The definition of ballroom dance also depends on the era: balls have featured popular dances of the day such as the Minuet, Quadrille, Polonaise, Polka, Mazurka, and others, which are now considered to be historical dances.

In the 1840s several new dances made their appearance in the ballroom, including the Polka, Mazurka, and the Schottische.

spisy I, 256 ) in the area of Hradec Králové, the tune Krakoviáky from the collection Slovanské národní písně of František Ladislav Čelakovský became very popular so that it was used to dance ( Czech dances ) třasák, břitva kvapík, and this way was called " Polka ".

With the exception of Polka, these dances were choreographed basing on some folk dances of Soviet republics.

Polka, Sudarushka and Russian Lyrical were progressive dances, i. e., moving along the line of dance.

These dances include: Two Step, Waltz, Cowboy or Traveling Cha Cha, Polka, Ten Step ( also known as Ten Step Polka ), Schottische, and other Western promenade dances, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Nightclub Two Step.

In some dances ( e. g., Polka, Hustle, Electric Slide ) it is an eight count figure, often split into two, mirroring each other and called " Grapevine to the right " and " Grapevine to the left ".

Some popular traditional bush dances are Stockyards, Haymaker's Jig, Galopede, Brown Jug Polka, Virginia Reel and Barn Dance.

The Polish people, or Poles ( ; singular masculine: Polak, feminine: Polka ), are a nation and a West Slavic ethnic group native to Poland.

Dances originating outside the Ukrainian ethnic region but which are also popular include: the Polka, Mazurka, Krakowiak, Csárdás, Waltz, Kamarynska and Barynya.

The lovers engaged in a minuet in " Polka du Roi " reveal themselves at length to be ' no longer human ': they are made of wax and trapped in the Musée Grévin.

Other less known styles are: the Sirilla, the Sajuriana, Refalosa, Polka.

Polka-dots become movement ... Polka dots are a way to infinity.

You would like ..." On certain theme days the hosts would invite the audience to peer through the Polka Dot Door to witness an educational video of some sort, showing, for instance, how crayons are made.

" Cordão do bola preta " (" Polka Dot Bloco "), that goes through the heart of Rio's historical center, and " Suvaco do Cristo " ( Christ's statue armpit, referring to the angle of the statue seen from the neighborhood ), near the Botanical Garden, are some of the most famous groups.

Polka dots are most commonly seen on children's clothing, toys, and furniture, but they appear in a wide array of contexts.

Polka is still a popular genre of folk music in many European countries and is performed by folk artists in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Slovakia.

The dance is still known by various other names in different regions, such as Schweinauer, Schleifer, Übern Fuaß, Mischlich, Grad und Ungrad, Neu-Bayerischer and, above all Bairischer ( meaning Farmer Dance a name sometimes confused with the Bavarian Polka ).

The opera is still performed occasionally, and the Polka and Fugue from it is often heard in a concert version.

The " Kinde Polka Fest " is held every year in downtown Kinde.

The annual National Polka Festival which features Czech cuisine, polka music, dancing, and a parade is held on Memorial Day weekend.

Myron Floren, second-in-command on The Lawrence Welk Show, released a recording of the Clarinet Polka entitled " Disco Accordion ".

( The success of Hee Haw and Lawrence Welk in syndication, and the network decisions that led to their respective cancellations, were the inspiration for a novelty song called " The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka ," performed by Clark ; the song became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1972.

The first zoo hippo in modern history was Obaysch who arrived at the London Zoo on May 25, 1850, where he attracted up to 10, 000 visitors a day and inspired a popular song, the Hippopotamus Polka.

* A Polka Fan's Website Stella's website to carry on the Polish Music Tradition.

* Their live music video, " The Denton Polka ", appears on the " Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation " ( released in 2009 ), a collection of documentary shorts directed by Christopher Largen exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.

From January to August 1941, story material was developed based on additional pieces, including Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner, The Swan of Tuonela by Jean Sibelius, Invitation to the Dance by Carl Maria von Weber, Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was later adapted into the Bumble Boogie segment in Melody Time ( 1948 ), and there was even consideration for a segment inspired by the Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper by Jaromír Weinberger.

Other characters included the cheerful Leutonian clarinetist Yosh Shmenge, who was half of the Happy Wanderers and the subject of the mockumentary The Last Polka, folksy fishin ' musician Gil Fisher, handsome if accent-challenged TV actor Steve Roman, hapless children's entertainer Mr. Messenger, corrupt soap opera doctor William Wainwright, smut merchant Harry, " the Guy With the Snake on His Face ", and Giorgy, everyone's favourite Cossack.

* Cleveland television station WEWS-TV launches Polka Varieties, a regular Sunday-afternoon, hour-long program devoted to polka music ; Frank Yankovic led the original band to perform on the show.

The two sisters did reunite, albeit briefly, on October 1, 1987 when they received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, even singing a few bars of " Beer Barrel Polka " for the Entertainment Tonight cameras.

** Jimmy Sturr for Living on Polka Time

13 on Billboard in 1938, staying on the charts for 2 weeks, " Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps ", " Dusk in Upper Sandusky " with Larry Clinton, " Shoot the Meatballs to Me Dominick Boy " with Toots Camarata, " A Man and his Drums ", " Mutiny in the Brass Section ", " Praying the Blues ", " Contrasts ", his theme song, " Major and Minor Stomp ", " Hep-Tee Hootie ( Juke Box Jive )" with Fud Livingston and Jack Palmer, " I Bought A Wooden Whistle ", " Tailspin " with Frankie Trumbauer, the classic jazz standard " I'm Glad There Is You ( In This World of Ordinary People )", " Clarinet Polka ", " I Love You in Technicolor ", " All The Things You Ain't " with Babe Russin, " JD's Boogie Woogie ", " Jumpin ' Jehosaphat ", " I'll Do Anything For You ", " Dorsey Stomp ", " Grand Central Getaway " with Dizzy Gillespie, " Sunset Strip " and " The Champ " with Sonny Burke, " Town Hall Tonight ", " Outer Drive " with Herb Ellis, the jazz standard " It's the Dreamer in Me " with Jimmy Van Heusen, recorded by Duke Ellington and others.

Polka dot skirt on a hanger.

His drawing-room sketches included his own popular songs, such as " See me Dance the Polka ", " The Happy Fatherland ", " The Polka and the Choir-boy ", " Thou of My Thou ", " The French Verbs ", " Go on Talking-Don ’ t Mind Me ", " I Don ’ t Mind Flies ".

Songs typically played during the Fifth Quarter include " On Wisconsin ," " You've Said It All " ( also known as the " Bud " song, referring to its beginning as a jingle in a Budweiser beer commercial ), " Space Badgers " ( A variation on the opening to Also sprach Zarathustra ), " Dance Little Bird " ( The Chicken Dance ), " Beer Barrel Polka ," " Tequila ," and " Hey Baby.

Pigs in a Polka is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on February 6, 1943 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Another program seen throughout the country was Polka Varieties, an hour-long program of polka music that ran locally on Sunday afternoons from 1 p. m. to 2 p. m. from 1956 into the early 1980s, and was syndicated during its later years to 30 television markets.

" America's Polka King ", Frank Yankovic, was the original band to perform on the show.

Uttering the well-known show-opening phrase, " From America's Polka Capital of Cleveland, Ohio, this is Polka Varieties, now in its ___ year on the air!

Polka is a dance in duple time that became popular across Europe in the 19th century and spread across the world, influencing music from Mexico to Japan.

Their other hits include " Hop Marinka ," " Na seniku ," " Od hr ' ma do hr ' ma ," and their European hit " Turbo Polka ," which hit the charts in Germany and Austria, bringing the group fame across Europe.