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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