Angläs, Lappträsk

Country: Lappträsk/Lapinjärvi, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 2 lines consisting of W-M-W, holding inside hands, facing opposite line, perpendicular to front, 4 steps between the lines. Free hand down at side.

                   music
                 WR--M--WL
				 
                 WL--M--WR
                   front  
Steps: hoppsteg (step-hop), gångsteg (walk), karkelo ('feint')
Sheet music:
(1) Heikel, Yngvar./ Nr. 26 'angläsmasurka' in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel. s.l.: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. pp. 270-271.
(2) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Musik till 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 2) [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1972]. p.2.
(3) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1998-1999. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 1998. p.39.
(4) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 1999. p.39.
(5) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2004-2005. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2004. p.45.
(5) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2005-2006. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2005. p.31.
(6) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2006-2007. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2006. p.3.
[Bars 1-4 transcribed by Viktor Allardt, 1887, bars 5-12 transcribed by Fridolf Andersson, 1915. These two phrases are included in sources (1) and (2) above. Originally, according to SFS, there was a third phrase (see part 4 of the description below) which has since been lost, and bars 5-12 played a second time for this part of the dance. A new third phrase was composed by Gunnar Bärlund in 1993. This new 3rd phrase is included in sources (3) through (5) above.]
Recordings: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f. Årsprogram 1998-1999 track 08; Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f. Årsprogram 2004-2005 track 04; Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f. Årsprogram 2005-2006 track 17; Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f. Årsprogram 2006-2007 track 01.

Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-4:| 1 Ring (circle): All form closed circle, begin with L foot, and dance 8 step-hops moving CW (1-4)
Ditto 8 step-hops moving CCW to return to place (1-4).
|:5-12:| 2 Hopslagning (collapse circles(: While maintaining closed circle, circle collapses perpendicular to front, such that the 4 W are facing opposite W and both M are at the ends, 4 step-hops (5-6);
re-form circle, 4 step-hops (7-8);
circle again collapses parallel to front [ie perpendicular to first collapse], such that all 6 dancers are facing their opposites, 4 step-hops (9-10);
re-form circle, 4 step-hops (11-12).
Repeat sequence 2 (5-12). [Finish in original lines.]
|:1-4:|,5-12 3 Figuré (karkelo): All 4 W turn to face M in their line. M and WR (W on his right) dance karkelo beginning on L foot, both dance 4 walking steps diagonally to R of each other with a nod on 4th step (1-2), retire with 2 walking steps diagonally back left (3), and 2 longer walking steps passing on the L (ie passing R shoulder) with a CW turn to face each other again (4) [ie, a slow karkelo] Repeat to return to place (1-4), M finishing facing WL (W originally on his left side).
M and WL (ie W on M's left) dance karkelo as above (5-12).
5-12 4 Armkrok (elbow hook turn): M takes R-elbow hook with WR, free fist on hip, and both turn CW, 4 step-hops (5-6). M then takes L-elbow hook with WL, and both turn CCW with 4 step-hops (7-8).
Repeat part 4 (9-12).
|:1-4:| 5 Ring (circle): All form closed circle, begin with L foot, and dance 8 step-hops moving CW (1-4), followed by 8 step-hops moving CCW to return to place (1-4).
[A hand-written instruction in the FSF 2004-2005 and later sources (below) repeats part 1 (|:1-4:|)].

See videos from/with Lovisa folkdansare & "Hopp och Skutt", 2013; Östra Nylands Folkdansdistrikt, 2019.

Source: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 2) [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf,, [1972]. pp. 4-5.
See also:
-- Heikel, Yngvar./ Nr. 414-416 'angläsmasurka' and 'angläs' in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel. (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982. s.l.: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. pp. 270-271.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 1999. p.82.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2004-2005. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2004. p.62.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2005-2006. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2005. pp. 30-31.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ Årsprogram 2006-2007. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 2006. pp. 2-3.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-11-03, rev. 2023-11-14.


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