Country: Karelia, Finland
Type: couple dance or mixer
Sheet music:
Recordings:
| Var. 1 - as taught by Viola Malmi
Formation: couples in open circle, waltz hold. Steps: puolijuoksu (half-way between a run and a walk) polkua (stamp/stomp) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Paripjörintä (couple turn): In waltz hold, couples [beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot] turn CW, 8 half-run steps. |
| 5-6 | (b) | Päristelyllä (progression): Holding inside hands, couples dance forward in LOD, 4 half-run steps. |
| 7-8 | M dances in an arc CCW [over L shoulder], with following stamping sequence: M leaps onto L (7:1), stomps R (7:&),
leaps onto R (7:2) and stomps L (7:&), leaps onto L (8:1), and stomps R twice (8:&,8:2).
Meanwhile W dances forward in LOD with 4 small half-run steps.
M finish facing next W in RLOD (=new partner); W finish facing next M in LOD (=new partner) Repeat from (a) as desired. See video from/with Karjalaisten kansantanssien kurssi 2008 in Orivesi.
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| Var. 2 - as taught by Irene Ala-Jukuri
Formation: couples in open circle, holding inside hands, facing LOD. Steps: puolijuoksu (half-way between a run and a walk) polkua (stamp/stomp) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Promenade: Couples, holding inside hands and beginning with outside foot, walk 4 half-run steps forward in LOD, both starting with outside (ML/WR) foot. Joined arms are forward. |
| 3-4 | Couples walk 4 half-run steps forward in LOD, both starting with outside (ML/WR) foot. Joined arms are swung back towards RLOD. | |
| 5-6 | (b) | Progression: M walks in an arc CCW [over L shoulder], while W walks in an arc CW [over R shoulder], ie away from each other. Finish facing partner. 4 half-run steps. |
| 7-8 | M leaps onto L (7:1), stomps R (7:&), leaps onto R (7:2) and stomps L (7:&), leaps onto L (8:1), and stomps R twice (8:&,8:2).
Note: when done as a mixer, M loops as above, moving to second oncoming W in RLOD (=new partner). Meanwhile, W dances small half-run steps forward in LOD to finish facing second M in LOD (=new partner) (5-8). Repeat from (a) as desired. See off-line video from Grand Finn Festival, Sault Ste Marie 2010-07.
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See also video from/with Viimeinen pari uunista ulos - Pudoska (a simplified progressive longways set version for Barnlek 2014)
Provenance: Nikolai Vahterov taught the dance at at course in Karelian folk dances in Järvenpää, Uusimaa, in 1996.
Viola Malmi had taught the same dance at a course in Mikkeli, Etelä-Savo, in 1995, but with progression immediately after the paripjörintä.
Taught by Irene Ala-Jukuri, at Grand Finn Festival 2010 in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2013-01-22, rev, 2023-03-22.
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