|
|
Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Gabriel
De Korpony |
Gabriel
De Korpony |
| Pauline
Desjardins |
Pauline
Desjardins |
---Gabriel
and Pauline are credited for introducing the Polka
to the United States in 1844. De Korponay was a retired officer
in the Hungarian Army. The Polka they did was one of the most
liked of all the Polkas introduced at the time.
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) |