Country: Island
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples, open circle, waltz hold, M back into centre of circle.
Steps: waltz
Sheet music: Reykjavikarvals by Ðorvalður Björnsson
or any waltz with a |:1-16:| or |:1-8::9-16:| structure.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | (a) | Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance towards centre of circle with 1 waltz step (M backwards, W forwards), then back out with one waltz step (W backwards, M forwards). Followed by two waltz steps turning CW and moving in LOD. |
| 5-8 | W dances, with 4 waltz steps CW under joined ML/WR arms, two full turns (one-half turn per waltz step). Meanwhile M dances running waltz steps forward in LOD. | |
| 9-14 | (b) | Six turning waltz steps moving in LOD. |
| 15-16 | On the last 2 waltz steps W dances CW under joined ML/WR arms, as before. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
Note 1: this was one of the combined dances for Nordlek 2000 in Stavanger.
Note 2: this can easily be turned into a mixer, by, on 15-16 W moving forward in LOD to next M.
Source: translated from a Swedish translation prepared for Nordlek 2000.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-05-10, rev. 2021-06-04.
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