Trojak
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Trojak is a Silesia
n folk dance
. It is a double partner dance and performed in groups of three: one male dancer and two female dancers. The music of the dance has two parts: a slow one in 3/4 metre
and a fast one in 2/4 metre. These parts are repeated several times, one after another.
Ignoring the footwork, the figures may have the following arrangements.
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
n folk dance
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
. It is a double partner dance and performed in groups of three: one male dancer and two female dancers. The music of the dance has two parts: a slow one in 3/4 metre
Metre (music)
Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of syllables in each line and the arrangement of those syllables as long or short, accented or unaccented...
and a fast one in 2/4 metre. These parts are repeated several times, one after another.
Ignoring the footwork, the figures may have the following arrangements.
- All three move in sync from the same foot.
- The boy dances with one girl, the second one dancing alone, then the boy switches the girl.
- Girls are rolling on and then rolling off the arms.
- The trio forms a circle
- The boy and the girls separate and move in the opposite directions, then join again.