Polish Folk Dances and Songs:
A Step-By-Step Guide
by Ada Dziewanowska
with Basia Dziewanowska, Jas Dziewanowski,Stas Kmiec, and Jacek Marek
Published by Hippocrene Books, NY, 1997. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, some foxing to edges, clean unmarked text. Illustrated large 4to, index 672 pages.
Written by Ada Dziewanowska who came to America in 1947, taught Polish language courses at Harvard, studied dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music and was a dance director and choreographer for the Boston Krakowiak Polish Dancers. In 1979, she became artistic director and choreographer of the Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This book contains over 70 selected dances with step-by-step instructions on the dancers' positions, basic steps and patterns. There are over 400 illustrations depicting steps and movements and over 90 appropriate musical selections providing the musical score, lyrics in Polish and the English translations and pronunciation.
Loc: E16
Polish Folk Dances and Songs:
A Step-By-Step Guide
by Ada Dziewanowska
with Basia Dziewanowska, Jas Dziewanowski,Stas Kmiec, and Jacek Marek
Published by Hippocrene Books, NY, 1997. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, some foxing to edges, clean unmarked text. Illustrated large 4to, index 672 pages.
Written by Ada Dziewanowska who came to America in 1947, taught Polish language courses at Harvard, studied dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music and was a dance director and choreographer for the Boston Krakowiak Polish Dancers. In 1979, she became artistic director and choreographer of the Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This book contains over 70 selected dances with step-by-step instructions on the dancers' positions, basic steps and patterns. There are over 400 illustrations depicting steps and movements and over 90 appropriate musical selections providing the musical score, lyrics in Polish and the English translations and pronunciation.
Loc: E16
