What is a Polka?

/kloc-a 2/4-beat duet popular in Europe in the 0/9th century. Both Poland and Czechoslovakia believe that it originated from their respective cultural traditions. 65438+The steps of Polka Rhythm Dance, which was popular in Czech countryside in 1930s, laid the foundation for Polka Dance. This is a lively dance. The dancers stand face to face, with the right hand of the male partner holding the waist of the female partner and the left hand reaching out to hold the right hand of the female partner. According to this posture, the dancers rotate counterclockwise around the ballroom in pairs. There are mainly two kinds of dance steps: one is the one-legged bouncing step, which can move forward, backward or rotate, called the polka step; The other is the action of heel and toe landing in turn. 1840, Polka was brought to Paris by professional dancers and performed at Odeon Theatre. The master dancer in Paris adapted it into a dance with five patterns (see country dance), which was deeply loved by the public. 1844, the Paris dance teacher Celarius brought it to London and spread all over England. Polka dance extends from Windsor Castle to the ball in the town. At the same time, some performance variants have appeared in theaters in Paris and London. The variation of 3/4 beat created by F Cerrito and A Saint Leon is also famous, and it is called the redova dance. The composer B Bedrich Smetana's "The Betrayed Bride" and J Weinberg's "Swan the Piper" also used polka dance.

A folk dance music in the Czech Republic. /kloc-prevailed all over Europe in the 0/9th century. Features: the second beat, the jump is fast and lively, and the second half of the second beat is slightly paused for decoration. Bedrich Smetana, the founder of Czech national music (such as Polka in his opera The Bride Betrayed), first applied this dance form to instrumental music and opera creation.

Mainly male and female duets. The basic action consists of two steps and a jumping step. /kloc-It was very popular all over Europe in the middle of 0/9th century. It can be roughly divided into three types: fast, slow and Mazuka rhythm. Generally, it is a trilogy style with two beats and a lively rhythm. Czech composer Bedrich Smetana was the first to compose operas and instrumental music, such as Polka in the betrayed bride.

Polka is a transliteration of the word Polka, which evolved from the word "half" in Bohemian, meaning that the steps of this dance are relatively broken and based on half a step. It describes the rapid alternation of one foot and the other foot in 2/4 time. From this point, we can also imagine that polka is a lively dance.

This is a lively dance. The dancers stand face to face, with the right hand of the male partner holding the waist of the female partner and the left hand reaching out to hold the right hand of the female partner. According to this posture, the dancers rotate counterclockwise around the ballroom in pairs. There are mainly two kinds of dance steps: one is the one-legged bouncing step, which can move forward, backward or rotate, called the polka step; The other is the action of heel and toe landing in turn.

Polka was originally a peasant dance in Czechoslovakia, which developed in the former East Bohemia region of Czechoslovakia. Although it should have developed from Czech folk dance, Bohemian historians believe that it was invented by a peasant girl who entertained herself on Sunday. 1833, Polka entered Prague ballroom for the first time. 1840, a dance teacher in Prague performed Polka in Paris, which made Polka suddenly break into salons and dance halls in Paris. A wave of Polka fever has awakened many young people who have no chance to dance. All the dance academies went into battle to teach Polka, but they still couldn't meet people's requirements for learning dance.

/kloc-In the middle of the 0/9th century, polka spread to Britain and America, and waltz replaced country dance and Cotilin dance. Polka fever made other Central European dances popular, such as Garoup, Polonaise, Redova, Mazzuca and scottie, which were relatively easy to learn. Galoppe's dance steps are similar to waltz and Polka, but the rhythm is similar to Polka, both of which are 2/4 beats. Dancers dance very fast, only spinning occasionally. Polonaise's main sacrifice is 3/4 beat, with moderate speed. It is a solemn and dignified queue dance, which is often used in the opening of masquerade balls. But it may be because of its queue form that it has not become popular in dance halls dominated by duets. The redova in Bohemia consists of three basic dance steps: the catch-up dance, the ordinary waltz dance and the two-speed waltz dance. Its music is a slow waltz. Mazzuca was originally a Polish folk dance, which used waltz music, but there was always stress on the second or third beat. Dance steps include three basic components: jumping, sliding and heel strike, and the combination of movements is more complicated. Scottie Sk is a German folk dance, which consists of two steps: sliding and jumping, with a rhythm of 2/4 and 4/4 beats. Due to the popularity of these dances, some dances composed of the above dances in different orders and proportions appeared in the ballroom, which greatly enriched the varieties and styles of ballroom dances.

But there are ups and downs in any dance. Polka, even the oldest dance in Central Europe, will inevitably decline. In the 20th century, new dances such as ragtime and jazz overwhelmed Polka with their brand-new vitality and appearance. Nowadays, in the land outside Poland, we can only see Polka in some classical ballets within the scope of Polish immigrants in the United States. Polka dancing is no longer popular in dance halls.

polka

/kloc-a 2/4-beat duet popular in Europe in the 0/9th century. Both Poland and Czechoslovakia believe that it originated from their respective cultural traditions. 65438+The steps of Polka Rhythm Dance, which was popular in Czech countryside in 1930s, laid the foundation for Polka Dance. This is a lively dance. The dancers stand face to face, with the right hand of the male partner holding the waist of the female partner and the left hand reaching out to hold the right hand of the female partner. According to this posture, the dancers rotate counterclockwise around the ballroom in pairs. There are mainly two kinds of dance steps: one is the one-legged bouncing step, which can move forward, backward or rotate, called the polka step; The other is the action of heel and toe landing in turn. 1840, Polka was brought to Paris by professional dancers and performed at Odeon Theatre. The master dancer in Paris adapted it into a dance with five patterns (see country dance), which was deeply loved by the public. 1844, the Paris dance teacher Celarius brought it to London and spread all over England. Polka dance extends from Windsor Castle to the ball in the town. At the same time, some performance variants have appeared in theaters in Paris and London. The variation of 3/4 beat created by F Cerrito and A Saint Leon is also famous, and it is called the redova dance. The composer B Bedrich Smetana's "The Betrayed Bride" and J Weinberg's "Swan the Piper" also used polka dance.

A folk dance music in the Czech Republic. /kloc-prevailed all over Europe in the 0/9th century. Features: the second beat, the jump is fast and lively, and the second half of the second beat is slightly paused for decoration. Bedrich Smetana, the founder of Czech national music (such as Polka in his opera The Bride Betrayed), first applied this dance form to instrumental music and opera creation.

Mainly male and female duets. The basic action consists of two steps and a jumping step. /kloc-It was very popular all over Europe in the middle of 0/9th century. It can be roughly divided into three types: fast, slow and Mazuka rhythm. Generally, it is a trilogy style with two beats and a lively rhythm. Czech composer Bedrich Smetana was the first to compose operas and instrumental music, such as Polka in the betrayed bride.

Polka is a transliteration of the word Polka, which evolved from the word "half" in Bohemian, meaning that the steps of this dance are relatively broken and based on half a step. It describes the rapid alternation of one foot and the other foot in 2/4 time. From this point, we can also imagine that polka is a lively dance.

This is a lively dance. The dancers stand face to face, with the right hand of the male partner holding the waist of the female partner and the left hand reaching out to hold the right hand of the female partner. According to this posture, the dancers rotate counterclockwise around the ballroom in pairs. There are mainly two kinds of dance steps: one is the one-legged bouncing step, which can move forward, backward or rotate, called the polka step; The other is the action of heel and toe landing in turn.

Polka was originally a peasant dance in Czechoslovakia, which developed in the former East Bohemia region of Czechoslovakia. Although it should have developed from Czech folk dance, Bohemian historians believe that it was invented by a peasant girl who entertained herself on Sunday. 1833, Polka entered Prague ballroom for the first time. 1840, a dance teacher in Prague performed Polka in Paris, which made Polka suddenly break into salons and dance halls in Paris. A wave of Polka fever has awakened many young people who have no chance to dance. All the dance academies went into battle to teach Polka, but they still couldn't meet people's requirements for learning dance.

/kloc-In the middle of the 0/9th century, polka spread to Britain and America, and waltz replaced country dance and Cotilin dance. Polka fever made other Central European dances popular, such as Garoup, Polonaise, Redova, Mazzuca and scottie, which were relatively easy to learn. Galoppe's dance steps are similar to waltz and Polka, but the rhythm is similar to Polka, both of which are 2/4 beats. Dancers dance very fast, only spinning occasionally. Polonaise's main sacrifice is 3/4 beat, with moderate speed. It is a solemn and dignified queue dance, which is often used in the opening of masquerade balls. But it may be because of its queue form that it has not become popular in dance halls dominated by duets. The redova in Bohemia consists of three basic dance steps: the catch-up dance, the ordinary waltz dance and the two-speed waltz dance. Its music is a slow waltz. Mazzuca was originally a Polish folk dance, which used waltz music, but there was always stress on the second or third beat. Dance steps include three basic components: jumping, sliding and heel strike, and the combination of movements is more complicated. Scottie Sk is a German folk dance, which consists of two steps: sliding and jumping, with a rhythm of 2/4 and 4/4 beats. Due to the popularity of these dances, some dances composed of the above dances in different orders and proportions appeared in the ballroom, which greatly enriched the varieties and styles of ballroom dances.

But there are ups and downs in any dance. Polka, even the oldest dance in Central Europe, will inevitably decline. In the 20th century, new dances such as ragtime and jazz overwhelmed Polka with their brand-new vitality and appearance. Nowadays, in the land outside Poland, we can only see Polka in some classical ballets within the scope of Polish immigrants in the United States. Polka dancing is no longer popular in dance halls.