Dance officer

Dance officer and Funkenmariechen of the Blauen Funken at roll call at Wieverfastelovend in Cologne City Hall, 2019

The dance officer is the male dance partner of Tanzmariechen at the guard dance in the carnival , as well as z. B. the spark doctor with the Rote Funken from Cologne . In other parts of Germany the dance officer is sometimes called a major . The dance officer's couple dance with the dance marie imitates and satirizes the exercises and marches in the military, supplemented by some acrobatic lifting figures.

Members of the spark Garden have military service ranks, the radio doctor the medical officer and so the military in officer Srang a captain or major, lieutenant colonel or colonel equivalent. The typical clothing of the dance officer consists of a three- cornered hat , wig , uniform jacket , waistcoat with a lace jabot , boot pants and riding boots , often based on the model of uniforms from the 18th century.

Web links

• Dance officer. In: Narrenlexikon. Viernau municipality, accessed on February 13, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The dance officer for girls' sessions. rp-online.de, February 9, 2012, accessed on February 13, 2017 .