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.

Wisconsin and Minnesota, Milwaukee and Chicago – this is polka’s American heartland. We never think of words like “sexy” or ...

FITCHBURG — The Revontulet Folk Dancers are excited to present a Nordic folk dance workshop and an evening dance to be held Saturday, March 22, at the Finnish Center at Saima Park, located at 67 ...

QUINCY – Celtic music, a polka band, Latin dancers and more will take over Quincy Center next month for the two-day Multicultural Folk Festival aimed at "celebrating a wide variety of cultural ...

The group performs polka, folk dance, waltz and more, and, this year, alumni are reuniting to perform these types of dance once again at Westfest.

The polka music was playing and the perogi was being served at the annual American Polish Festival at the American Polish ...

"Polka's a fantastic dance," said Sandra Rowlands of Dallas, who came to the PolkaFest with her husband, Richard, and four other friends. Indeed, there seem to be many fantastic varieties — as ...

Richard March, of the Wisconsin Historical Society, said “polka first rose to popularity from humble folk traditions in Europe during the 1840s. The 2/4 dance step was markedly more rambunctious ...

Kimberly and Michael Shambora of Laflin, at left, are enthusiastic about dancing the polka. John and Jean Gallas of Lancaster brought their twins, 17-month-old Andrew and Elizabeth, to see a bit ...