Country: Oviken, Jämtland, Sweden
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle facing partner, M facing out of circle, W facing in. Waltz hold with palms together.
Steps:
schottis
(ie chassé),
sidsteg (sidesteps),
pivot, walk. NB: all steps with svikt (lift).
Music:
ringländer frå Oviken;
Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur Musik till svenska folkdanser Stockholm: SUB, 1964. p. 58-59 [contains 2 tunes].
Recordings:
Finlands svenska folkdansring Årsprogram 2005-2006 track 08 or any gammal schottis, preferably from Jämtland, with appropriate length and tempo.
| Bars | Sequence | Dance progression |
| |:1-8:| | (1) | Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance 8 schottis turning steps, turning CW and moving in LOD (1-8). Ditto turning CCW (1-8). |
| 9-12 | (2) | M leads his partner in front, finishing with M facing in LOD, W in RLOD. Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance one schottis
introductory step moving diagonally forward to ML (toward centre of circle), followed by one moving diagonally forward to MR (away from centre of circle) (9-10).
Beginning with Ms back in LOD, couples turn with 4 pivot steps (11-12). |
| 13-16 | Repeat (2). | |
| 9-12 | (3) | M leads his partner in front, finishing with M facing in LOD, W in RLOD. Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance one schottis
introductory step moving diagonally forward to ML (toward centre of circle), followed by one moving diagonally forward to MR (away from centre of circle) (9-10).
Moving in RLOD, M dances 4 walking steps with svikt backwards, W forwards (11-12). |
| 13-16 | Repeat (3). | |
| 1-4 | (4) | Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples danc 4 sidesteps [moving in LOD] (1-2). Dropping hold and free hands hanging,
M turns twice CCW, W CW, with 4 pivot steps (3-4).
|
| 5-8 | Repeat (4). | |
| 1-4 | (5) | Holding inside (MR/WL) hands with free arms hanging and facing in LOD, couples dance 2 chassé steps forward in LOD (1-2).
M dances forward in LOD with 4 walking steps with svikt (lift), while W, slightly ahead of her parner, turns CCW under the joined hands with 4 pivot steps (3-4). |
| 5-8 | Repeat (5). | |
| 9-12 | (6) | In waltz hold and M with back in LOD, couples dance 2 schottis turning steps (9-10).
Couples dance 4 sidesteps forward in LOD (11-12). |
| 13-16 | Repeat (6). | |
| 9-12 | (7) | M leads his partner in front, finishing with M facing in LOD, W in RLOD. Starting with outside (ML/WR) foot, couples dance one schottis
introductory step moving diagonally forward to ML (toward centre of circle), followed by one moving diagonally forward to MR (away from centre of circle) (9-10).
Dropping hold with R hand or with waltz hold, M takes a firm hold around partner's waist with R hand and lifts her CW, 1/2 turn, while turning backwards and stepping L R (11). Beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot and hanging outside arms or free hands at waist, couple walks forward with 2 walking steps. |
| 13-16 | Repeat (7). |
See Dancilla video from Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur. [Danced in RLOD].
Provenance: One informant was Salomon (Salmen) Eliasson (1865-1961) from Kövra in Myssjö parish demonstrated sequence (6). Another informant, Lisa Jonsson (1878-1962), said that the first couple on the dance floor determined whether the dance was done in LOD or RLOD, ie CCW or CW around the dance floor - all subsequent couples followed their lead.
This was one of the combined dances for Nordlek 2006 in Göteborg.
Printed source:
revised Swedish description prepared for Nordlek 2006.
See also the original descrition in: Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur/ Beskrivning av svenska folkdanser 2001 ed. pp.
86,
87,
88 or
[pdf format].
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-06-11.
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