The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)

The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)

Zwiefacher

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BACKGROUND

Information: A dance family.

Translation: Two things. While "two" is spelled "zwei" in German, the spelling and pronunciation of Zwiefacher are in dialect.

Pronunciation: TSVEE-fah-ker

Region: Bavaria, south Germany

A FEW POPULAR ZWIEFACHER PATTERNS
W = Waltz; D = Dreher (Pivot)

Alte Kath ("Old Kate") – WW DD
Bayerischer Bauer ("Bavarian farmer") – WWDD WWDD WWW DDW DDW
Bachmuhlert ("Two turns") – (WDD WDD WDD WW) x2 (WWWW DDDDP WW) x2
Böehmischer Wind ("Bohemian-forest wind") – WW DDDD
Deifi du Dürrer ("You skinny devil") – DW DW DWW
Der Virt vo Stoa ("The innkeeper's at the door") – WDD WDD WW
Eisenkeilnest ("Iron-wedge nest") – DDWW DDWW DW DW DDWW
Eichelober ("Queen of clubs") – (DDWW) x4 (WWWW DD) x2 (WW)
Hopfenschnupfer ("Hops sniffer") – (DDWW) x2 (DW DW DDW)W
Leit, Leit ("Lead, lead") – (DDWWW) x3 (DDWW)
Nagelschmied ("Nail smithy") – WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW, WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW DDWW, WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW DDWW DDWW DDWW, WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW DDWW DDWW, WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW DDWW, WWWWWWWW WWWW DDWW
Neun Dörfer ("Nine villages") – (WWDDD) x3 (WW DD W)
Neun Häser ("Nine houses") – (WWDDD) x3 (WWW)
S'Lauda ("That trollop") – (DDWW) x4 (DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD) x2
S'Suserl ("That Susie") – A: DDW DDW DDWW; B: DDWDD DDWDD (Sequence – Section 1: AABABA; Section 2: AABABA; Interlude: A; Section 3: AABABA; Ending: ABA)
Saulocker ("Funny pig") – DDDDWW
Schneider-Schneider ("Tailor, tailor") – (DDWW) x2 (DDWW DDDWW) x2
Schubkarrn ("Wheelbarrow") – (WWDD WWDD) x4 (D) x16
Sechs Löffel ("Six Spoons") – DDDDDDWW
Sechsunddreissiger ("Thirty-sixer") – DDDDDDWW
Sommermichl ("Summer playboy") – (DDDDWW) x4 (WWWW)(DDDDWW) x4 (WDD) x3 (WW)
Tauberer ("Pigeon keeper") – (WWWW DDDDWW) x2 (WWWWWWWWWWWW DDDDWW) x2
Wintergrün ("Wintergreen") – WWWW DD WW
Zwei Kapellen ("Two bands") – (DDDDWW) x4 (WWDDDD) x4 (WDD WDD WDDWW) x4 (DDDDWW) x2 (WWDDDD) x2 (WDD WDD WDDWW) x2
Zwei-Vier-Sechs ("Two-four-six") – DDWW DDDDWW DDDDDDWW

Online: For more than 200 zwiefacher patterns, click https://www.folkdancing.com/Pages/seattle/Zwie-Pattern.html.

DOCUMENTS

Germany, a country.
Morry Gelman, an article.

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