Fof-valssi, Karelia

Country: Ladoga region of Karelia, formerly Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples face or have backs to music. Side couples stand to R respectively of head couples. Couples holding inside hands.
Steps: jalan heilautukset (step-swing) valssi (waltz)
Sheet music: Karjalainen Nuorisolitto/ Fof-valssi
Recordings:

Bars Part Dance progression:
1-2 (a) Figuré: Holding inside hands, head couples swing to R and to L, [2] waltz steps.
3-4   Head couples turn CCW, 2 waltz steps.
5-8   Side couples repeat (a).
1-4   Head couples repeat (a), but swinging only to L, and turning CCW.
5-8   Side couples repeat (b).
|:9-16:| (b) Waltz: All couples take waltz hold, and dance once round the set, turning CW and moving CCW, 16 old-style waltz steps.
    [Repeat from (a) as desired.]

Provenance: A Ladoga-Karelian dance taught by Juha-Matti Aronen at a course on Karelian folk dances in Lahti, in 2002-11-16 to 17.

Source: Karjalainen Nuorisolitto Fof-valssi
Description: L. Ruus & K. Varvikko, Oakville, 2022-07-09.


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