Country: Replot, Finland
Type: mixer
Formation: open circle of couples, two-hand hold with partner, M facing out of circle, W facing into the circle.
Steps:
slängsteg (step-swing),
sidsteg (side-step),
valssteg (waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) 'vals efter Karl Wäst' in: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., [1999]. p.53.
(2) 'Pönkkö Mattas slätvals' in: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000. [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., [1999]. p.28.
Recordings: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f. Årsprogram 1999-2000 track 16.
[Or any waltz in moderate tempo and appropriate structure.]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Figuré & progress: [In two-hand hold with partner] all dance 2 step-swings, stepping onto L foot, and swinging R across, then stepping onto R and swinging L. |
| 3-4 | All drop hold with partner and dance 2 sidesteps to L. Take two-hand hold with corner. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a) with corner, 2 step-swings, beginning stepping on R foot and swinging L, followed by 2 sidesteps to R, taking two-hand hold with partner. | |
| 9-12 | Repeat (a) with partner, 2 step-swings beginning stepping on L foot and swinging R, followed by 2 sidesteps to L, again taking two-hand hold with corner. | |
| 13-16 | Repeat 2 step-swings with corner, beginning stepping on R foot and swinging L (13-14), followed by 2 steps in waltz
tempo (15-16) towards corner (=new partner), finishing in waltz hold.
[In the video the subsequent waltz sequence begins with MR forward, WL backward. It would be just as easy to either take 3 steps (in waltz time, or even just 1 step) on the last bar, with or without a turn CW, so that the waltz begins 'normally', with ML back and WR forward, either out of the circle or towards the centre of the circle.] |
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| |:17-24:| | (b) | Waltz: All dance 16 waltz steps, turning CW and CCW, [moving in LOD]. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired with new partner at each repeat. |
See video Lovisa folkdansare 2010 (at 3:00)
Provenance: Dance originally described by Runar Skog.
Source: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring/ Årsprogram 1999-2000 [Helsingfors]: Finlands Svenska Folkdansring r.f., [1999]. p.81.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2014-01-12, rev. 2023-02-25.
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