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]. |
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| 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. |
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| 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:
See YouTube videos with Folkedanslaget Springar'n. Sources:
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| 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 frå Austlandet 1 track 10 [YouTube]. |
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| 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. |
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| 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]. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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