Polka dancing came about in the mid 1800's. Polka was brought over to the United States from European immigrants. The polka name is "Czech" for half-step because of the rapid movement from one foot to the other however; Czech is a term for Polish Girl, the word Polka means Polish Woman in Polish. After coming to the U.S. polka dancing became very popular among us Americans. .
Polka is now very popular among the country-western dancers. The polka music is a fast tempo that normally has 190 beats per minute. The most popular polka song is "Beer Barrel Polka". Many of these polka songs are ballroom music just with an upbeat tempo. When "Beer Barrel Polka" was released by the Andrews Sisters 350,000 was sold. If you are to hear this song you better watch out because you will see people obsessed with polka dancing hopping and spinning across the room.
Polka dancing in American is danced by couples rotating around in a circle. It consists of small jumps on one leg at a fast speed using some simple steps and some hopping. Polka dancing is a happy, fun way to dance that is very easy to learn but needed a lot of energy to dance. The movements of polka can be somewhat compared to at galloping but in a fast way while spinning around. It's like the two step, but it's fast and normally danced on a large dance floor.
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