Cross polka
The cross polka is a figure dance in 2/4 time. It was created in the middle of the 19th century in Pomerania as an urban ballroom dance, conquered the Berlin dance halls in 1887 and then spread throughout Central Europe. Hans von der Au states that it developed from Hack-Scottish .
The name is based on the dance version and some dance steps.
The fact that it was already part of the first list of Austrian basic dances from 1956 speaks for the widespread use of the cross polka .
Dance sequence
Especially in the German-speaking area there are a number of different types of this dance:
Form from the Upper Palatinate
- Measure 1–2: with 3 steps, dancer on the left, dancer on the right, a complete turn with expansive steps in the direction of the dance and then a cross-dab step
- Measure 3–4: the same against the dance direction, dancer on the right, dancer on the left
- Measure 5: a sideways step in the dance direction
- Measure 6: the same opposite, but towards the partner
- Cycle 7–8: two-step rotator (with 4 steps, 2 rotations clockwise)