OSHKOSH - Many dance fads come and go, but none resonate with Wisconsin quite as much as the classic dances passed down from the years before disco. German and Scandinavian settlers brought with them ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Have you ever danced the polka? Kansas lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas. Originally a Czech dance, the polka spread throughout ...

Dancers looking to learn some traditional moves for this year’s Oktoberfest could take part in free polka lessons at the Concordia Ballroom on Sunday. The event lasted from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and was ...

Under purple lights at Rohnert Park’s Bastet Dance Fitness, Catherine Chatman wraps her leg around a pole and spins gracefully to a Beyoncé song. Chatman, 68, is strong and she’s focused. She laughs ...

Apr. 5—Promoter Joe Nardone smiled with satisfaction Saturday afternoon as his gaze took in the hundreds of people gathered in the Keystone Ballroom at Mohegan PA for Pennsylvania PolkaFest 2025.

Jud and Cathy Murray embraced as they skillfully swirled among other dance pairs Wednesday at the Crow Wing County Fair. The Brainerd couple nearing a half-century of marriage began dancing together ...

PINE ISLAND — The Hudson Valley Polonaise Society is offering Polish language classes and free polka dance classes this spring. The Polonaise Society will have beginner, intermediate and advanced ...

What do you get if you cross a 1,000-year-old Bavarian shoe-slapping dance with an all-male Italian folk routine that was on the brink of extinction? A sweaty, joyous double-bill! When Alessandro ...

GIRARD — The Penn-Ohio Polka Pals will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a dance Sunday at Avon Oaks Ballroom. Nine bands will perform between 2 and 7 p.m.: Tony Zupanchick & Friends, Julie Tadaj, ...