Country: Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples in double circle, waltz hold, facing LOD
Sheet music:
(1) Andersson, Otto & Greta Dahlström/ Nrs. 1579-1585 in: Folkdans: A2. yngre dansmelodier.
(Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 466; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI)
Åbo: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1975. pp. 537-539.
(2) 'after Otto Silander' for Nordlek 2024
[The tune is also known as pidätyspolkka in Finland.
Variants of the tune occur for the following dances
Stop, Denmark,
Stopp & Djävlar anamma stopp, Åland,
Halihiljaa &
Nuuskapolkka, Finland,
Stoggen & polkastoppen, Norway, and
Skåningen & stoppen, Sweden]
Recordings:
Bauduin, Arthur 'Skåningen eller stoppen' [YouTube]
Dyvik, Siri et al. 'stoggen frå Hordaland' Norske turdansar 3 - turdansar frå Vestlandet track 21 [YouTube];
Gjesdalringen 'snuspolka' Traditional music from Norway [YouTube];
Holstebro Folkedanserforening 'stop, Ulfborg' Folkedans med Arne Bech track 04.
Kansantanhuyhtye 'nuuskapolkka' Suomalaisia tanhuja (1957 PSO) track A8 [YouTube];
Komulainen, Jari, Panu Helke et al 'nuuskapolska' Halihiljaa track 32;
Komulainen, Jari, Panu Helke et al 'nuuskapolska' Halihiljaa (SKY-03) track 05;
Myklebust, Rolf 'stoggen' TurdanseEnsemblet track B3;
Pömpeli Pömpeli pöm cd 01 (1998);
Pömpeli 'Pidätys polkka' Hilapiäles track 02;
Rytmi-kvintetti (Saaren yhtye) 'pidätyspolkka' Suomen Nuorison Liitto (SNL41) track A2;
Vårdal, Vegar et al. 'polkastoppen frå Østfold' Norske turdansar 4 - turdansar frå Austlandet 2 track 08
[YouTube];
Yli-Rahnaston pelimannit 'pidätyspolkka' (2021) [YouTube];
Aage Grundstads Ensemble 'stoggen (snuspolka)' Norske tur og folkedanser 2 track 15 [YouTube];
for Nordlek 2024
| Djävlar anamma stopp, Brändö
Steps: polka, stamp (stamp/stomp), Sheet music: nr 13 'after Edvin Östling' in: Ålands Ungdomsförbund r.f./ Musik till Åländska folkdanser. [Finström]: Ålands Ungdomsförbund r.f., [1981]. p.10. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 15-16 | upnotes | All pause. |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Polka: Couples dance 8 turning polka steps, turning CW (1-8). Ditto turning in CCW (1-8) [moving in LOD]. |
| 9 | (b) | Polka side & turn: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 1 polka step diagonally towards ML [toward circle centre]. |
| 10 | Couples stomp with inside (MR/WL) foot. | |
| 11 | Couples dance 1 polka step diagonally towards MR [out of circle]. | |
| 12 | Couples stomp with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
| 13-16 | Couples dance 4 polka steps turning twice round CW. | |
| 9-16 | Couples repeat (b).
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] Lyrics:
Provenance: Documented by Viking Sundberg in 1980 from a video with Edvin Östling (born 1908) from Brändö, Korsö. The recording
was made by Per-Ove Högnäs. The tune has occured in other parts of Åland. The lyrics above have been sung to the tune, in Finström
among others.
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| Stopp, Kumlinge
Steps: fotombytessteg (change step), gallop, polka (without hop), stamp (stamp/stomp), gångsteg (walk) Sheet music: 'after Otto Silander' for Nordlek 2024 Recordings: for Nordlek 2024 |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Promenade: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 16 walking steps moving in LOD. |
| 1-8 | (b) | Polka: Couples dance polka, turning CW and moving in LOD, 8 polka steps. |
| 9 | (c) | Chassé & stomp: Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 1 change step diagonally toward circle centre. |
| 10 | Couples stomp with inside (MR/WL) foot. | |
| 11 | Beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot, couples dance 1 change step diagonally out of circle. | |
| 12 | Couples stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
| 13-16 | (d) | Gallop: Couples dance 8 gallop steps in RLOD. |
| 17-24 | Repeat (c) and (d).
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] See video prepared for Nordlek with Folkdansarna på Åland 2024, Provenance: Documented by Viking Sundberg in 1982 after Anna 'Celly' Marcelly Silander (1897-01-16 to 1982-12-26). One of the
combined dances at Nordlek 2024 in Arendal, Norway.
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| Fingerpolka, Esbo, Nyland/Uusimaa
Steps: polka (without hop), slutstampning/markering (stamp/stomp) |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| Original description: [One dances fingerpolka such that one first dances polka, then polka steps ending with s stomp, then to the other side, and then polka again.] One possible interpretation is as follows: | ||
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Couples dance 16 turning polka steps, moving in LOD. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couples dance 1 polka step, turning CCW, followed by a stomp (9-10). Ditto CW followed by a stomp (11-12). Followed by 4 polka steps turning CCW (13-16). |
| 17-24 | Repeat (b).
Repeat from (a) as desired. Heikel, Yngvar/ Nr. 724 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel. (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. p.381. |
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| Första maj, Pedersöre, Österbotten/Pohjanmaa
Steps: polka (without hop), slutstampning/markering (stamp/stomp) Sheet music: Andersson, Otto & Greta Dahlström/ Nrs. 1582-1585 in: Folkdans: A2. yngre dansmelodier. (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 466; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Åbo: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1975. pp. 538-539. Recordings: |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 1 polka step turning CCW (1), followed by a stomp with inside (MR/WL) foot (2:1). | |
| 3-4, 1-2 | Beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot), couples dance 3 polka steps turning CW (3-4,1), followed by a stomp with outside (ML/WR) foot (2:1). | |
| 3-4 | Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 1 polka step turning CCW (3), followed by a stomp
with inside (MR/WL) foot (4:1).
[Repeat from beginning as desired.] [The above is my interpretation of the original description, others are possible. Note that in Andersson & Dahlström nr. 1584 (see under 'sheet music', there is a different but unfortunately very cryptic description of 'första maj'.] Lyrics [one version of several]:
Provenance: Also known as 'Stopparin' in Maxmo, Österbotten/Pohjanmaa. Source: Heikel, Yngvar/ Nr. 725 in: Folkdans: B. dansbeskrivningar sammanställda av Yngvar Heikel. (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 268; Finlands Svenska folkdiktning, VI) Faksimilutgåva 1982. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1938. p.381. |
Provenance: Variants of this dance, consisting of polka interspersed with stamps/stomps to one side and another, have occured in various
parts of, especially Swedish-speaking, Finland, under a variety of names, including 'Stannpolka' and 'Stådans' in Sibbo, 'stoppen' in
Tenala, 'stopp' in Kimito, 'stoppolka' in Pargas, 'fingerpolka' in Esbo, 'stopparin' in Maxmo, and 'första maj' in Pedersö.
It is also known as 'piratyspolkka' (pidätyspolkka) elsewhere in Finland.
The dance, and similar music, is also known to have occured as
Stop in Denmark,
Stopp on Åland and elsewhere in Finland,
Stoggen & polkastoppen in Norway,
Stoppen & 'Skåningen' in Sweden.
According to Gammaldans i Norden, related dances are also known in Denmark as 'slibstensstykke', in Finland as
'piratyspolkka' [pidätyspolkka] and 'stopp-polka', and in Norway as 'stoggen' and 'Skåningen'.
[Source: Urup, Henning, Henry Sjöberg, Egil Bakka (eds.)/ Gammaldans i Norden. Rapport frå forskningsprosjektet.
Komparativ analyse av ein folkeleg dansegenre i utvalde nordiske lokalsamfunn. Oslo: Nordisk forening for folkedansforskning, 1988. p.263.]
Translation & descriptions: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2023-05-18, rev. 2023-06-22.
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