Country: Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, facing LOD and holding inside hands at shoulder height.
Steps:
sidsteg (side-step),
vals (waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. p.8.
(2) Askolin, Erica/ Seura- ja juhlatansseja: nuotisto. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. pp.34-35.
(3) Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Musik till gillesdanser i Norden - fiol.
[Stockholm: Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur], 1970. p.15.
(4) Zarman, Alexander Alexandrovich Zarman New salon dance: pas d'Espagne. Moscow: 1899. pp. 1-3.
Recordings:
Herrgårdskvartett Herrgårdsdanser nr 1 track 08;
Ingå Spelmansgille Lite myki bra musik 1 track 18;
Kauriga Balalaika Ensemble Russian dances (1975) [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings];
Kiri Kiri 'Batespan' (Victor (80253-B), 1926) [Internet Archive];
Kivi, Erik 'Batespan' (1926) [Internet Archive];
Kostya Poliansky and his Balalaika Orchestra (Folk Dancer MH-1061-B)
[Internet Archive];
Kotikallio, Ilja 'Patespaani' Karmuuni lauloi (Kansanmusiikki-instituutti) [YouTube];
Lakselv Spellemanslaug 'spa de spa' Danse-slåtter frå Finnmark track 19;
Orchestra of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR (1944) [Internet Archive];
Pauli Granfeltin yhtye Juhlatansseja tanssittavaksi track 04 [YouTube] also on Shazam and Spotify;
Pelimannikilta Juhla- ja salonkitansseja track 22;
Russian National Balalaika Orchesstra [Internet Archive];
Varuskunnan kavaljeerit Juhlatansseja 2 track 01 [YouTube];
Vårdal, Vegar et al 'Pas Déspagne frå Oslo' Norske turdansar IV frå Austlandet 2 (2001 Grappa Musikkforlag A/S)
[YouTube];
Aage Grundstad Ensemble Norske tur og folkedanser 4 (2015 Warner Music Norway AS) track 08 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | 1 (a) | Advance & retire: Starting with outside foot (ML/WR) couples dance 2 waltz steps forward in LOD (1-2), followed by 2 waltz steps backwards in RLOD (3-34). Both turn (M CW, W CCW) to face RLOD, and take new inside hands. |
| 5-8 | Couples dance 2 waltz steps forward in RLOD (5-6), followed by 2 waltz steps backwards in LOD (7-8). Both turn (M CCW, W CW) to face LOD. | |
| 9-10 | (b) | W/M under arms: Still holding WR in ML, W passes under ML/WR arms to change places with partner, 2 waltz steps. |
| 11-12 | Both dance 2 side-steps in RLOD. Change hands. | |
| 13-14 | Holding WL in MR hand, M passes under joined hands to change places with W, back to original position. 2 waltz steps. | |
| 15-16 | Both dance 2 side-steps in LOD. | |
| 17-18 | 2 (a) | Turn singly: M turns a full turn CCW while W turns CW, moving in LOD. 2 waltz steps. |
| 19-20 | Holding inside hands, both dance 2 side-steps in LOD. Change hands. | |
| 21-24 | Repeat (2 (a)), M turning CW while W turns CCW on first two measures, and moving in RLOD. | |
| 17-18 | (b) | Side steps & waltz: Take waltz hold, M facing out of circle and W facing in. Dance 2 side-steps in LOD. |
| 19-20 | and two side-steps in RLOD. | |
| 21-24 | Dance 4 turning waltz steps, turning CW and moving in LOD.
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
See YouTube videos with Kansantanssiryhmä Väkitukko & Lappajärven pelimannit 2013, Vanhojen tanssit 2021, Keravan lukion wanhat 2016, Borgå salongsdansare 2018, Vanhat tanssit-graduation ball 2021 and a Norwegian version with Folkedanslaget Springar`n 2018
Provenance: First published 1899. Occurs also in
Norway and
Sweden.
Taught by Martti Vanhapelto in Vancouver, March 25-26, 1988.
Source: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. p.8.
See also:
-- Zarman, Alexander Alexandrovich Zarman/ New salon dance: pas d'Espagne.
Moscow: 1899. pp. 1-4. [in Russian]
-- Bottallo. B./ Guide du bon danseur. Paris, 1912. p.114+.
-- Komulainen, Orvokki/ Vanhoja tansseja polkasta poloneesiin. Helsinki: WSOY, 1981.
-- Melkko, Une/ Seuratansseja. Koti- ja ulkomaisia tansseja sekä vanhat tanssit. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Oskeyhtiö., 1960. pp. 74-75.
-- Mäkelä, Sinikka, Erja Askolin & Matti Lankinen et al/ Seura- ja juhlatansseja: koti- ja
ulkomaisia seratansseja sekä juhla- ja salonkitansseja. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. pp. 42-43.
-- Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Beskrivning av gillesdanser i Norden.
[Stockholm]: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur, 1970. pp. 48-49.
-- Karjalainen Nuorisoliitto Patispaani
-- Historiallisten tanssien wiki: Pas d'Espagne, 2014
-- Suomen Tanssipalvelin: muut tanssit: salonkitanssit Pas d'Espagne
-- Suomen Tanssipalvelin Suomalaisen seuratanssin historiaa
-- Helen's Yiddish dance page Pas d'Espagne, Pasdespan', Pa' d'Espan' pp. 1-7.
-- Tanhukurssi Minnesota '93 1993: p.49.
-- See also additional sources in Library of Dance/ Vintage dance manuals.
Description by L Ruus, Vancouver, March 25-26, 1988.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-10-28, rev. 2023-03-18.
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