He didn't know the schottische, but when we improvised, the dance floor was all ours.
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The schottische, also known as reinlender, polka and waltz are other common dance rhythms.
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Madrid is known for its chotis music, a local variation to the 19th century schottische dance.
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Common dances in the pelimanni traditions include the polska, polka, mazurka, schottische, quadrille, waltz, and minuet.
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In the early 18th century, European dances like polka, waltz, reel and schottische begin to arrive via Denmark.
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Some dances also involve setting steps from Highland dancing, such as the rocking step, high cuts, or Highland schottische.
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By the turn of the century, the middle classes of Maryland were holding regular dances featuring the cotillion, quadrille, schottische, polka and waltz.
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Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighboring countries including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka.
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They danced the polka and the schottische for hours, fueled by hardtack, meatballs, lutefisk and occasional nips at a flask of schnapps that always seemed at hand.
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Music performed for dancing the schottische
A German round dance resembling a slow polka
The schottische is a partnered country dance, that apparently originated in Bohemia...
(Ger., "Scottish", pron. in English "shotteesh") two-in- a-measure round dance. One of many types of country dancing. Occasionally called the "German polka".
Influenced by Scandinavian music, this is an English variation of the polka. Frequently danced as a country dance with music much like the strathspey. A fast 4/4 walk. (Brig of Perth)
A dance similar to the Polka. It is characterized by the clapping of hands after having taken three hopping steps. It is written in 4/4 time.