Folk-dances and singing games; Dances of the people (1909)
Burchenal, Elizabeth, 1877-1959, Burchenal, Elizabeth, 1877-1959. Dances of the people · New York, G. Schirmer · leaf 90
STRASAK. (Bohemian.) The Strasak music consists of two distinctstrains: — A, the first, is repeated, making sixteenmeasures; B, the second, consists of but eight meas-ures. In fitting the steps to the music, each measureshould be counted thus : One, and, two, and. The dancers form a single circle… … Fig. 1. Number Two places hands on partners shoul-ders. Number One begins with the left foot, Num-ber Two with the right. Polka around the circle, leader moving forward,his partner moving backward at the same time.The polka is executed on the toes very lightly andbreezily. In executing the polka :…
Folk dancing · Games
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