Ankeliini

Country: Viitasaari, Keski-Suomi, Finland
Type: progressive longways set
Formation: at least 4 couples in 2 lines, M to the R and W to the L seen from the music (=top of the set). 

                    music				                           
                   M1    W1
                   M2    W2
                   M3    W3
                   M4    W4
                   M5    W5
Steps: laukka (slip steps), kävelyä (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.9.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.9.
(3) Väisänen, Yrjö/ Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia - sävelmistö. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, [1962]. p.14.
(4) Collan, Anni/ nr 44 in: Suomalainen kisapirtti - nuo;tit. 4 painos. Helsinki: V. Söderström, 1946. p. 40.
(5) Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ 'angelin' in: Folk-dances of Finland, containing sixty-five dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. p. 48.
(6) Musescore Ankeliini, transcribed by John Chambers, 2013.
Recordings: see midi file

Bars Part Dance progression:
1-4 (a) Laukka (slip-steps): Couples 1 and 5 [ie top and bottom couples] take 'butterfly' hold (facing partner, 2-hand hold, arms stretched out at shoulder height), and dance 8 slip-steps through the centre of the rows, passing on the R.
1-4   Couples 1 and 5 repeat to return to original place.
|:1-4:|   Couples 1 and 5 repeat (a). Finish facing each other down the row of couples.
5-8 (b) Saatto (progression): Couple 5, holding inside hands (MR/WL) dance 8 walking steps to couple 1, curtsey/bow.
5-8   Couple 5 turns (M and W towards each other), and holding inside hands (ML/WR) return to last place with couple 1 following behind them, 8 walking steps. Meanwhile, all side couples move up towards top of set. M5 and W5 step back into couple 4's places, and couple 1 passes through and backs into couple 5's places.
Couple 1 now stands where couple 5 began. Couple 5 now stands where couple 4 began, etc.
4x(1-4),|:5-8:|   Couples 2 and 1 repeat (a) and (b).
Repeat until all couples have danced (a) and (b).

Provenance: taught by Vihtori Liimatainen from Viitasaari, who had learned it from the musician Martti V Älmani around 1870. It was published by Anni Collan in in the 3rd edition of Suomalainen kisapirtti in 1908. Also taught by Turun Kansantanssin Ystävät in Vancouver, April 1985.

Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.125.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. p. 352.
-- Väisänen, Yrjö/ Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Oy, [1962]. pp. 53-54.
-- Collan, Anni/ nr 44 in: Suomalainen kisapirtti. 4 painos. Helsinki: V. Söderström, 1946. pp. 86-87.
-- Aronen, Juha-Matti & Lennu Yläneva/ 'Ankeliini' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/ Syllabus 1999. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1999. Errata and p.2.
-- Aronen, Juha-Matti & Lennu Yläneva/ Ankeliini. s.l.: Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc., Sept. 1999.
-- Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ 'angelin' in: Folk-dances of Finland, containing sixty-five dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. pp. 48-49.
Description: Laine Ruus, Vancouver, 1984-04.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-04-04 rev. 2023-01-18.

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