Country: Solf, Østerbotten/Ostrobothnia, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille, head couples have backs to or face music; side couples stand to R of respective head couples. Holding inside hands; free
hand hanging.
Steps:
polska steg I (buzz step) &smp; reverse buzz step,
gångsteg (walk),
klacksteg (heel steps)
Sheet music:
(1) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 'nymodig åtta & polska' Musik till 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 1)
[Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 1974. pp. 14-15.
(2) Andersson, Otto/ Nr. 999 'nymodig åtta' in: Folkdans: A1. äldre dansmelodier.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 400; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI)
Åbo: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1963. p.465.
(3) Andersson, Otto/ Nr. 531 'polska' in: Folkdans: A1. äldre dansmelodier.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 400; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI)
Åbo: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1963. p.236.
(4) 'nymodig åtta & polska' documentation prepared for Nordlek 2015 in Viborg
Recordings: recording prepared for Nordlek 2015 in Viborg
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Klacksteg (heel steps): Head couples drop hold and face partner. Beginning with weight on R foot and crossing L foot, head couples dance 8 heel steps. |
| 5-8 | (b) | Genomgång & klacksteg (pass through & heel steps): Holding inside hands, head couples change places, dropping hold as W pass on the R of each other, after which M pass to L of each other. Turn 1/4 turn towards partner (W turning CW, M turning CCW), and cross (M behind) to opposite couples respective places. 8 walking steps. |
| 9-12 | Head couples dance 4 heel steps (R-L) as above, and | |
| 5-12 | head couples repeat (1 (b)) to return to original place, as above. 8 walking steps and 4 heel steps. | |
| |:1-4:| | (c) | Kedja & omdansning (chain & swing): All couples dance R-hand chain around the set. 16 walking steps. |
| |:5-12:| | All couples take mirror hold with partner (R hand around partner's waist, L hand on partner's upper arm), and dance 16 buzz steps turning CW on the spot (5-12), followed by 16 buzz steps turning CCW. on the spot (5-12). | |
| |:1-4:||:5-12:| | Side couples repeat (1 (a) and (b)). | |
| |:1-4:||:5-12:| | All couples repeat (1 (c)). | |
| 1-8,|:9-16:| | Sequence (1) from (1 (a)) may be repeated as many times as desired. | |
| 1-4 | 2 (a) | Trinddans/polska CW: Dance finishes with a trinddans or polska. All form front basket (R arm over, L arm under), and beginning with R foot dance 12 walking steps CW. M1 signals by stamping on last two steps (11-12), and |
| 1-4 | all dance CW with 12 buzz steps. Finish by dropping handhold. | |
| 5 | (b) | Trinddans/polska CCW: All jump 3 times on both feet while clapping own hands 3 times, |
| 6-8 | all form front basket (L arm over, R arm under) and beginning with R foot, dance CCW 9 walking steps. M1 signals by stamping on last two steps (8). | |
| 5-8 | all dance CCW with 12 reverse buzz steps. Finish by dropping handhold. | |
| |:1-4:| | All repeat 2 (a), beginning with 3 jumps on both feet and clapping, and beginning walking steps with L foot. | |
| |:5-8:| | All repeat 2 (b). | |
| Repeat from (2 (a)) as desired. |
See videos: Sibbo folkdansare 2015, dancers from Borgå and Lovisa 2014, [offline] video prepared for Nordlek 2015 in Viborg. .
Provenance: A group of 7 women and a man, all from the 'church village' [in Solv], and all about 50-65 years old in 1928, got together with some others to demonstrate a number of dances. This dance had been danced as far back as these informants could remember, and up until about 1893. This was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2015 in Viborg.
Sources: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 10 finlandssvenska folkdanser. (Instruktionshäfte 1) 2:a uppl.
[Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, 1974. pp. 26-27.
See also:
-- Heikel, Yngvar./ Nr. 128 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982.
s.l.: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. pp. 71, 421.
-- Blomberg, Marcus 'Nymodig åtta' description prepared for Nordlek 2015 in Viborg [in Swedish]
-- documentation prepared for Nordlek 2015 in Viborg [in Danish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-03-05, rev. 2023-03-09.
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