Country: Island
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, facing CW (ie in RLOD), holding inside hands at shoulder height. W in inside circle, M in outer circle. Free hands on hips.
Steps:
lyftispor (my best guess, as it is not apparently described in the source, is step forward (1:1), close and lift (1:2), sink (1:3)),
skiptispor (change-step), walk
Music:
sheet music
Recordings:
Trió Björns Thoroddsen & Andrea Gylfadóttir Vorvindar Sena 2006.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-3 | (a) | Beginning with L foot, all dance 3 change steps forward in RLOD. |
| 4 | Step forward on R foot and pause. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a).
On last beat, drop handhold, W turn 1/2 turn CCW, and finish with all M facing CW, all W facing CCW. |
|
| 9-12 | (b) | All take R-in-R hold with partner, palms together, at shoulder height, dance 4 lyftispor once round CW. Sometimes danced
with 3 lyftispor and 2 walking steps.
Finish R-sides together with partner, dropping hold, free hands on hips. |
| 13-14 | All dance one change-step to R, passing back to back with partner (13), and one change-step to L, passing face to face with partner (14). | |
| 15-16 | M lifts R hand, and W, holding partner's thumb in her R hand, turns under the arms CW, 4 walking steps (R L R L).
All finish as at beginning of (a). |
|
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See YouTube video
Printed source: Valgeirsdóttur, Sigriði Þ. / Þjóðdansar I. Reykjavik, 1959. p.51.
My best attempt at a translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-09-13.
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