Fingerpolka, Klappdans frå Henning, Klappdans frå Østfold aka Fingerpolka aka Ungersveinen og jomfruva

Country: Norway
Type: couple dance/mixer

    Klappdans/klappdans frå Østfold aka fingerpolka, Ungersveinen og jomfruva
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, holding inside hands, facing LOD.
Steps: bytomfotsteg with hop (change step) or polka, gåsteg (walk)
Sheet music: (1) Semb, Klara Norske folkedansar: turdansar Oslo: Noregs Boklag/Det Norske Samlaget, 1991. pp. 296, 417; (2) same tune as klappdans frå Henning but played AABB.
Recordings: Dansefoten Tradisjonsdans i Buskerud - turdans, 3 track 06 [YouTube]; Frode Haltli mm Norske turdansar IV frå Austlandet track 17 [YouTube]; Gunnar Hahns Folkdansorkester Nordiska danser track A3; Spillemandslauget Østjyderne Nordiska legestuemelodier track 15 [Google]; Åge Grundstad's Ensemble Norske tur- og folkedanser 1 track B1 [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression
1-8 (a) Armsvingtur: Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance 8 bytomfot steps, moving in LOD and turning alternately towards partner and away from partner.
1-8   Polka: Couples take mazurka hold [or waltz hold] and dance, moving in LOD, 8 turning polka steps.
Finish in double circle, facing partner, M facing out of circle, W facing in.
9-12 (b) Figuré: Couples curtsey/bow to partner (9) and clap own hands 3 times (10). Repeat (11-12).
13-16   Couples clap R-hands (13), own hands (14), R-hands and individually turn CCW (over L shoulder) with 2 walking steps (15), and stamp 3 times (16). M turns CW (over R shoulder) while W turns CCW (over L shoulder) on (7:2).
9-12   Couples curtsey/bow to partner (9) and clap own hands 3 times (10). Repeat (11-12).
13-16   Couples shake R forefinger at partner (13), shake L forefinger at partner (14), clap R-hands while individually turn CCW (over L shoulder) with 2 walking steps (15), and stamp 3 times (16).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.
Each time the music is repeated, M dances the first polka step in (a) on the spot [Semp 1971 maintains M dance it backwards], as W move forward to next M, and dance continues with new partner.

Provenance: According to Tracie, "Klappdans is a Nordic counterpart of a little polka found all over Europe, involving hand-clapping and finger-pointing. Every land seems to have one or more versions, to essentially the same tune. This variant from Norway, virtually identical to the one from Sweden, is a dance-game with song. In Norwegian villages it has long been known as 'Ungersveinen og jomfruva' and is sung while dancing."

Lyrics:
|:Ungersveinen og jomfruva i dansen går,
i dansen går, i dansen går:|
|:tror du trallala, tror du trallala
akta deg du for meg, elles slær eg deg:|

See YouTube videos with Folkedanslaget Springar'n.

Sources:
-- Semb, Klara/ Norske folkdansar II: rettleiing om dansen. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1971. p. 261-262.
-- Semb, Klara/ Norske folkedansar: turdansar Oslo: Noregs Boklag/Det Norske Samlaget, 1991. pp. 296-298, 417.
-- Tracie, Gordon E. 'Klappdans' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/ Syllabus of dance descriptions 1964. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1964. pp. 69-70 (pp. 86-87 of the pdf file).

   
    Fingerpolka
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in open circle.
Steps: bytomfotsteg II (change-step somewhat slow and flat-footed), gåsteg (walk)
Sheet music: Bakka, Egil / Danse, danse, lett ut på foten. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1975. p. 182.
Recordings: Vårdal, Vegar et al 'Fingerpolka frå Ljørdalen' Norske turdansar 4 - turdansar frÃ¥ Austlandet 1 track 10 [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression
1-8 (a) Hamborgar: Couples take samdanstak nr. 1 [similar to waltz hold, but ML hand faces down, and WR hand is over back of ML hand, with her fingers tucked into his palm]. Couples dance 8 change-steps, turning CW and moving in LOD (ie CCW).
Finish in double circle, M facing out, W facing in.
9-10 (b) Figuré: Beginning with L foot, partners stamp 5 times in time to the music: L-R-LRL.
11-12   Partners clap own hands twice (11) and 3 times (12), ie total 5 times in time to the music.
13-15   Couples shake R forefinger at partner 3 times (13), shake L forefinger at partner 3 times (14), shake R forefinger once at partner while individually turning one full turn CCW (over L shoulder) with 2 walking steps (15).
16   All take 2 walking steps to own R, stopping at the next oncoming dancer (=new partner).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

Provenance: this is a variant of klappdans filmed in 1968 with K.J. Nordmoen, Selma Moen and Elise Lans, Ljørdalen i Trysil.

Source: Bakka, Egil / Danse, danse, lett ut på foten. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1975. pp. 47, 182.

   
    Klappdans frå Henning
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: bytomfotsteg II (change-step, with a deep dip on the last beat), gåsteg (walk)
Sheet music: klappdans frå Henning. [Note: played AB.]
Recordings: Norske turdansar 5 - turdansar frå Trøndelag track 18 [YouTube].
Bars Part Dance progression
1-8 (a) Circle: In closed circle, starting with L foot, all dance 8 change-steps, moving CW.
9 (b) Figuré: All drop hand hold, and turn to face partner [M facing in LOD, W in RLOD], 2 walking steps.
10-11   All clap own hands 3 times (10). Drop hands to sides and pause (11).
12   All clap own hands 3 times.
13-14   Couples clap R hands, then own hands once (13). Clap L hands, then own hands once (14).
15-16   Couples take R-in-R thumb-hold with partner, and turn 1/2 way round CW [with 2 change-steps] to change places.
When the music repeats, all have a new partner.
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See YouTube video with Folkedanslaget Springar'n.

Provenance: this is a variant of klappdans documented in 1968 after Tella Bjerkem, Henning in Nord-Trøndelag.

Source: Bakka, Egil / Danse, danse, lett ut på foten. Oslo: Noregs Boklag, 1975. p. 52.


Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-07-30, rev. 2023-06-08.


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