Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls ­himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the 1960s, it was the twist; in the ’20s, the Charleston. But these fads were mere blips on ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s time to put on the dancing shoes for the 44th annual event drawing thousands of people to Pulaski. Experts say that the key to the perfect polka dance performance is ...

Jud and Cathy Murray embraced as they skillfully swirled among other dance pairs Wednesday at the Crow Wing County Fair. The Brainerd couple nearing a half-century of marriage began dancing together ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Have you ever danced the polka? Kansas lawmakers are working to get the polka named as the official state dance of Kansas. Originally a Czech dance, the polka spread throughout ...

Sure, some teens might fit into convenient categories – geeks and goths and jocks and such. But Becky Livermore, who will be at the Great Lakes Folk Festival on ...

PULASKI (WLUK) -- A fun summer tradition has returned to Pulaski once again. Despite rain in the forecast, Pulaski Polka Days is back for its 46th year as hundreds of people are already joining in on ...

OSHKOSH - Many dance fads come and go, but none resonate with Wisconsin quite as much as the classic dances passed down from the years before disco. German and Scandinavian settlers brought with them ...