polka, run, polonaise (Jydsk paa Næsen). |
| Dance holds | Ring hold. Shoulder-waist hold (for pivot and polonaise). Waltz hold (for polka). |
| Formation | 3 couples in a single ring, each M with partner to his own R, all hands joined at shoulder height, elbows bent V-shaped so that dancers are rather close together, facing toward center. |
| MEASURES | ACTION |
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Introduction: With hands joined forming a V, shoulder height, all walk to the center of the circle with 4 steps, then back out with 4 steps. Walk 8 steps to the R (CCW), facing partner on the last count. |
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Part I. No-hands-chain and pivot: A. M starting on inside of circle, move CCW. W starting on outside of circle, move CW. R and L chain without touching hands until meeting partner. Walk around partner with L shoulders side by side, then reverse chain direction to return to partner at original spot in the circle. |
| 9 - 1 | B. Using shoulder-waist hold, pivot around in circle of 3 couples, moving CCW, keeping set formation. |
| 17 - 24 | C. Repeat A. |
| 25 - 32 | D. Repeat B. |
| Part II. No-hands-chain, pivot, polka: With the change in the music, start a new sequence of dance. Repeat A. and B. from Part I. For C., polka around the set of 3 couples, using waltz hold. |
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| Part III. Running chain, Jydsk paa Næsen: A. With the change in the music, begin a no-hands chain with a running step, but otherwise as described in Part I., A. |
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| B. Jydsk paa Næsen turn CCW around 3-couple circle (left-foot polska turn: M - L, both, R; W - both, R, L) in shoulder-waist hold, but springier to fit the music's lilt. Repeat this A, B. |
This Trekant appears as "Trekant. Horsensegnen" in Folkedanse, Beskrivelser Gamle Danse Folkedanse, Hefte II, Tredje Oplag, published by Foreningen til Folke-dansens Fremme, København, 1941, page 25 -- the same dance for which Gordon Tracie kept hand-written notation under the name "Trekant fra Horsens" and which is danced regularly by Nordiska Folkdancers, Seattle.
| Copyright © 1997 Skandia Music Foundation | Trekant fra Horsens |
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