Now an archive for Scandinavian folk dance, this channel formally featured Scandinavian folk music. Much of that music has found a new home on the channel “Scan Fiddle”.
Fantastic to see the Tor's polsteg the same as Halbakken taught in 1980? and 1982 at Mendocino. The right foot does not "travel" for count two just rotates on the toe. A different step than the way people do finnskogpols. Not to mention the woman's polsteg.
So glad I found this! I've been looking for this dance for ages, but wasn't sure of the name. I used to dance this with my grandfather when I was little, (back in the 50s) and he used to swing me through the air at the spinning part. So great to see this again. Thank you for posting, and thank you YT for making this possible. <3