Country: Keski-Suomi (Central Finland), Finland
Type: longways non-progressive set dance
| Pilkistystä, Viitasaari, Keski-Suomi (Central Finland)
Formation: square 4 couple (quadrille) set. Head couples face or have backs to music; side couples stand respectiv;ely to R head couples. or long-ways set of 4 couples facing couples, with M standing behind partner. M has hands on partner's waist, W has hands on own hips.
M1
W1 M1 M2 M3 M4 etc
W1 W2 W3 W4 etc
M4 W4 W2 M2 or
W8 W7 W6 W5 etc
W3 M8 M7 M6 M5 etc
M3
Steps: laukka (slip steps),
kävelyä (walk)
Sheet music: Väisänen, Yrjö/ Nr 49 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia - sävelmistö. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, [1962]. p.22. Recordings: Tanhupelimannit et al Suomen nuorison liitto track 13; Tanhupelimannit ja Lauluryhmä Suomen nuorison liitto track B6. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | 1 (a) | Laukka (slip steps): Head couples dance 4 slip steps to L (1-2), then to R to return to place (3-4). During the slip steps, partners look at each other. |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a), dancing first to R and then to L. | |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Opposite couples, W starting, dance R-shoulder reel of 4, 15 walking steps.
Finish in place, with M in front and facing into set, and W behind, and holding partner as described above. [If danced in 2 lines of couples facing couples all can dance reel simultaneously. However, if danced in square set, one alternative is to have couples on the vertical axis and those on the horizontal axis dance the reel of 4 in alternate repeats.] |
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Laukka (slip steps): Repeat 1 (a), but first to R, then to L. |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Repeat 1 (b), M begining the reel. |
| Side couples repeat sequences 1 and 2.
Source: Väisänen, Yrjö/ Nr 49 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia. Porvoo: Werner Söderström
Oy, [1962]. p.66.
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| Pilkistys, Saarijärven Mahlulta, Keski-Suomi (Central Finland)
Formation: 2 couple set, or long-ways set of an even number of couples facing couples. M stands behind partner. W holds M's hands in own a little above waist height, with M's arms under W's arms.
M1 M2 M3 M4 etc
W1 W2 W3 W4 etc
W8 W7 W6 W5 etc
M8 M7 M6 M5 etc
Steps: laukka (slip steps),
vaihtoaskelikoja (change steps),
kävelyä (walk)
Sheet music: (1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.77. (2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.68. Recordings: Pelimannikilta Katrillaten (SKY-01), track 09. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | 1 (a) | Laukka (slip steps): All dance 4 slip steps to L, then to R to return to place. |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Pilkistys (W figuré): W hold skirt, M fists on hips. W advance, with 4 change steps, turning coquetishly from side to side, and flirting with opposite M. M dance 4 two-steps in place. |
| 5-8 | W turn CCW (over L shoulder), and repeat returning to place. M dance 4 change steps in place. W finish facing partner. | |
| |:9-12:| | (c) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Opposite couples dance R-shoulder reel of 4, 8 change steps.
Finish in place, with M in front and facing into set, and W behind, and holding as described above. [Begin reel passing R shoulders with partner.] |
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Laukka (slip steps): Repeat 1 (a), but first to R, then to L. |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Pilkistys (M figuré):Repeat 1 (b), but this time M advance and retire. |
| |:9-12:| | (c) | Enkeliskakierto (reel of 4): Repeat 1 (c). |
| Repeat from (1 (a)) as desired.
See YouTube video Hämeenlinna 2017 course for Finnish performance at Nordlek 2018.
Provenance: documented by Asko Pulkinen, 1910. Music composed by Eino Levónin. Taught by Martti Vanhapelto in Vancouver, February 1985. Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin
Ystävät ry, 2012. p.145.
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