Polka

Bars: 8.

As waltzing did earlier, polkaing became part of the country dance repertoire of figures.

The earliest reference to polkaing in a country dance that I have found is Seaton's 1852 The Ball-Room Manual from the UK.

Elias Howe published 9 country dances which contain polkaing as one of their figures in The American Dancing Master, 1862.

Some dances which (probably) use this figure

• Dances for which I have animations
• Dances in (R)SCDS Books

Note: This list may be incorrect or incomplete.

See Also

• Waltz

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