Letkajenkka
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Letkajenkka, anglicized to letkis, is a Finnish dance that is often danced at parties (at home, not so often in clubs). All the people dancing form a line so that you hold on to the one in front of you by the waist. The dance goes like this (everybody does the same thing):
- step to the right with your right foot
- step back to the middle
- step to the right with your right foot
- step back to the middle
- step to the left with your left foot
- step back to the middle
- step to the left with your left foot
- step back to the middle
- jump forward with both feet (1-2 feet in length)
- jump backwards with both feet
- jump forward three times with both feet
(repeat)
1-8 are often enhanced by jumping a bit.
A performance of this dance can be seen in the movie Cry-Baby (1990) with Johnny Depp.
The orign is the Finnish dance Jenkka which has roots in Finnish folk dances.
