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Title

Polish folk dances and songs : a step-by-step guide / Ada Dziewanowska with Basia Dziewanowska [and others].

Author

Dziewanowska, Ada.

Publication

New York : Hippocrene Books, 1997.

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Description

672 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

• The most comprehensive and definitive book on Polish Dance in the English language, this work contains in-depth descriptions of over 80 of Poland's most characteristic and interesting dances, including such national dances as the Polonez, the Mazur, the Kujawiak, the Oberek, the Krakowiak, and over 70 selected dances from Mazowsze, Malopolska, Silesia, Wielkopolska, and Pomorze.
• For each dance, the author provides step-by-step instructions on the dancers' positions, basic steps, and patterns. There are over 400 illustrations depicting steps and movements, and over 90 appropriate musical selections providing the musical score, lyrics in Polish, and the English translations and pronunciation.

Subject

• Folk dancing, Polish
• Folk dance music > Poland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-662) and index.

Contents

Polish Folk Dances: Their Origins and Development -- Selected Regional Dances. Lowicz Region. Opoczno Region. Green Kurpie Region. Lublin Region. Rzeszow Region. Sacz Lachy Region. Podhale Region. Sample Dances from Sub-regions of Podhale. Upper Silesia (Gorny Slask) Region. Group I. Cieszyn Dances. Group II. Beskid Mountain Dances. Group III. Dances Popular all over Upper Silesia. Group IV. Dances from Other Subregions. Macro Region of Wielkopolska. Kaszuby Region -- The National Dances. Polonez. Mazur. Kujawiak. Oberek. Krakowiak. Profile: Ada Dziewanowska.

ISBN

0781804205

LCCN

97026137

OCLC

• 37180983
• ocm37180983

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries