Chapelloise

The chapelloise is a traditional folk dance with partner change (so-called mixer ), which is part of the standard repertoire in Bal Folk .

The French name, by which this dance is also known in Germany, is traced back to the place Chapelle-des-Bois . As Guilcher reported in 1998, this dance is said to have been taught there in the 1970s by André Dufresne, and since he could no longer remember the original name of the dance, the dance was named after the venue near Lausanne.

It is often claimed that this dance, which was first introduced in France in the 1930s by the British Alick-Maud Pledge , was of Swedish origin or was originally called "Aleman's marsj" (according to some authors who first tried the To investigate the question of the origin of the dance like e.g. Guilcher 1998, Oosterveen 2002, and them subsequently like Largeaud 2011 and countless websites). However, the spelling “marsj” is not Swedish, but Norwegian and the dance is always listed as “All American Promenade” in both Swedish and Danish as well as Norwegian dance collections; a name that Oosterveen also mentions in 2002 and mentions a Scandinavian origin.

Both this title and the similarity of the characters in this dance to other British / American mixers, as well as the dissimilarity to the folk dances common in Sweden, suggest a non-Swedish provenance of the dance. Although one can also assume that the fashion of partner-changing figure dances in the middle-class dance milieu of Scandinavia (Sweden?) Could have evidence of this choreography. The reference to the fact that the spelling “marsj” is not Swedish seems most plausible here.

Further evidence on the question of origin and naming: In Denmark the dance is sometimes referred to as "Gärdeby Gånglåt", as it is often danced to the marsh melody of the same name, which was composed by Anders Olsson (1865–1952). The Norwegian folk dance collector Hulda Garborg (1862–1934) is said to have got to know dance in the USA, but the description of dance in Norwegian dance literature did not appear until much later. In Belgium the same folk dance is called “Aapje” (an abbreviation for “All American Promenade”), or simply “ Jig ” or “ Gigue ” after the music played with the dance. The dance can also be found in German dance collections under "All American Promenade".

Occasionally it is stated that the dance was choreographed by the American Jim Arkness in the 1960s; in the USA, however, a description of this dance was published as early as 1953. In England and Scotland there is a similar dance called "Gay Gordons", which was mentioned in 1907, was familiar to all local dancers in Aberdeen in 1950 and was described in 1959. The first eight bars of this dance are identical to the chapelloise, but in "Gay Gordons" the change of partner in the B part, which is typical for the chapelloise, is missing. This is how he was named as "Progressive Gay Gordons". One can also assume that these figures were used for new choreographies and / or varied and thus a separate dance was created, which is similar to the "Gay Gordons", but nevertheless newly composed and renamed.

So some questions still remain unanswered.

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1. ↑ Yvon Guilcher (1998): La danse traditionnelle en France d'une ancienne civilization Paysanne à un loisir revivaliste. Librairie de la Danse, FAMDT, Courlay.
2. ↑ Fiches de danse folk: Chapelloise (Aleman's marsj) - Cancoillottefolk. (No longer available online.) In: cancoillottefolk.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012 ; accessed on January 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Yvon Guilcher (1998): La danse traditionnelle en France d'une ancienne civilization Paysanne à un loisir revivaliste. Librairie de la Danse, FAMDT, Courlay.
4. ^ Corinna Oosterveen (2002): La Chapelloise or the Aleman's Marsj and his 13 names. In: Marianne Bröcker (Ed.): The dimension of movement in traditional music. Proceedings 11 of the International Council for Traditional Music. UNESCO 16./17. February 2001. University of Bamberg
5. ↑ Jacques Largeaud (2011): du professeur Manuel de danses. Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
6. ^ All American promenade. In: folkdansaren.se. Retrieved January 15, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Hanna Rasmussen, Rickey Holden (1979): Kom og dans. Edition Egtved. Page 9.
8. ↑ HSH - DANSEGLEDE - Liv Ingrid Grov. In: ans.hsh.no. Retrieved January 15, 2015 . 
9. ^ Corinna Oosterveen (2002): La Chapelloise or the Aleman's Marsj and his 13 names. In: Marianne Bröcker (Ed.): The dimension of movement in traditional music. Proceedings 11 of the International Council for Traditional Music. UNESCO 16./17. February 2001. University of Bamberg
10. ↑ Svenska ungdomsringen för bygdekultur (1981): Svenska folkdanser. Stockholm, 2001 Beskrivning av svenska folkdanser / Beskrivning av svenska folkdanser. In: runeberg.org. Retrieved January 15, 2015 (Swedish). 
11. ↑ Dance description, Gärdeby gånglåt, Denmark. In: lavigne.dk. Retrieved January 15, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Klara Semb (1991): Norske folkedansar. Turdansar. Norges boklag / Det norske samlaget, Oslo.
13. ↑ Source: Waarom dansen wij het Aapje op een jig? In: folkroddels.be. Retrieved January 15, 2015 . 
14. ^ Rolf Groeneveld (2006): Dansen van het bal folk (8): de jig. In: New Folk Sounds 103, February / March 2006.
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16. ↑ Christine Martin (2002): Traditional Scottish Fiddling. Taigh na Teud Music Publishers, 13 Upper Breakish, Isle of Skye.
17. ↑ The Scots Magazine. A Monthly Miscellany of Scottish Life and Letters. Saint Andrew Society, Glasgow, Strathclyde. 1950, p.464.
18. ^ Douglas Neil Kennedy, Helen Kennedy (1959): Handing on. A Guide to Country Dancing for Popular Use. English Folk Dance and Song Society, London