Program

The Krakowiak is a Polish dance from the region of Kraków, the old capital of Poland (used by the Piast and the Jagiełło dynasties) and the center of southern part of the country, called Małopolska (Little Poland).

The Polonez

The Kujawiak

The Goralski is a dance from the Carpathian Mountains in the Southern area of Poland. Completely unlike any other dance in Poland it features very athletic and acrobatic performances by the men including their characteristic axe leaping!

The Mazur

The Oberek

The Trojak  The slow moving 'trojak' (a dance performed by a male dancer with two women partners) turns into a fast and lively dance full of elegant figures. The dancers perform nostalgic waltzes. After a while they follow the lively rhythms of a joyful 'grozik'.

Miala baba koguta

Przybyli ulani pod okienko

Szla dzieweczka

Krasnoludki

Kolysanka ze Slaska

 

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Illustrations from Polish folk art and Zofia Stryjeńska's 1927 Polish dances (PMC Collection).