Country: Iceland
Type: couple dance
Formation: couples, double circle, M facing out of circle, W facing in.
Steps:
gangtrin (walk),
tramp/stamp (stomp/stamp),
mazúrkasving,
vals (waltz)
Sheet music: Skellir for Nordlek 2024
Recording: Skellir for Nordlek 2024
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1 | 1 (a) | Elbow-hook & stamp: Couples take R-elbow hook, and turn CW on the spot, 3 walking steps. |
| 2 | Stamp R foot [inside (MR/WL) foot]. | |
| 3 | Couples take L-elbow hook, and turn CCW on the spot, 3 walking steps. | |
| 4 | Stamp L foot [outside (ML/WR) foot]. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (1 (a)).
Finish side by side, arm-in-arm, facing LOD. |
|
| 9-10 | (b) | Mazurkasving & stamp: Couples dance 2 'mazurkasving' forward in LOD. |
| 11 | M swings partner over to his L side, while dancing 3 small steps on the spot (L-R-L). Meanwhile W dances 3 walking steps over to ML side (R-L-R). | |
| 12 | Stamp[outside (ML/WR) foot]. | |
| 13-16 | Repeat (1 (b)). M swinging partner back to his R side. | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Waltz: Couples take waltz hold and, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance turning waltz,
moving in LOD. 16 waltz steps.
Finish in waltz hold, facing in LOD. |
| 1-2 | 2 (a) | Advance & stamp: Couples dance 3 walking steps (M:L-R-L; W:R-L-R) forward in LOD (1), finishing with a stamp with inside (MR/WL) foot forward in LOD on last beat (2:1). |
| 3-4 | Couples turn and dance 3 walking steps in RLOD, finishing with a stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot beside inside foot on last beat (4:1). | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (2 (a)). | |
| 9-10 | (b) | Mazurkasving & stamp: Still in waltz hold, couples dance 2 'mazurkasving' forward in LOD. |
| 11-12 | Couples dance 3 walking steps forward in LOD (11), finishing with a stamp with inside (MR/WL) foot beside inside foot on last beat (12:1). | |
| 13-14 | Still in waltz hold, couples dance 2 'mazurkasving' moving in RLOD, finishing with a stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot beside inside foot on last beat (14:1). | |
| 15-16 | Couples turn and dance 3 walking steps in RLOD, finishing with a stamp with outside (ML/WR) foot beside inside foot on last beat (16:1). | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Waltz: Couples take waltz hold and, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance turning waltz,
moving in LOD. 16 waltz steps.
Repeat from (1 (a)) as desired. |
See video from/with þjóðdansafélag Reykjavíkur 2023 prepared for Nordlek 2024.
Provenance: One of the combined dances at Nordlek 2024 in Arendal, Norway.
Source: translated from a
Danish description prepared for Nordlek 2024.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-06-18.
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