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Word: polkas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Taps. Nowadays a dancing instructor must be versed in all kinds of dancing. Gone is the cotillion master whose repertoire was complete with the schottische, polka and waltz. To be up-to-date the schools must teach the ballet, the toe-dance, the classical and acrobatic dance, the fox trot, one-step, two-step and waltz and the tap dance. Leading exponent of the latter is Billy Newsome, vaudevillian, onetime teacher for Ned Wayburn, Broadway showgirl trainer. The tap dance is in vogue. "Society," says Tapper Newsome, "is taking it up. I've tutored the Vanderbilts and the Astors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dance Masters | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...last surviving daughter of Charles Dickens, known in her own right for her paintings of children; in London. She was married twice, first to Charles Alston Collins, brother of Novelist William Wilkie Collins; second to Painter Carlo Perugini of Italy. Aged 10, Kate Dickens taught her father a polka to dance with her at the birthday party of her brother Charles Dickens Jr. Author Dickens, many years after, specially insisted that the polka lessons ("my fondest memories") be included in his biography by John Forster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 20, 1929 | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...Polka de W. R." and "Troika en Traineaux" are characteristic piano recordings of Rachmaninoff. Beautifully recorded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECORDS | 11/28/1928 | See Source »

...points would have the flag of its nation higher on a tall flag pole in view of all spectators. This would lead to excitement and incipient rioting at all times. The couples should be made to execute a valse for one hour, a fox trot for the next, a polka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

...Therefore, when Henry and Mrs. Ford led off in a lancers, Mr. Menjou followed, with his fiancée, Cinemactress Kathryn Carver, whom he will shortly espouse in Europe. Naturally the smart folk of the Majestic followed gaily the lead of Motor Man Ford when he proceeded to waltz, polka, mazurka and Virginia reel. Tales of these dancings and prancings flashed ahead of the Majestic and spiced English comment and curiosity about Celebrity Ford, until his arrival became London's most toasting-hot teatime news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mysterious Robinsons | 4/16/1928 | See Source »

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