Country: Finland
Type: couple mixer
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps:
humppa,
juoksu (run),
sivuaskel (side-step)
Sheet music: Jätkän humppa comp. Paavo Melander
Recordings:
Mutkattomat Jätkän humppa 1977 track B;
Mutkattomat 20 Suosikkia/Parhaat humpat 1/Heili Karjalasta [YouTube];
Siiriäinen, Martti Jätkän humppa 1977 track A1 [Google],
Tulipunaruusut 20 Suosikkia/Karjalan Marjaana [YouTube];
Tanssiorkesteri Yölintu Pieni Lintunen track 10 [YouTube]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Circle: All step to R side with R foot (1:1), touch L foot (1:3), step to L side with L foot (2:1, touch R ( (2:3). Moving to the right, step to R side (3:1), cross L behind (3:3), step to R side (4:1), and touch L foot (4:3). |
| 5-8 | Repeat, with opposite footwork, | |
| 9-12 | Advance & retire: All advance, beginning with ML/WR foot, with 3 running steps (1-2) and a hop on (2:3). Retire ditto (3-4). | |
| 13-16 | Dos-à-dos: Dance dos-à-dos with corner, passing R shoulders. 8 running steps. | |
| 17-20 | (b) | 1-hand turn: With R hand palm to palm with partner, turn CW 8 running steps. |
| 21-24 | With L hand palm to palm with partner, turn CCW 8 running steps. | |
| 25-32 | Repeat (b) with corner (=new partner). | |
| 17-32 | Humppa: In waltz hold with new partner, dance 16 turning humppa steps, moving in LOD. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See: video with SISUn tanhuujat 2019.
Provenance: possibly devised by Matti Suonpää. Taught by Matti Suonpää in Toronto, Ontario, March 2013.
Source: video with SISUn tanhuujat 2019.
Description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-01-20, rev. 2023-04-20.
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