Vorvindar glaðir

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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