Country: Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: couples in open circle, holding inside hands, facing in LOD.
Steps:
vaihtoaskel (change-steps),
vaihtoaskelpolkka (change-step polka),
sivuaskel (side-steps),
polkua (stamps)
Sheet music:
(1) Mäkelä, Sinikka m.m./ Seura- ja juhlatansseja: nuotisto. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. p.24.
(2) [Hahnsson, Stina]/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. p.5.
Recordings:
Ingå Spelmansgille Lite myki bra musik cd 2 track 03;
Leigarid Simman koduouel track 11;
Pelimannikilta Juhla- ja salonkitansseja track 16.
| Variation 1: | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Promenade: Holding inside hands and starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 8 change steps, moving in LOD and turning alternately towards and away from partner. Steps are fast and smooth, with no hop. |
| 9 | (b) | Figuré: Couples turn to face partner, either holding inside hands and free hand at waist, or M with arms crossed on chest and W with both hands at waist. M hops twice on R foot, W on L foot, moving in LOD while leaning in RLOD, M clicking heels together twice. Meanwhile, W dance same, with opposite footwork. |
| 10 | Both stamp 3 times, M with L-R-L, W with R-L-R. | |
| 11-12 | Repeat (b), moving in RLOD, with opposite footwork.
Alternative 1: 1 side-step in LOD (9) followed by 3 stamps (10). Repeat in RLOD, with opposite footwork (11-12). [Mäkelä et al, p.39] Alternative 2: step side, behind, side, touch in LOD (9-10). Repeat in RLOD, with opposite footwork (11-12). [Mäkelä et al, p.39] |
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| 13-16 | (c) | Polka: Couples take waltz hold and dance polka, turning CW and moving in LOD. 4 polka steps.
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
| Variation 2: | ||
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Promenade: Holding inside hands and starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 4 change steps, moving in LOD and turning alternately towards and away from partner. Steps are fast and smooth, with no hop. |
| 5 | (b) | Figuré: Couples turn to face partner, either holding inside hands and free hand at waist, or M with arms crossed on chest and W with both hands at waist. M hops twice on R foot, W on L foot, moving in LOD while leaning in RLOD, M clicking heels together twice. Meanwhile, W dance same, with opposite footwork. |
| 6 | Both stamp 3 times, M with L-R-L, W with R-L-R. | |
| 7-8 | Repeat (b), moving in RLOD, with opposite footwork. | |
| 9-16 | (c) | Polka: Couples take waltz hold and dance polka, turning CW and moving in LOD. 8 polka steps.
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
See video Estonian version, unattributed 2018
Provenance: a variant of the krakowiak or cracovienne, a Polish folk dance from the Krakow area. Became a popular ballroom dance in Vienna and Paris, contemporaneously with polonaise and mazurka. The first [currently known] printed version of the sheet music was published in 1816. A discussion of the Krakowiak appears in Czerniawskiego (1847, pp. 43-51). Also occurs in Estonia as Krakovjakk.
Source: [Hahnsson, Stina]/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. p.5.
See also:
-- Mäkelä, Sinikka et al/ Seura- ja juhlatansseja. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. p.39.
-- Melkko, Uno/ Seuratansseja. Helsinki: Werner Söderström Oy, 1960, 1973. p.79.
-- Tanssi.net krakoviak n.d.
-- Czerniawskiego, K./ Charakterystyka
Tańców. Warsawa, 1847. 33 pp.. [in Polish]
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-28, rev. 2023-02-22.
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