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The Schuhplattlers And Folk Dancers Of St Yorgen In Austria

1984 , St Ives (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 32878

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Austrian folk dancers entertain a Cambridgeshire audience.

At St Ives, Cambridgeshire a crowd has gathered on Market Hill to watch a team of six male dancers from Austria wearing identical costumes. They dance in a ring performing the traditional Schuhplattler, hitting their shoes and legs with their hands to the music of two accordions, and yodelling at intervals. Then they remove their hats and in pairs they dance a version which involves hitting one another. This short video was made to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

Keywords

Folk dancing; Austrian dancing; Schuhplattler; Accordions; Music; Yodelling

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The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Eastern Alps, specifically originating in Upper Bavaria, Tyrol, and Salzburg. In this dance, the performers stomp, clap, and strike the soles of their shoes (schuhe), thighs, and knees with their hands held flat (platt). The Anglia TV data mentions St Yorgen in Austria - perhaps the dancers are from Sankt Georgen, the name of several Austrian villages, or Jörgen, Austria.

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The Schuhplattlers And Folk Dancers Of St Yorgen In Austria

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