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At its core Czech American polka music is dance music (polka, waltz, two step, čardaš) with many different local variations developing into distinct folk dances such as the: Seven Step Polka, Garden Waltz, and Schottische. Historically dances were key to the cohesiveness of Czech American communities, and offered a safe space for Czech Americans.
I, Songs of the Polka King Vol. II (1997), and Brave Combo's Kick Ass Polkas (2000). Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra is one of the most popular polka bands in America, having won 18 of the 24 awards for Grammy Award for Best Polka Album. Polka Varieties was an hour-long television program of polka music originating from Cleveland, Ohio. The show ...
Dances from this region which are still often practiced and performed by Polish Folk Dancing groups include Polka bez nogi (Polka without one leg), Polka w lewo (Polka to the left), Trampolka, Chodzonego (pronounced "hod-zon-e-gogh", meaning walking dance), Oberek, Sztajerek and Waltz. [14]
In folk dancing, the waltz and the polka are in a different form to standard ballroom dancing. Sprachinseltänze (literally "language island dances") are those dances which are actually by German -speaking minorities (see German as a Minority Language ) living outside Austria, but which originate in Austria, e.g. those of Transylvania .
Orchestre de salon Eugénie: A Parisian salon orchestra specialized in French and Parisian dance music between 1850 and 1900 (waltz, polka, quadrilles, schottische). An important part of their activities and performances is dedicated to Émile Waldteufel, Léon Waldteufel (the brother) and Louis Waldteufel's music.
Aug. 21—Electronic violinist, dancer and artist Lindsey Stirling will bring her "Snow Waltz" tour to Mechanics Bank Arena on Nov. 20. Stirling shared in a news release, "I always love touring ...
Of the encores, the unannounced first encore is often a fast polka. The second is Johann Strauss II's waltz "The Blue Danube", whose introduction is interrupted by light applause of recognition and a New Year's greeting in German (originally added by Willi Boskovsky) from the conductor and orchestra to the audience. The origin of this tradition ...
The polska (Swedish plural polskor) is a family of music and dance forms shared by the Nordic countries: called polsk in Denmark, polka or polska in Estonia, polska in Sweden and Finland, and by several different names in Norway. Norwegian variants include pols, rundom, springleik, and springar.