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 frontSteps: hoppsteg (step-hop), gångsteg (walk), karkelo ('feint')
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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