Knot dance
| Knot dance | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Couple dance |
| Music: | Very broad ( pop music ) |
| Tempo: | any |
| Origin: | Germany |
| Creation time: | ~ 1970 |
| List of dances | |
The knot dance (also: Friesenrock , more rarely crank dance ) is a couple dance similar to the Discofox . It was created in the 1970s. The Friesian skirt is a dance that - in contrast to most other dance styles - does not have a fixed sequence of steps, but in which the focus is mainly on the arms. Many different figures can be danced to the very simple basic step. It is particularly popular in student associations and aristocratic circles , otherwise the Friesian skirt is rather unknown.
history
The knot dance was danced in Germany in the 1970s as a French modification of rock 'n' roll, mainly in aristocratic circles and student associations. At that time you couldn't learn it in dance schools , but instead taught each other the dance and the figures. At the beginning of the 1980s, a woman from Friesen organized, among other things, a knot dance course for young people in the Bonn area, which gave rise to the name "Friesenrock" as a synonym. It is not part of the standard repertoire of a dance school, but there are now some dance schools that teach the knot dance.
music
You can dance the Friesian rock to almost any style of music, the 80s, 90s and charts are particularly popular.
Basic swing
In contrast to most of the dances that can be learned at dance schools, the beat is not kept by a set sequence of steps. The gentleman leads the lady with his left hand, which he swings with the rhythm. To the music they move towards each other and then apart again and place their free palms on each other when they are close. Numerous figures can be danced from this basic swing.
Trivia
A Munich dance school owner sued another Munich dance school because they were also teaching Frisian rock. The woman claimed to have invented the Friesian skirt in the 1990s and developed it since then. The court found the defendant dance school right, as it stated that the plaintiff had developed the dance, but not invented it. The term "Friesenrock" does not infringe the trademark either.
Web links
- Interview with knot dance teacher Martin Strachwitz
- Website of the knot dance teacher Elisabeth Yorck von Wartenburg
- Interview with Elisabeth Yorck von Wartenburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Can you do knot dance? Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ↑ a b c The Dance of Lizzy's Knot Dance . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ↑ Come on, knot with me! Lady blog, interview with a knot dance teacher; accessed on April 13, 2016.
- ↑ Munich's dance schools are allowed to continue teaching the "Friesenrock" . In: Die Welt , October 5, 2001.
- ^ BPatG · Decision of July 9, 2003 · Az. 32 W (pat) 226/01 Court judgment; accessed on April 13, 2016.