Snoa

SNOA
Swedish

PRONUNCIATION: SNOO-ah

TRANSLATION: Pivot dance

SOURCE: Gordon E. Tracie learned this dance in Sweden in 1948.

BACKGROUND: Snoa is an old-time Swedish that has counterparts in Denmark called "Svejtrit," and in Norway called "Rull" or "Rudl," and is a cousin to the Bavarian and Austrian Dreher. Snoa, the name the dance is known by in southern Sweden, is known as "Slunga" in the north. It is also known as "Klubba." Around the Stockholm area at old-time dance gatherings, the orchestras often play a polka (or Polkett) followed by the Snoa.

MUSIC: Aqua Viking (45rpm) V 820, "Berslags Polka;"
RCA (LP) INTS 1359, "Dans På Svenska," side 2, band 1;
Odeon (LP) E 054-34262, "Dans I Dalom," side 1, band 2 and side 2, band 3;
or any of several Swedish Snoa selections.

FORMATION: Cpls facing CCW around the dance area, W to M R in "Conversation" or Open Shoulder-Waist pos: M R arm around W waist, W L hand on M R shldr, outside hands hang freely at sides OR are on hip, fingers fwd.

METER/RHYTHM: 2/4

STEPS/STYLE: WALK: Beg outside ft, and taking two steps to a meas, walk fwd CCW in LOD with light springy steps.
TRANSITION: On the first ct of any fourth meas in a phrase, M take a short jump to both ft with a stamping action instead of a step L (ct 1); M step R fwd, turning R toe outward to R (ct 2). W, during this meas, step R,L fwd (cts 1,2).
PIVOT: Assuming closed pos (see below), cpls make one revolution per meas with two pivoting steps, M L,R and W R,L. Knees are slightly bent and there is a lilting lightness during the turn.

MEAS FREESTYLE MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION

THE DANCE

The dance starts with an unlimited number of Walk steps in LOD. When the M determines, and on the last meas of a four-meas phrase, M dances the Transition into a closed Swedish Folkdance Hold: Ptrs almost facing with M R arm around W waist, W L hand on M R shldr, M L arm bent and forearm parallel to floor with palm upward and holding W upper arm near elbow, W R arm nearly straight out from her shldr with her hand holding his upper arm near his elbow. Cpl now dances an unlimited number of Pivot steps, turning CW and moving CCW in LOD. When the M determines, the cpl may open into the Open Shoulder-Waist Pos by the M simply continuing to Walk fwd in LOD and allowing the W to open outward, stopping her outward rotation by FIRM pressure with his R hand in the small of her back. Dance repeats at M discretion.

Copyright © 2004 by Dick Oakes

SNOA Swedish

PRONUNCIATION:	SNOO-ah

TRANSLATION:	Pivot dance

SOURCE:	Gordon E. Tracie learned this dance in Sweden in 1948.

BACKGROUND:	Snoa is an old-time Swedish that has counterparts in Denmark called "Svejtrit," and in Norway called "Rull" or "Rudl," and is a cousin to the Bavarian and Austrian Dreher. Snoa, the name the dance is known by in southern Sweden, is known as "Slunga" in the north. It is also known as "Klubba." Around the Stockholm area at old-time dance gatherings, the orchestras often play a polka (or Polkett) followed by the Snoa.

MUSIC:	Aqua Viking (45rpm) V 820, "Berslags Polka;" RCA (LP) INTS 1359, "Dans På Svenska," side 2, band 1; Odeon (LP) E 054-34262, "Dans I Dalom," side 1, band 2 and side 2, band 3; or any of several Swedish Snoa selections.

FORMATION:	Cpls facing CCW around the dance area, W to M R in "Conversation" or Open Shoulder-Waist pos: M R arm around W waist, W L hand on M R shldr, outside hands hang freely at sides OR are on hip, fingers fwd.

METER/RHYTHM:	2/4

STEPS/STYLE:	WALK: Beg outside ft, and taking two steps to a meas, walk fwd CCW in LOD with light springy steps. TRANSITION: On the first ct of any fourth meas in a phrase, M take a short jump to both ft with a stamping action instead of a step L (ct 1); M step R fwd, turning R toe outward to R (ct 2). W, during this meas, step R,L fwd (cts 1,2). PIVOT: Assuming closed pos (see below), cpls make one revolution per meas with two pivoting steps, M L,R and W R,L. Knees are slightly bent and there is a lilting lightness during the turn.


MEAS	FREESTYLE MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION


	THE DANCE

	The dance starts with an unlimited number of Walk steps in LOD. When the M determines, and on the last meas of a four-meas phrase, M dances the Transition into a closed Swedish Folkdance Hold: Ptrs almost facing with M R arm around W waist, W L hand on M R shldr, M L arm bent and forearm parallel to floor with palm upward and holding W upper arm near elbow, W R arm nearly straight out from her shldr with her hand holding his upper arm near his elbow. Cpl now dances an unlimited number of Pivot steps, turning CW and moving CCW in LOD. When the M determines, the cpl may open into the Open Shoulder-Waist Pos by the M simply continuing to Walk fwd in LOD and allowing the W to open outward, stopping her outward rotation by FIRM pressure with his R hand in the small of her back. Dance repeats at M discretion.

Copyright © 2004 by Dick Oakes