Polish folk dances and songs
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide
By: Ada Dziewanowska with Basia Dziewanowska ... [et al.].
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
Subjects: Folk dancing, Polish.; Folk dance music -- Poland.
Other titles: Polish folk dances & songs
Description: The most comprehensive and definitive book on Polish Dance in the English language, this work contains in-depth descriptions of over 80 of Poland's most characteristic and interesting dances, including such national dances as the Polonez, the Mazur, the Kujawiak, the Oberek, the Krakowiak, and over 70 selected dances from Mazowsze, Malopolska, Silesia, Wielkopolska, and Pomorze.

For each dance, the author provides step-by-step instructions on the dancers' positions, basic steps, and patterns. There are over 400 illustrations depicting steps and movements, and over 90 appropriate musical selections providing the musical score, lyrics in Polish, and the English translations and pronunciation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-662) and index.