Country: Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: couples in open circle, varsovienne hold facing in LOD. [Finnish version gives front-crossed hold as an alternative.]
Steps: fotombytesteg/vaihtoaskel (change step),
gångsteg/kävelyä (walk)
Sheet music:
(1) Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. p.12.
(2) Askolin, Erica/ Seura- ja juhlatansseja: nuotisto. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. p.37.
[N.B. 4/4-time music, not a waltz.]
Recordings:
Pelimannikilta Juhla- ja salonkitansseja (SKY) track 26;
Jones, Ernest, Jack Venables, J Morley (Columbia (5491), 1929) [Internet Archive].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1 | (a) | Promenade: Starting with L foot, couples step diagonally forward L (1:1), R in position 3 behind L (1:2), L diagonally forward to the L (1:3), and touch R toe to floor crossed in front of L (1:4). |
| 2 | Repeat (a) to R, with opposite footwork. | |
| 3-4 | Couples step diagonally forward L (3:1), and touch R toe to floor crossed in front of L (3:2). Ditto diagonally forward R with opposite footwork (3:3-3:4). Repeat (4). | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 9-10 | (b) | Advance,retire,change places: Couples face and drop handhold, M facing out of circle, W facing in.
All repeat steps in part (a) bars 1-2, first to L and then to R. Ie M move in LOD then RLOD; W move in RLOD then LOD. |
| 11 | Couples take L-in-L hand hold with partner and advance with 1 step with L foot (11:1), and retire with R (11:3). | |
| 12 | Still holding L-in-L and beginning with L foot, couples change places passing on the R (ie passing L shoulders) with 1 change step. | |
| 13-16 | Repeat (b), this time beginning with R foot and dancing the first 2 steps first to R and then to L. taking R-in-R hold, and changing places passing in the L (passing R shoulders). | |
| 17-32 | Repeat from (a). |
See video from Vanhojen tanssit 2021.
Provenance: the earliest mention of Pompadour I have managed to locate is in a Russian publication from 1899 the title of which translates as [Pompadour, new salon dance]. The next mention is in an article in "Now it is five-step" in The Sun (Baltimore, MD), of June 18, 1902 (in 4-4 time). It reappears in 1914 as a waltz, done to 3-4 time music in Clenenden, F. Leslie Dance mad. St. Louis: Arcade Print Co., 1914. p. 56. The Finnish version is in 4/4 time. Also occurs in Norway.
Source: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ 8 gamla salongsdanser. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., 1973. pp. 12-13.
See also:
-- Melkko, Uno/ Seuratansseja. Helsinki: Werner Söderström ou, 1960, 1973. p.76.
-- Mäkelä, Sinikka m.m./ Seura- ja juhlatansseja. Porvoo: Kansantanssinuorten Liitto ry, 2012. p.45.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-05-28, rev. 2023-03-23.
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