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, ...

It was a picture-perfect summer day for the recent Polka Party at the Hammond Marina. The ever-popular event took place during the city’s annual Festival of the Lakes celebration. The day was ...

"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song" ; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Program notes include words of the songs, and bibliographical and ...

SOUTH RANGE — Out of all those places to dance on all those weekends over all those years, this is the last one left. It was a Sunday at the South Range Eagles Aerie 1122, an old building along a ...

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 ...