Country: Etelä-Karjala (south Karelia), Finland
Type: varies
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.20.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.15.
(3) Väisänen, Yrjö/ nr 102 in: Kisapirtti: 125 suomalaista kansantanssia. Porvoo: Werner Söderström
Oy, [1962]. p.125.
(4) Collan, Anni/ Suomalainen kisapirtti - nuotit. 4 painos. Helsinki: V. Söderström, 1946. p.4.
(5) Komulainen, Orovikki/ 'Valkeaa ja hieno' in: Old Finnish folk dances. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävä r.y., 1978. p.12.
(6) Laaksonen, Liisa & Maija Salo/ Lystiä leikkiä: perinnettä ja perinneleikkejä s.l.: Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto, 1983, p. 37.
(7) Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ 'white and nice' in: Folk-dances of Finland,
containing sixty-five dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915.
[Note: same music for both Valkea ja hieno & Valkealan hieno]
Recordings: Suomen Nuorison Liitto, track B2; Katrillaten 2 track 35.
Valkea ja hieno, Räisälä
Type: progressive longways set Formation: any number of couples (at least 3 couples) in a longways set, M to L, W to R as seen from the top of the set (ie the music). Steps: kävelyä (walk) Sheet music: see above Recordings: see above |
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Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
1-4 | (a) | Karkelo: Couples 1 and 2 turn to face on own side. M1 with M2 and W1 with W2 dance karkelo, curving into opposite person's place. |
5-8 | M1 with M2, and W1 with W2 dance karkelo as above to return to place. Finish facing partner. | |
9-14 | (b) | Piiri (circle): couples 1 and 2 form closed circle, hands at shoulder height, and dance 8 walking steps moving CW, followed by 8 walking steps moving CCW. |
15-16 | On the last 4 walking steps, couple 2 makes an arch through which couple 1 passes to couple 2's place, thus progressing. | |
1-16 | Couple 1 repeats (a) and (b) with couple 3. | |
1-16 | Couple 1 repeats (a) and (b) with couple 4, while couple 2 dances as above with couple 3.. | |
Repeat from (a) as desired until all couples have danced.
See YouTube video from/with Nuorisoseura Karjalan Nuorten kansantanssiryhmä Lykky. Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.230.
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Valkealan hieno, Etelä-Karjala
Type: mixer Formation: open circle of couples, M facing out of circle, W facing in. Fists on hips. Steps: varvashyppely (kick-steps), kävelyä (walk) or polkka Sheet music: see above Recordings: see above |
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Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
|:1-4:| | (a) | Varvashyppely (kick steps): All dance 16 kick-steps facing partner, hopping onto L and kicking R foot forward. |
5-8 | (b) | Paripyörintä (couple turn): Take two-hand hold with partner, and dance 8 walking steps turning CW on the spot.
Alternatively: dance 4 polkka steps turning CW with partner on the spot. |
5-8 | Take two-hand hold with corner (ie M move CW in circle, W move CCW), and dance 8 walking steps turning CCW on the spot.
[Alternatively: dance 4 polkka steps turning CCW with partner on the spot. In this case, this is not a mixer.] |
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Repeat from (a) as desired.
Provenancee: taught by Martti Vanhapellto in Vancouver, 1988-03-25 to 26.
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