Like Country Two Step, Polka is a progressive dance and travels around the outside of the floor in a counter clockwise direction similar to a race track. Polka's pattern structure is also very similar to Country Two Step.
The rhythm of polka rarely changes from the "triple step, triple step" timing and has a "lilted" styling which appears to have a bounce.
The polka was originally a Czech peasant dance, developed in Eastern Bohemia (now part of Czechoslovakia). Now a popular social dance and a competitive dance on the Country Western circuit, Polka consists of both 4 and 8 count patterns and is performed with an "upward lilted" motion.
LEARN HOW TO COUNTRY POLKA DANCE:
In this Country Polka dance lesson, Anthony and Rose Lewis teach you a unique way to take all of the moves you know in Two Step and translate them directly into Country Polka.
"The rhythm of polka rarely changes from the "triple step, triple step" timing and has a "lilted" styling which appears to have a bounce."
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