Country: Småland, Sweden
Type: set dance or mixer
Formation: any number of couples in an open circle, facing LOD, holding inside hands.
Steps: sidsteg (side-step), waltz
Sheet music: Eriksmåla marknadsvals, Kosta, Ekeberga, Småland,
or other waltz with appropriate structure and tempo.
Recorings: Pekkari, Erik Eriksmåla marknadsvals Gubbstöt Giga Folkmusik, 2015
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), all dance 1
waltz step turning somewhat away from each other and one waltz step turning
towards each other, moving in LOD (1-2).
With hands free and 2 waltz steps, M turns half turn CCW and W turns half turn CW to face in RLOD (3-4). All, beginning with outside foot (MR/WL), dance 1 waltz step turning somewhat away from each other and one waltz step turning towards each other, moving in RLOD (5-6). With 2 waltz steps, M turns a half turn CW and W turns a half turn CCW to face in LOD (7-8). |
| 1-8 | (b) | Holding inside hands (MR/WL), all dance a
pancake-turn with 2 waltz steps (9-10).
All take 2-hand hold with partner, and dance 2 sidesteps moving in LOD (11-12). Repeat (b) (13-16). |
| 9-16 | (c) | Holding MR/WL, W dances under MR arm turning CW as M dances 2 waltz
steps forward in LOD (1-2).
Changing hands holding ML/WR, W now turns under ML arm with 2 waltz steps, turning CW, as M dances 2 waltz steps forward in LOD (3-4). Repeat (c) (5-8). |
| 9-16 | (d) | All take waltz hold and dance 6 waltz steps, turning CW (9-14).
W turns CW under ML arm, with 2 waltz steps as M dances 2 waltz steps forward in LOD (15-16). |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. | ||
| The dance may be done as a couple dance or as a mixer. During the last 2 waltz steps in part (d) W dances under ML arm, and forwards (in LOD) to the next M. |
See YouTube video with Folkdanslaget Norrbyringen (at 0:46)
Provenance: devised by MariAnne Malmén, to commemorate Västerviks 550th anniversary in 1983.
This was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2015 in Viborg.
Printed sources:
Translation: L. Ruus, Edinburgh, 2014-10-13, rev. 2021-06-29.
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