POLKA Dancing Lesson - American Style Part 1

Here you will find the basic first steps in dancing the American style polka also known as the Chicago Hop. This is a different style polka in compared to the Polish style Polka which will be featured in a future video. Hope this first lesson helps! www.panfranek.com
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  • @joeybagadonuts3471
    @joeybagadonuts34712 жыл бұрын

    Mom was in her 80's and still loved to polka....and was as youthful as any 20 year old on the dance floor. Thanks for the nice memories.

  • @AlphaPoe
    @AlphaPoe8 ай бұрын

    Grew up doing the polka. The most fun dance in the world!

  • @Husker7733
    @Husker7733 Жыл бұрын

    Great about to try to teach polka to my great grandson I am 79.

  • @peterostash
    @peterostash Жыл бұрын

    Mom taught me this step 50 years ago. Thanks for another lesson.

  • @allenmurray7893
    @allenmurray7893 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, I cab see the basic steps. Now to try to put it to use. Thanks, simply Polish.

  • @shirleygage5985
    @shirleygage5985 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Has he grown up! I remember him playing with the family since he was little. Love your music. Very talented family ❤️🇵🇱

  • @inthewoods5099
    @inthewoods50995 ай бұрын

    A Doctor once asked me if I exercise. I told him I was polka dancing over the weekend. He said, that's not exercise....that's stamina! LOL

  • @AJ-ry5ce
    @AJ-ry5ce Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. You helped heighten my interest.

  • @mateuszpalczewski6703
    @mateuszpalczewski67032 жыл бұрын

    Finally! meyby i will lern how to dance! Grate job.

  • @marthamika7372
    @marthamika73722 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, that's one of my things to learn to polka ( the hop) I know how to dance the Polish polka ( the 1 step) Thanks again my husband will try at home first, Happy & Healthy New year 2022, hope to see your band one day...I love how you sing clearly Polish!!!🥳👍👍🎄🌞

  • @perryjohnson1701
    @perryjohnson170110 ай бұрын

    Diane would love this video ❤

  • @Husker7733
    @Husker7733 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for second video

  • @sonjaacosta7142
    @sonjaacosta71422 жыл бұрын

    nice job teaching this!!

  • @MrAbeebaby
    @MrAbeebaby Жыл бұрын

    @Simply Polish Thanks for the quick reply. Will you coming back to Buffalo? We're only a half hour from there on the Canadian side. Spent quite a bit of time checking out your videos, very nice. Is there one of the song you featured in the introduction of your video, or is it on a CD and what is the name of it? Thanks in advance. Hope to see you in Buffalo.

  • @TheLeftwheel
    @TheLeftwheel8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the demonstration. Our dances/music in Texas draws a lot of influence from Chez immigrants. It's not hard to see where we derived the twostep and found the time signatures for local country music.

  • @mikehess4494
    @mikehess44942 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @MrAbeebaby
    @MrAbeebaby Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video. This is on my bucket list, to learn the Chicago style polka.I'd better hurry though, I'm 78 years young. Btw, what band and tune is playing in your intro (love it)?

  • @simplypolish9337

    @simplypolish9337

    Жыл бұрын

    You can do it!! It's never too late to learn and it's "Pan" Franek Zosia and the Polka Towners www.panfranek.com

  • @belinda7410

    @belinda7410

    8 ай бұрын

    @@simplypolish9337Can you do some more polka tutorials?

  • @bishopgeorgemichaeljachimc9826
    @bishopgeorgemichaeljachimc98262 жыл бұрын

    Hummmm... I used to teach polka dancing at Ocean Beach Park, Polkabration, with Ronnie Bondrowski. This isn't how we taught it! Oh well.

  • @jackoff1826

    @jackoff1826

    9 ай бұрын

    Would love to see other ways

  • @jordanlee6885
    @jordanlee6885 Жыл бұрын

    Polka part twoooooo

  • @woolwitch
    @woolwitch5 ай бұрын

    This looks more like Rheinländer than Polka to me😊

  • @_archivum
    @_archivum2 жыл бұрын

    Where's the part 2 :D

  • @glitterforyourface6722
    @glitterforyourface6722 Жыл бұрын

    There's a lot of history about the polka my big sister she's been telling me the story about two special fiddlers she met from the old days, I think it was your sister's then she said you wore a crown on your head and we're singing piji Kuba is your name Erika???

  • @simplypolish9337

    @simplypolish9337

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes that is us!

  • @jackoff1826
    @jackoff18269 ай бұрын

    Waiting on other styles

  • @CivSki
    @CivSki Жыл бұрын

    Is this in Posen, MI!?!?

  • @simplypolish9337

    @simplypolish9337

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it is! 👌

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyrАй бұрын

    Its a dance instruction video ... but the camera guy doesn't seem to want to keep the focus on the feet. Kind of disappointing.

  • @annacarter6559
    @annacarter65593 ай бұрын

    Who is this girl? Children dance like this. Ask an 80 year old Viennese grandma. She'll teach you a smooth, civilised polka

  • @user-yz9yg4yx1k

    @user-yz9yg4yx1k

    2 ай бұрын

    This is not a smooth polka. Its a hop polka. Popular in Chicago.

  • @JacquelineSoulchick
    @JacquelineSoulchick Жыл бұрын

    Sorry, but as a dance teacher, showing a video where you demonstrate dance steps, but only record the bodies from the waist up serves no purpose because we can't see the feet.

  • @POLMAZURKA
    @POLMAZURKA Жыл бұрын

    ONE LEG TO ANOTHER IS A LEAP...NOT A HOP...LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE LEAPING AND BOUNCING.............

  • @jackoff1826

    @jackoff1826

    9 ай бұрын

    Different parts of the country do it different styles.