The polonaise (Polish: polonez) is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."
The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin.
Polonaise is a widespread dance in carnival parties. Polonaise is always a first dance at a studniówka ("hundred-days"), the Polish equivalent of the senior prom that occurs approximately 100 days before exams.
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Poles dance Polonez (painting by Kornelli Szlegel)
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Chopin's Polonaise - a Ball in Hôtel Lambert in Paris.
Read more about Polonaise: Influence of Polonaise in Music, National Dance
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