Polka dances, which developed from Continental quadrilles, are danced to polkas. Introduced to Ireland in the late 19th century, there are today hundreds of Irish polka tunes, which are most frequently played on the fiddle or button accordion. The Irish polka is dance music form in , typically 32 bars in length and subdivided into four parts, each 8 bars in length and played AABB. Irish polkas are typically played fast, at over 130 bpm, and are typically played with an off-beat accent. The polka also migrated to the Nordic countries where it is known by a variety of names in
Polonaise (clothing) an underskirt, sometimes with a waistcoat effect. This could be draped or undraped. In July 1894, "The Sydney Mail" stated: The polonaise underwent another revival in the mid-late 1910s. A 1914 newspaper advert for McCall Patterns found in the "Evening Independent" announced the 'redingote polonaise' to be the height of fashion in Paris and New York. The "Reading Eagle" ran a fashion column in November 1915 describing the polonaise of 1914/15 as a French design consisting of a long coat-like overdress of metallic lace or elaborately decorated sheer fabric worn over a plain underdress. Another version of the polonaise was