polka węgierka lesson
Polka węgierka
region: Kurpie Zielone: name of the dance: polka węgierka;dancers: Katarzyna Hełpa-Liszkowska i Paweł Liszkowski, Joanna Wolańska, Przemek Bogusławski, Bogumiła Zgorzelska, Piotr Zgorzelski; muzyka: Polka węgierka performed by Kapela Dudziarzy Wielkopolskich - Romuald Jędraszak (bagpipe) and Marcin Jędraszak (violin); produced by: Fundacja Czas Tradycji; recorded in 2015 in Łódź; "TaniecTradycyjny.pl" project financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage; project realized in collaboration with the Institute of Music and Dance for the www.tance.edu.pl website
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Polka węgierka also known as Pisany.
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Couple positions – M and W are standing side by side.
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Arms are crossed at the back, holding each other.
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Right with right.
Left with left.
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The basic step is chodobieg (jog-trot),
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we link it with the characteristic figure of a “dot” – front and side,
then we bring the feet together again.
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We will show it now.
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1-2-3-4, “dot”, “dot”, bring the feet together.
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We repeat this figure four times.
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In the second figure, we replace the jog-trot with accents.
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Two accents front.
Accent, accent, “dot”, “dot”, bring the feet together.
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The same thing to the back.
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Accent, accent, “dot”, “dot”, bring the feet together.
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Then the couple turns around in 12 steps.
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1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12.
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And “dots” – “dot”, “dot”, bring the feet together.