|
|
Stage Name |
Birth Name |
Gabriel De Korpony |
Gabriel De Korponay |
| Pauline Desjardins |
Pauline Desjardins |
Gabriel and Pauline are credited
for introducing the Polka
to the United States in 1844. De Korponay was a retired /exiled
officer in the Hungarian Army who later became Captain/ Colonel
of the American Army's 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Pauline danced with Fanny Elssler
at the Park Theater in New York in the 1840s, they did Pauline's
dance The New Polski Mazurka. (Picture shows Pauline and Gabriel
doing the Polka in 1848). The Polka they did was one of the
most liked of all the Polkas introduced at the time. |