EDELWEISS DANCERS
DANCES
Below is a complete list
of all our dances. We have included brief descriptions and pictures of
some of the dances. Videos coming soon!!
1.
Steirer
A dance where intricate figures are
performed and the guys try to steal a kiss.
2. Haushammer
3.
Export
4.
Lady in Red
(Das Mädchen im Roten Mieder)
5.
Oberkrainer
6.
Volkswagen
A mens dance created
by Julius Pichler,
who is believed to be
one of the first Schuhplattlers
in the Vancouver area.
7.
Potpourri
A composite of 3 separate plattls.
8.
Schneewalzer
9.
Salzburger Stierwascher
A dance we learned by video of
an Austrian Schuhplattler Group of
the
same name which visited Vancouver in 1986.
We have recently found out that the dance
is actually
the Puchberger Schottisch and a Mazurka combined.
10.
Almtanz
11.
Kirmess
12.
Tiroler Figurentanz
This is also a figure dance with
some figures similar to the
Steirer. The music is
a bit faster and more
peppy (no time for the guys to steal a kiss).
13.
Kreuz Koenig
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King's Cross. A specialty
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dance with two couples performing in a circle.
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They need plenty of room as the women
get the chance to fly.
14.
Dreisteirer
One man and two women perform intricate figures
as the
man tries to woo the women.
15.
Watschenplattler
This is a dance of two men fighting over
one woman
and a third man runs in and steals
her much to their surprise.
16.
Zillertaler HochzeitsPolka
17.
Bandltanz
This is the Maypole Dance. The dancers carry
red and
white ribbons and weave them as they dance
around a Maypole.
This dance is a combination of weaving, plattling
and waltzing.
18.
Holzhacker
This is probably the most well known of dances.
This is the Woodchoppers' Dance
where the men chop logs and, of course,
plattl.
We also have an ax sharpener who joins in
on the fun.
19.
Bankltanz
The Bench Dance. Two men compete for the
bench after one decides to take a break from
hard work.
20.
Bergknappentanz
The Miner's Dance.
Five men go down to work in the salt mines
where
they work hard chiselling the rock, ringing
their chisels
and dancing once a salt vein is struck.
21. Kreuzpolka
22.
Funfer
This dance was also created by Julius Pichler and is a five man dance.
23.
Heidauer
24.
Old Vienna
Another mens dance created
by Julius Pichler.
25.
Schnackelwaltz
26. Arch
March
A couples dance created
by Julius Pichler.
27.
Muhlradl
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The Miller's Dance. A marching dance where the dancers perform
different figures that represent the workings of a mill.
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