The 19th-century European immigrants to Wisconsin arrived with polkas ringing in their ears. The polka, a lively couples dance in 2/4 time, had developed from folk roots and became a European ...

The tango fuses New World, African, and European dance styles and is accompanied first ... and by the '20s it evolves into a national folk treasure. Baritone Carlos Gardel rises to fame as the ...

European Review of History—Revue européenne d'histoire ... “National Dances and Popular Education—The Formation of Folk Dance Canons in Norden.” In Dance and the Formation of Norden: Emergences and ...

The Playfords, a band that works with German folk tunes and dances, mesmerised the Kerala ... Because it’s a rare genre even in Europe. What we do is very niche — it’s a quite small scene.