Country: Iceland
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 4 couples, in 2 lines of couples facing couples.
Steps: chassé (change-step)
Sheet music: Áfram ræll, after Gunnar Egilson (1927-2011)
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-2 | (a) | Change with opposite: Facing opposite couple, all couples advance with 2 chassé steps. The two opposite M exchange partners and |
| 3-4 | return to W's side, turning once round CW with 2 chassé steps. | |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a) to return to partner and place. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Change with neighbour: Repeat (a) with couple on own side. |
| 5-8 | Repeat (b) to return to partner and place. | |
| 1-2 | (c) | Change diagonally: All 4 couples dance diagonally into centre of set of 4 couples, with 2 chassé steps. Each M takes waltz hold with next W to his L (ie M moving CW around the set), and |
| 3-4 | returns to W's place, turning once round CW with 2 chassé steps. | |
| 1-4,|:5-8:| | Repeat (c) 3 times to return to original partner and place. | |
| |:1-4:| | Change with opposite: Repeat (a). |
See videos from/with Danshópurinn Sporið recorded in Akranes 2018-03-04; Havleikur 2022.
Provenance: This was one of the combined dances proposed for Nordlek 2021 in Tampere.
Source: see 2018 video (above).
Description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-09-14, rev. 2023-10-22.
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