Excerpt from Folk-Dances of Finland: Containing Sixty-Five Dances Selected, Edited and Translated The Numbers in Parentheses which appear in the descriptions, refer to the measures of the music which are numbered correspondingly. Position refers to the position taken by the dancers at the beginning of the dance (not at the beginning of a separate figure in a dance). Inside Hand is the one nearest to one's own partner; the other is called the outside hand. The same explanation applies to the inside and outside foot. ...
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Excerpt from Folk-Dances of Finland: Containing Sixty-Five Dances Selected, Edited and Translated The Numbers in Parentheses which appear in the descriptions, refer to the measures of the music which are numbered correspondingly. Position refers to the position taken by the dancers at the beginning of the dance (not at the beginning of a separate figure in a dance). Inside Hand is the one nearest to one's own partner; the other is called the outside hand. The same explanation applies to the inside and outside foot. Ordinary Dance Grasp. The boy's right arm is around the girl's waist, the girl's left hand is on the boy's shoulder, and her right hand is in his left. Single Hand Grasp. The boy stands on the left of his partner and holds her left hand in his right, their elbows slightly bent. Outside hands on hips, with fingers turned backward. Double Hand Grasp. Partners stand facing each other, the boy holding the girl's left hand in his right and her right in his left. Cross Hand Grasp. The boy stands on the left of the girl and takes her right hand in his right hand and her left in his left. High Hand Grasp. The boy and girl stand opposite each other and join right (left) hands, with elbows bent, fingers extended, and with the side of the little finger against the inside of the other's thumb. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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