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Jenkka (Finnish pronunciation:[ˈjeŋkːɑ]) is a fast[citation needed]Finnishpartner dance found in Finnishfolk dance,[1] the Finnish version of theschottische.[2][3] It is danced to music in2
4 or4
4time signature, with about 140beats per minute.[citation needed] The dance arose in the mid-19th century,[1] and was being danced in rural areas in the 1960s.[2]
Men and women do similar steps. The initialdance position is with the man to the left of the woman both facing in the direction of theline of dance, with their inner arms on each other's waists. The dancers go forward in a run similar to that of thepolka: "left-right-left-hop (on the left foot)", "right-left-right-hop". After that they join the free arms, assume the face-to-face closed dance position and proceed with the chain ofpivot turns stepping "left-right-left-right" or "left-hop-right-hop". The runs of similar steps are normally started at the beginnings of musical phrases.
Finnish actor and musicianGeorg Malmstén composed many jenkkas.
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