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Pages in category "Swedish folk dances" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hambo; P. Polska ...
The variants of hambo that are danced today, with so-called dalsteg (dal step) on the first two measures, was probably spread in the 1910s and 1920s. Another potential origin is hambo-polska. [2] From about the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century hambo-polska was a very popular dance in parts of Sweden. Printed ...
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List ...
Bugg is a common dance style in Sweden and is very popular on the dancefloors, when dansbands play. [1] Bugg is a four-step dance and performed at different paces (120–180 BPM). Bugg is a partner dance and follows certain basic rules, but is essentially improvised, with the woman following the man's lead.
The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively. Thus one may find both "hasapiko" ("the ...
The Slängpolska (Swedish plural slängpolskor; "släng" Swed. for "toss, throw, chuck" and directly cognate to the English "to sling") is a Swedish folk dance and sometimes also the description of certain folk music tunes. The dances bearing the name slängpolska can be divided into two major types.
Gammaldans (Swedish and Nynorsk) or Gammeldans (Danish and Bokmål) (literally "old dance") is a small set of Nordic dances that became broadly popular in the late 19th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These were also the dances of the Nordic immigrant communities in the United States .
The dance arose during the 80s due to a lack of men wanting to dance. Then it was discovered that a man could dance the Swedish partner dance Bugg with two women concurrent. Suddenly a new dance style in Sweden was invented, double bugg. Today double bugg is a small formation dance consisting of three people. The formation of different patterns ...