Country: Ristiina/Kristina, Savo, Finland & Viipuri
Type: progressive longways set or progressive round set
Steps:
jalan heilautukset (step-swing),
polkua (stomp)
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.105.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.86.
(3) Laaksonen, Liisa & Maija Salo/ Lystiä leikkiä: perinnettä ja perinneleikkejä s.l.: Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto, 1983, p.43.
(4) Finlands svenska folkdansring/ 'sotska, Ristiina' Årsprogram 1998-1999. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1998]. p.37.
(5) for Nordlek 2024
Recordings:
Finlands svenska folkdansring 'sotska, Ristiina' Årsprogram 1998-1999 track 03;
Grundström, Eero et al Kutinaa kengissä: tanhut yli 10-vuotiaa track 30;
for Nordlek 2024.
See also midi file
| 3-couple longways set:
Type: progressive longways set Formation: 3 couple set, couple 1 faces couples 2, couple 3 stands behind couple 2, also facing couple 1.
facing > < <
M1 W2 W3
W1 M2 M3
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Figuré & couple turn: Couples 1 and 2, holding inside hands with partner, dance 8 step-swings, starting hopping on L and swinging R foot. |
| 1-4 | On the first bar (1), couple 2 turns half way round CCW [M backward, W forward] as a couple to face couple 3 with 2 step-swings, and dance 6 step-swings. | |
| 5-12 | (b) | Circle: Couples 2 and 3 form closed circle, and dance 8 step-swing once round on the spot CW. Repeat dancing 1-1/2 times round CCW, beginning with a stamp. Couples 2 and 3 have now changed places, [ie couple 3 is now in the centre]. |
| |:1-4:| | Repeat (a), with couple 3, in the middle position, now dancing first with couple 2, and then with couple 1. | |
| 5-12 | Repeat (b), with couple 3 now dancing with couple 1.
[Repeat from (a) as desired, with a new couple in the centre position at each repeat.] See videos from/with Kimara 2017; Soukan Kansantanssijat 2023; for Nordlek 2024; |
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| Progressive round set:
Type: progressive round set Formation: even number of couples alternately facing in LOD and RLOD. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Figuré & couple turn: Facing couples, holding inside hands, dance 8 step-swings, starting hopping on L and swinging R foot. |
| 1-4 | On the first bar (1), all couples turn CCW [M backward, W forward] as a couple to face new couple, with 2 step-swings, and dance 6 step-swings in place. | |
| 5-12 | (b) | Circle: Facing couples form closed circle, and dance 8 step-swings once round on the spot CW. Repeat dancing 1-1/2 times round CCW, and beginning with a stamp. Facing couples have now changed places [ie progressed]. |
| |:1-4:| | Repeat (a). | |
| 5-12 | Repeat (b), with new facing couple.
[Repeat from (a) as desired, with a new couple at each repeat.] See video from/with for Nordlek 2024. |
Provenance: Documented by H.A. Reinholm, and published in Tanhuvakka 1977. Tune P. Kailanen, from Viipuri. Taught by Turun Kansantanssin Ystävät in Vancouver, April 1984. One of the combined dances at Nordlek 2024 in Arendal, Norway.
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.201.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. p.376.
-- Laaksonen, Liisa & Maija Salo/ Lystiä leikkiä: perinnettä ja perinneleikkejä s.l.: Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto, 1983, p.43.
-- Finlands svenska folkdansring/ 'sotska, Ristiina' Årsprogram 1998-1999. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring rf, [1998]. p.49.
-- for Nordlek 2024
Description: Laine Ruus, Vancouver, 1984-04.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-03-16, rev. 2023-10-24.
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