Country: Viipuri, Russia (formerly Finland)
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille, head couples have backs to or face the music, side couples stand respectively to the right of head couples.
Steps:
kävelyaskeleita (walk, 3 steps per bar),
keinahtavia kävelyaskeleita (walk, 1 step per bar),
vanha valssi.
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.101.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.82.
Recordings:
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Piiri (circle): All form closed circle, and dance CW (1-4), 12 walking steps [3 steps per bar]. Ditto CCW (5-8) 12 walking steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Läpikänti (cross-overs): Head couples, [holding inside hands], cross to opposite place, [W passing on inside], 12 walking steps.
[At opposite place, turn CW as a couples, to face into set.] |
| 13-16 | Side couples cross to opposite place as above. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b). | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Vanha valssi: In waltz hold, couples dance vanha valssi, turning CW and moving in LOD (CCW).
During the vanha valssi, couples take waltz hold, right sides together, with outside hands [ML/WR] on [M's L] hip. Vanha valssi begins with a few slow walking steps (W with a side step) before beginning turn. Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. |
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | Tyttöjen yhden käden risti (W 1-hand star): All W form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8) in L-hand hold, 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | Poikien yhden käden risti (M 1-hand star): All M form R-hand star with thumb hold, and circle CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8) in L-hand hold, 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | Tyttöjen kahden käden risti (W 2-hand star): All W form two-hand star, and circle CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8), 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 5 (a) | Poikien kahden käden risti (M 2-hand star): All M form two-hand star, and circle CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8), 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 6 (a) | Tyttöjen piiri (W circle): All W form closed circle, and dance CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8) 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 7 (a) | Poikien piiri (M circle): All M form closed circle, and dance CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8) 12 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 8 (a) | Pääparit portit (head couples arches): Head couples form arch, and dance CW once around the set, 24 walking steps. [Meanwhile, side couples bend down or crouch in place.] |
| 1-8 | 9 (a) | Sivuparit portit (side couples arches): Side couples form arch, and dance CW once around the set, 24 walking steps. [Meanwhile, head couples bend down or crouch in place. |
| 1-8 | 10 (a) | Piiri (circle): The dance finishes with all forming closed circle, and dancing CW (1-4), 12 walking steps. Ditto CCW (5-8) 12 walking steps. |
See videos from/with Sisun tanhuujat 2023, and off-line video Suomalaisen_kansantanssin_askelikot_osa_3 (at 31:36; DVD),
Provenance: Documented by Anni Collan in 1908.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin
Ystävät ry, 2012. p.221.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. pp. 238-240
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, and Raila Erme, Toronto, rev. 2023-05-18.
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