The Venezuelan polka is a hall dance that has its origin in Europe at the beginning of the 19th century and arrived to Venezuela in the middle of that century. Polka has not been recognized like a Venezuelan sort, but many composers have loaded it with Venezuelan characteristics. The bands that consolidated the polka at the end of the XIX century occupied to integrate in their repertoire these compositions, guaranteeing the life of the polka in the country.

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  • The Venezuelan polka is a hall dance that has its origin in Europe at the beginning of the 19th century and arrived to Venezuela in the middle of that century. Polka has not been recognized like a Venezuelan sort, but many composers have loaded it with Venezuelan characteristics. The bands that consolidated the polka at the end of the XIX century occupied to integrate in their repertoire these compositions, guaranteeing the life of the polka in the country. For the time that arrived the polka to Venezuela, the hall dances constituted the most important entertainments for the ladies of the high society, which was organized by musical turns that were made up generally of waltzes, polka, danzas and other pieces like mazurca, were executed with a rhythmical character different from the European dances. In these hall dances although occur at the time that the social structure of the colony was conserved, attenuated the differences between targets, creole people and afro-Venezuelan people. These last ones accompanied the ladies to the dance, observed their steps and later practicing them. This attitude has been one of the reasons of the incorporation of polka and other sorts to the popular tradition.
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  • The Venezuelan polka is a hall dance that has its origin in Europe at the beginning of the 19th century and arrived to Venezuela in the middle of that century. Polka has not been recognized like a Venezuelan sort, but many composers have loaded it with Venezuelan characteristics. The bands that consolidated the polka at the end of the XIX century occupied to integrate in their repertoire these compositions, guaranteeing the life of the polka in the country.
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  • Venezuelan polka
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