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i don't know if you got my last comment, but Slask and Mazowsze do alot of of polish dances and folk music on TH-cam, also the russian film War and Peace has the polonez in the second Part and the Mazurka in the third part, also there is a Polka Mazurka on Diana Dia TH-cam channel
Rob, each region of Poland has a different costume (different clothes). Mazurek is a traditional folk dance. Polonez is a traditional court dance. Currently, it is danced mainly at high school proms.
Check out "Polonez" dance- it is the only historical dance that is danced in modern times (I mean, other dances are too, but there is one occasion that this will be danced at a modern party), on Prom Balls ;) It was a dance of our nobility - a court dance, it is danced at the end of a movie (based on a book by Adam Mickiewicz) "Pan Tadeusz" (at a betrothal party). Edit: "Mazurek" started as a peasant dance. No, at school we are predominantly taught "Polonez", because it is danced at the prom ball, as I mentioned above. *fun fact there is also a car named Polonez ;) * There is a saying: "History is a politic today" (what we name "history" in relation to the past, in the present its name is "politic").
Fun fact about the car Polonez is, that in France the car was sold as Polski. Polonez is a fonetical Polish speling of the French word polonaise which means Polish. This is also the ethymology of the name of the dance. Originaly Polish name was chodzony, which means walked. When you will see you will understand why.
I have one linguistic note. This dance is called Mazurek. Mazurka is a woman born in Masuria (Mazury is a region in Poland - the land of a thousand lakes). I have no idea why this bizarre name Mazurka was created in English instead of Mazurek. These are folk costumes. These were the peasants' festive clothes.
It's quite complicated. There are two dances, one called "mazur" and one called "mazurek". Besides "mazurek" means also a type of cake baked for Easter and a bird species - Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus).
E - What are they dancing? P - Oni tańczą Mazurka. E - What? P - Mazurka! E - Oh! They are dancing Mazurka. E2 - What did he say it is called? E - He said it is called Mazurka. Bloody Englishmen
In Poland, for several hundred years, a mazurka always opened all balls, and another mazurka closed it (a sign that the ball was over). My parents learned to dance the mazurka at school (me not). Mazurka and polonaise are Polish national dances, commonly danced since the 15th century. In the 17th-19th centuries, they also became fashionable at courts in Europe.
Mazurek is the right name. I live in Wielkopolska/Greater Poland and I haven't it at school. But there was an option to participate in after-school Folk Dances group. But our high school prom dance is polonez, another Polish dance. I ended high school education in 2004 and maybe something changed since then. In my city is, for example, Folk Dance group for university students: Zespół Pieśni i Tańca Łany Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu.
There are more folk dances in Poland. Mazur, Krakowiak, Kujawiak, Highland Dance called "Zbójnicki" / "Rogue Dance", Oberek, and Quite a special dance, one can say majestic/noble called Polonaise, danced to this day at pre-matura parties.
In Poland I once danced the 'Polonez' in kindergarten, and another group danced the 'Krakowiak' that day. But I don't think I've ever even seen a 'mazurka' with my own eyes. Sooner polonez at the studniówka
Of course not, nobody as I assume learns this dance at school. Only if you have some special interest in that. There's one exception, a dance called Polonez, which all students of high school dance while graduation party, but it's not very complicated to comprehend. My dad e.g. was dancing several polish dances and traveling all over the world showing it, but he was a member of national dance team from Łódź city.
I would say polonez is taught at school (we do dance that at the prom - by the way most popular polonez these days is the one composed by Wojciech Kikar for Wajda's "Pan Tadeusz"; try to watch the polonez scene). There are many folk clothes - Upper Silesian (Rozbark),Cracow's ones, Łoeicz, Kaszubian, Greater Poland (Poznan's Bamber), Piotrków, Podhale, Łemkowie, Sądecki Highlands and many many more. But try Karolina Żebrowska's 100 years of Polish beauty. She's quite popular youtube costume historian. EDIT: if you would visit Poland again and still interested in Polish costumes - go to Warsaw's State Ethnografical Museum (Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne) or in Cracow Ethnography Museum (Muzeum Etnograficzne), it's located in Kazimierz District.
There are five official national dances : polonez, oberek, kujawiak, krakowiak, mazur. There are also other regional dances typical for the region. Most of us learned polonez at school, some know how to dance krakowiak. Mazur us the most difficult and is danced by professional or amateur folk dance and song groups or in a dance competition such as latin or ballroom dances.
Every Pole who graduates from college learns to dance the Polonaise, which is also the Polish national dance of the 16th century. 100 days before the exam, is organized a ball where beautifully dressed young people begin the ball with a Polonaise. At my graduation prom, I was the first couple with the school's headmaster😄
As others mentioned, Polonez (Polonaise) is the dance that basically everyone learns. But we have a lot more national dances and in schools we learn another one which is popular in the particular region (e.g Oberek, Kujawiak, Góralski or even Zbójnicki). I'm from Kraków area so I learned Krakowiak personally. Of course what we learn are quite simple version of the dances so anyone can do it, the versions danced by the dance troupes are a lot more elaborate to put on a show (which is understandable as they travel the world to perform in front of audiences) but the key components are preserved of course. When it comes to the traditional clothing, the same case as dances, they depend on the region. They are even more varied. I'm sure you have probably seen the Kraków ones (strój krakowski) as they are the most widely known (the image of them are on the logo of the beer brand Żywiec lol) or the Łowicz ones (strój łowicki). Those costumes are what peasant people wore for celebration and what we can see today emerged mostly in 18th-19th centuries to show their identity as far as I know. They are beautiful and colorful. The male Kraków outfit has quite a history especially since a simple version of it is what the peasant participants of the Kościuszko uprising wore. And till this day one branch of the military as well as some boy scouts and would wear a hat as an element of the uniform that is called "rogatywka" which has the shape ( a square base) exactly like the Kraków hat one.
Square top of a hat, peaked on 4 sides, not bottom... Also Ułańska czapka version was originally a tall square shako. Later it was reduced to Military Rogatywka hat, with officers hat having stiffen to retain shape in all conditions, while soldiers ( and boy scouts/harcerska) rogatywka is soft.
It should be 'Mazurek', 'word 'Mazurka' being a case in the genitive. But Eanglish version is Mazurka :DI think it's a bit confusing. Also the word Mazuerk means festive Easter cake and bird(Eurasian tree sparrow )
Well, I'm not sure if you can call it a proper dancing BUT I did dance Mazurek in kindergarten actually. It wasn't anything marvellous but they did teach us the dance.
I could dance Mazur when I was young. My Mum taught me. The problem was that under commies flats were not spacious enough to make dancing Mazur possible. The dance requires a lot odf space. :) (BTW Mazur that people used to dance in Polish manor houses is not quite the same as folk Mazurka) Here you can watch Mazur danced in manor house way: th-cam.com/video/V3KlzshujHA/w-d-xo.html
I believe Krakowiak is more known dance than Mazurek. And, as mentioned by many, Polonez is danced at the end of high school prom, is the most known dance. I danced them all in kindergarten. And Polka, which is not Polish but Czech dance. 😊
Is that only me that lector was "translating" about completely different topic that instructor was talking? Edit: Actually every time someone was talking in polish lector was saying something completely different.
Dzieci w Szkole podstawowej uczą się o tradycyjnych tańcach, i strojach tych tańców , bardzo rzadko uczą samego tańca, to też dużo zależy od samych tradycji danej szkoly i chęci samych nauczycieli. napewno od nakładów finansowych, stroje nie są tanie 😉. I chęci samych dzieci. Poznają Mazurka, Poloneza, Polkę. Napewno też w zależności od regionu Polski. Polonez jest tradycyjnym tańcem Studniówkowym, bez niego to to nie studniówka 😉. Ale uczą się go kilka miesięcy przed tym wydarzeniem, nie że wszyscy zawsze. Może dlatego że nie jest to trudny taniec, a układy łatwe do przyswojenia.
dance is called Mazurek. Mazurka is a woman born in Masuria the Polish speakers in the background and the English narrator are saying completely different things. Nothing wrong with the narration, which is interesting and relevant, but it is presented as if it is a translation and it's beautiful that this German woman conceals the German Partition because it never fucking happened whoever made that movie should be fired get rid of this #mazurka and before someone notices Even google translate translated it into mazurek narrator and you make the same mistake their editors clearly showed that they don't give a shit about the words of real Poles and that the German Partition never existed at all Moreover, I would like to point out to us that she totally forgot that Chopin was in Galicia, which was under Austrian rule 6:08 forgot about other Country Germany and fucking Austria
now you've piqued my interest in the English national dance, never heard of it. The mazurka is a so-called folk dance, so the upper class borrowed it from the folk
waaaaaait... who and why decided tho change the dance's gender :/ Why it transgendered into being a mazurka from mazurek? WHY NOONE TOLD US IN POLAND ABOUT IT?
With all due respect, but it's strange to listen to your channel, you say how beautiful Poland and everything Polish is, but every sentence you say, Robert, ends with the word Russia. History shows England's participation in inciting Poland to wars. It may be similar this time or maybe i'm wrong. For the less informed, I am sending these articles you can translate: "CIA, MI6 i BND a Stepan Bandera" and "hitlers-shadow.pdf". I greet you all.
@@WTGibbons it's super rare in Poland though - rare enough that most people wouldn't be able to recognize it, not to mention dance it. It's mostly a thing in Polonia groups abroad.
I learned polonez (effectively) and karkowiak (with poor effect) in school. Not marurek or mazur. It depends on the region I guess. I live in Wielkopolska.
Mazur is a polish name for this folk dance, mazurek is a chopin's composition, while mazurka is an english name for both ( dance and music composition).
Not every school in Poland teaches national or folk dances. But it's true that schools have dance clubs that teach traditional dances. The mazurka is one of the dances. Others dance too. Such dance groups are often groups with traditions. Some of them were established 50 years ago and have not stopped developing even though we were in Russian captivity for 70 years. There was a folk dance group in my school. I didn't dance myself, but many of my friends did, and new arrivals to the school were encouraged to join this dance group every year. The memories are amazing. But I also have memories when I could watch them at rehearsals or in the media, when they danced at performances even abroad. Some dance professionally after graduation. What about costumes, in different regions of Poland these costumes are different. The cut itself may be similar, but each region will have a different leading color scheme. I believe that this is a fantastic piece of Polish identity that should be continued in my country and is being continued for now.
The groups were established due to Soviet rule, not despite it. It was supposed to establish connection with peasant heritage and work as an anti-bourgeoise thing.
@@StefiiizGreat ! The falk dance groups were established due to the Soviets , not despite them . i am from Republic of Moldova and our famous falk group Joc was established thanks to Russian choreographers .
If someone learns to dance mazurkas at school, it is rather optional (e.g. as part of sports lessons), they are not compulsory classes. On the other hand, in high schools there is a tradition that at the ball called "studniówka" - which takes place about 100 days before the start of final exams, young people dance another dance - the polonaise (polonez). Here's a link to what it looks like: th-cam.com/video/n2N8vrOeO5k/w-d-xo.html
The traditional folk dances are connected to particular regions of Poland. So, for example mazurek comes from NE Mazowsze/Masuria , zbojnicki from the Tatra mountains, Kujawiak from Greater Poland , Krakowiak from Cracow., and so on. Each region had its own dialect, traditions, outfit, but now a lot is forgotten , maybe you can see it in some open-air museums. Still, I think highlanders are very attached to their music and dialect and it's fantastic. (Try Zbojnicki by Trebunie Tutki and Twinkle Brothers, it's Polish folk music plus reggae.) So nice an English guy digs into Polish traditions and can see far beyond pierogi and vodka :) Good job, Rob!
One note: Kujawiak is not a dance from Greater Poland. It's from a region of Kujawy in north-central Poland (between between upper part of Noteć river and middle part of Vistula River). Kujawy region borders Greater Poland at one end, but is not a part of it. Thus, Kujawiak is not a dance from Greater Poland ;) Signed - a girl originally from Krajna region (that also borders Kujawy) who now lives in Greater Poland ;)
We don't learn how to dance Mazurek, but I think everyone knows how to dance polonez. In the last year of school, 100 days before final exams, there is a ball/party, that traditionally begins with Polonez. Mostly the first couple is a student and the headmaster. It's a really nice tradition. There are plenty of examples on yt. Just look for " studniówka polonez". th-cam.com/video/q1nYt7BS-dM/w-d-xo.html
Children of polish heritage born overseas (because their families were exiled and became refugees as a result of ww2- mine were victims of Russian aggression and slavery) were often sent to Saturday schools to learn the language and dance…..I did this as an Australian born child of a polish father. 😊
There are 3 national Polish dances: Mazur, Kujawiak, Oberek, which Mazurka consists of. Mazur is more noble, and proud, Kujawiak is slow melancolic, nostaligic, and Oberek is fast, vivid and very energetic. Chopin combined them all together in his works called Mazurkas (Polish: Mazurek). So - what they actually dance in your video - is a dance called Mazur.
Hello Rob, Mazurek is more popular in Warszawa and it was made national by communist regime. Polonez is more national dance as its reminder of free/uprising Poland. So please try to find video of Polonez or find finale scene of film going by title "Wesele". To be honest watch whole film and if you get tea 🍵 and cake 🎂 🥮 🍥 I explain to you historical message it carry. Every region has different traditional dance, try "zbojnicki" for mountain part of Poland, " krakowiak" for Krakow region and so one Rob. And you can keep " Morris dance " in the south, we in North are not interested in it😂😂 Good job, carry on buddy
That's the last one, I promise 😂. th-cam.com/video/oG9OzZdAWz8/w-d-xo.html World Guiness Record in dancing polonez. By the way, it took place in stunning reinessance town of Zamość in eastern Poland. I know, it's my 5th comment under this video 👀 but I love polonez so I couldn't help it but send and send and send.... I adore the dance. It is a bit slow and somewhat static but thanks to that, everyone can dance it regrdless of ones level of fitness, age and so on. Besides that it looks to me very noble and elegant and it doesn't make you tired and sweaty - good to warm up before more lively dancing.
th-cam.com/video/mqsebpuJkgM/w-d-xo.html That's very nice example of polonez on studniówka. This particular one is really cool. We've danced more basic version on our studniówka. Studniówka is a party/event organised 100 days before graduation from high school. Besides that, In Wrocław every year there is organised an event for young people that graduate in particular year. They dance polonez on a mass scale in the very center, in Rynek square. My son was thaught polonez this year because he ended KINDERGARTEN. 😮That was cute. But usually is tought in the end of high school. Every high school in Poland basically.
In Poland we have 5 national dances: polonaise, mazur, oberek, kujawiak and krakowiak. When composing his mazurkas, Chopin combined the following styles under one name: "Mazurka" (gives energy), oberek (liveness) and kujawiak (melancholy).
In Poland, we traditionally dance the Polonaise 100 days before the school-leaving exams in high school (the exam is called "Matura"). This event is called "Stódniówka" and it simply means a good party with friends and teachers ;). In addition, I remembered that I learned the Oberek and Kujawiak in extra dance classes (I was about 7-8 years old at the time, and the classes were extra, not mandatory, this was in the 90s). Greetings from beautifull Poland ;) Thanks for the cool material!
I learned and performed dances from all over Poland, including the Mazurka, in college. I'm not Polish but absolutely love everything Polish folk even 50 years later! Love your video!🌿❤🌻❤🌿
Well...in the Chopin's time Poland was divided between Germany, Russia and Austro-Hungarian Empire so the lass has lied. That's the first thing. Secon thing, Chopin's music was influenced by traditional Polish folk music, no other way round. And finally, mazurek is not the only traditional Polish dance. There are quite a few of 'em although, but I think, that if Mazurek is pretty well known outside of Poland, it is thanks to "Mazowsze" National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. Regards.
Mazurek is not a part of our shool curriculum and i believe that 99,9% of poles don't know it. Most of the time it is learn by those performance groups aimed at preserving old historical attributes of poles like old clothing, music and dance. However we learn Polonez in mid-school to eventual preform it during our proms. I believe it is widely spread modern tradition.
Unfortunately, local traditions, culture, dialects are dying in the times og global village. As well as higher culture at all. "Mazowsze" or "Śląsk" are the most recognised gropus ding a massive job to preserve it, but mass pop-culture is simply more attractive to young people. Here's a promo from "Śląsk": th-cam.com/video/PhNBZfH55YU/w-d-xo.html
Balet Mazaowsz it's Polish National Treasure. Of course I never learned Mazurka Danced in various Polish schools.But very well I know what is Mazurek Danced.Yes I Danced Polonez on Studniówka.
Każdy taniec odzwierciedla relacje między kobietą a mężczyzną w konkretnym kraju i epoce: inny jest walc, inne tango, inny chopak, inne tańce kaukaskie czy brazylijskie. Polskie tańce salonowe polonez i mazur oraz ludowe mazurek, oberek i kujawiak są grą, gdzie mężczyzna jest silniejszym ale ochraniającym partnerem, a kobieta jest wesołą współuczestniczką dobrej zabawy
Of course it's not taught in schools, or at least it's not common at all. I'm a musicologist, I've worked in an ethnological society and I don't know anyone who'd know how to dance mazurek 😂
I don't remember dancing Mazurek, maybe it's more common to central Poland. I remember adncing rakowiak in preschool. The most common is Polonez opening every polish highschool prom / graduation bal..
Hey Rob. I'll go with other comments here and say yeah you should check out Polonez. You can find it here with no problem. I'd suggest to watch scene from film Pan Tadeusz. They dance polonez in most beautiful manner and its filmed beautiful. Film was based on one of most important piece of polish literature. Highly recommended 👌
There is a big inaccuracy in this video. The narrator confuse "Mazur" with "Mazurek" (both translated as "Mazurka" 😁 ). Mazur is polish national dance (together with Oberek, Kujawiak, Polonez and Krakowiak). The woman at the beginning talks about Mazur. Mazurek is not treated as national dance. Its stylized dance made as combination of Mazur, Oberek and Kujawiak. Chopin wrote Mazurek-s. Polonez - is now a traditional dance of prom party. Danced by students as an introduction to the party 😉 Mazur is often danced as a final part of a show (like opera, etc). I think it is one of a most spectacular and demanding dance.
I don't know how to dance Mazurek however me and probably most of Polish students were tought Polonez. It's a dance that we dance at the "ball" at the end of school (last grade of primary/high school). And during other events you can see Polonez being danced. I also don't think there is one universal traditional clothing in Poland. There are regional ones. Traditional clothing in Tatry or Kaszuby is completely different. I, however, was never into Polish traditional dancing. I used to learn, and dance, Irish and Scottish dances though 😅
Not MazuREK, but we do learn Polonez at school. And we then dance it for our prom. Every school and every class has to dance it for every prom every year. So yes, we do know our dances, although I don't know much about Mazurek
Yeah, I learned this and other folk dances because I attended dance classes for 10 years. I think that at school they teach polonez more than mazurek. And in my area the most popular is krakowiak. Folk dancing depends on where you live, but all dances are beautiful 😌
Hello Rob. All Polish dances are beautiful. Perhaps the Polonez is more of the national dance of Poland though I think. I was born and raised in the USA, but after studying and living in Poland...the land of my grandparents, i returned to live here permanently. I love it! BTW you yourself look like you could have some Polish background. Am I right? Trzymaj sie!
I'm not sure if we can all dance the Mazurka, but we can all dance the Polonaise (Polish dance). We all dance it because 100 days before graduation in Poland there is a ball (Studniówka) which traditionally begins with a Polonaise. And it is always Ogiński's Polonaise "Farewell to the Fatherland".
Hello Rob! At the beginning I woul like to say, that my english isn't quite well, so sorry for mistakes. Few days ago I found Your channel on TH-cam, and it very intrested me. I really like that You are intrested in polish culture. Here I would like to present to You links to 5 polish national dances, whitch are: Polonez, Krakowiak, Mazurek, Oberek nad Kujawiak, here they are: Polonez - th-cam.com/video/dVbtSCYQ-YM/w-d-xo.html Krakowiak - th-cam.com/video/OeQ6jYzt6cM/w-d-xo.html Mazurek - th-cam.com/video/PRo0xXWlPps/w-d-xo.html Oberek - th-cam.com/video/tWsi2wDMp44/w-d-xo.html Kujawiak - th-cam.com/video/RjV1bpxi0bc/w-d-xo.html All those are performed by most famous polish dancing group Mazowsze, so it is highest level of dancing, that I can present to You. I hope You will enjoy it. I definitly subscribe Your channel! Pozdrawiam (greetings to You).
Najszybszą odmianą tańca „mazurek” jest „oberek” taniec ludowy i ten to daje „czadu” (bardzo szybki), obecnie jeszcze tańczony na wsi Mazowsza, Rawskiego i w Radomskim. *** The fastest variety of the "mazurka" dance is the "oberek" folk dance and this one is rocking (very fast), currently still danced in the countryside of Masovia, Rawski and Radom.
Look here. It’s one (in my opinion) of the best mazur composed by Stanisław Moniuszko from opera „Halka". Mazurek (Mazurka) was a court dance, as you know. You can also see more-less traditional polish noble clothes. Not high quality, but... th-cam.com/video/SM3Zw4APPQI/w-d-xo.html
Nobody danced to Chopin's mazurkas, it was purely music for listening, not dancing, and only short passages were danceable. The "traditional" clothing of the folk dancers is a quite modern product. Polish peasants were mostly serfs between 1550 and 1865, and very poor, they could never afford so luxurious clothing. They might have some ornaments on their clothes, but never so lavish.
Owszem uczyli, nas tańczyć Mazurka w szkole podstawowej ,w czasach PRL... ale jeśli czegoś się nie praktykuje później... To się zapomina... Chociaż mówią, że niczego się nie zapomina, wystarczy tylko poćwiczyć... No nie wiem... 🌞
In Polish, we say "mazurek". "Mazurka" is the English name of the dance, so I see no reason why the English-speaking narrator from DW, which is a German tv station, should try to imitate the Polish pronunciation of 'r'. :)
Polonez for sure, bc this is the dance that is taught as an opening dance in studniówka - sth like prom party and the name means 100 days for the final matura examination.
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Rob ,ten taniec to nie Mazurek tylko Mazur .
i don't know if you got my last comment, but Slask and Mazowsze do alot of of polish dances and folk music on TH-cam, also the russian film War and Peace has the polonez in the second Part and the Mazurka in the third part, also there is a Polka Mazurka on Diana Dia TH-cam channel
the Polka Mazurka is more in line with the late 19th century Paris Bohemian sectors in the cafes
Rob, each region of Poland has a different costume (different clothes). Mazurek is a traditional folk dance. Polonez is a traditional court dance. Currently, it is danced mainly at high school proms.
Im going to check that out!
Not only at school. Today even in the kindergardens.
I heard that every dance opens with a Polonaise, nit only proms.
@@jadakowers590 yes :)
They are both folk and court, depending on who was dancing.
Check out "Polonez" dance- it is the only historical dance that is danced in modern times (I mean, other dances are too, but there is one occasion that this will be danced at a modern party), on Prom Balls ;) It was a dance of our nobility - a court dance, it is danced at the end of a movie (based on a book by Adam Mickiewicz) "Pan Tadeusz" (at a betrothal party).
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"Mazurek" started as a peasant dance.
No, at school we are predominantly taught "Polonez", because it is danced at the prom ball, as I mentioned above. *fun fact there is also a car named Polonez ;) *
There is a saying: "History is a politic today" (what we name "history" in relation to the past, in the present its name is "politic").
wikipedia przemówiła
Fun fact about the car Polonez is, that in France the car was sold as Polski. Polonez is a fonetical Polish speling of the French word polonaise which means Polish. This is also the ethymology of the name of the dance. Originaly Polish name was chodzony, which means walked. When you will see you will understand why.
I have one linguistic note. This dance is called Mazurek. Mazurka is a woman born in Masuria (Mazury is a region in Poland - the land of a thousand lakes). I have no idea why this bizarre name Mazurka was created in English instead of Mazurek. These are folk costumes. These were the peasants' festive clothes.
It's quite complicated. There are two dances, one called "mazur" and one called "mazurek". Besides "mazurek" means also a type of cake baked for Easter and a bird species - Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus).
@@lothariobazaroff3333 Ja to wiem i rozróżniam mazura od mazurka 🙂 Ale słuszna uwaga.
Rób probably Heard it after declination only.🤔
E - What are they dancing?
P - Oni tańczą Mazurka.
E - What?
P - Mazurka!
E - Oh! They are dancing Mazurka.
E2 - What did he say it is called?
E - He said it is called Mazurka.
Bloody Englishmen
@@Diveyl Masz rację, choć nazwę powinni uczynić od polskiego mianownika Kto, Co?
In Poland, for several hundred years, a mazurka always opened all balls, and another mazurka closed it (a sign that the ball was over). My parents learned to dance the mazurka at school (me not). Mazurka and polonaise are Polish national dances, commonly danced since the 15th century. In the 17th-19th centuries, they also became fashionable at courts in Europe.
Mazurek is the right name. I live in Wielkopolska/Greater Poland and I haven't it at school. But there was an option to participate in after-school Folk Dances group. But our high school prom dance is polonez, another Polish dance. I ended high school education in 2004 and maybe something changed since then.
In my city is, for example, Folk Dance group for university students: Zespół Pieśni i Tańca Łany Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu.
Everyone in Poland once learned to dance the Polonaise at the end of the 8th grade of primary school or for the prom.
There are more folk dances in Poland. Mazur, Krakowiak, Kujawiak, Highland Dance called "Zbójnicki" / "Rogue Dance",
Oberek, and Quite a special dance, one can say majestic/noble called Polonaise, danced to this day at pre-matura parties.
In Poland I once danced the 'Polonez' in kindergarten, and another group danced the 'Krakowiak' that day. But I don't think I've ever even seen a 'mazurka' with my own eyes. Sooner polonez at the studniówka
Of course not, nobody as I assume learns this dance at school. Only if you have some special interest in that. There's one exception, a dance called Polonez, which all students of high school dance while graduation party, but it's not very complicated to comprehend.
My dad e.g. was dancing several polish dances and traveling all over the world showing it, but he was a member of national dance team from Łódź city.
I would say polonez is taught at school (we do dance that at the prom - by the way most popular polonez these days is the one composed by Wojciech Kikar for Wajda's "Pan Tadeusz"; try to watch the polonez scene).
There are many folk clothes - Upper Silesian (Rozbark),Cracow's ones, Łoeicz, Kaszubian, Greater Poland (Poznan's Bamber), Piotrków, Podhale, Łemkowie, Sądecki Highlands and many many more.
But try Karolina Żebrowska's 100 years of Polish beauty. She's quite popular youtube costume historian.
EDIT: if you would visit Poland again and still interested in Polish costumes - go to Warsaw's State Ethnografical Museum (Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne) or in Cracow Ethnography Museum (Muzeum Etnograficzne), it's located in Kazimierz District.
There are five official national dances : polonez, oberek, kujawiak, krakowiak, mazur. There are also other regional dances typical for the region.
Most of us learned polonez at school, some know how to dance krakowiak. Mazur us the most difficult and is danced by professional or amateur folk dance and song groups or in a dance competition such as latin or ballroom dances.
Every Pole who graduates from college learns to dance the Polonaise, which is also the Polish national dance of the 16th century. 100 days before the exam, is organized a ball where beautifully dressed young people begin the ball with a Polonaise. At my graduation prom, I was the first couple with the school's headmaster😄
As others mentioned, Polonez (Polonaise) is the dance that basically everyone learns. But we have a lot more national dances and in schools we learn another one which is popular in the particular region (e.g Oberek, Kujawiak, Góralski or even Zbójnicki). I'm from Kraków area so I learned Krakowiak personally. Of course what we learn are quite simple version of the dances so anyone can do it, the versions danced by the dance troupes are a lot more elaborate to put on a show (which is understandable as they travel the world to perform in front of audiences) but the key components are preserved of course. When it comes to the traditional clothing, the same case as dances, they depend on the region. They are even more varied. I'm sure you have probably seen the Kraków ones (strój krakowski) as they are the most widely known (the image of them are on the logo of the beer brand Żywiec lol) or the Łowicz ones (strój łowicki). Those costumes are what peasant people wore for celebration and what we can see today emerged mostly in 18th-19th centuries to show their identity as far as I know. They are beautiful and colorful. The male Kraków outfit has quite a history especially since a simple version of it is what the peasant participants of the Kościuszko uprising wore. And till this day one branch of the military as well as some boy scouts and would wear a hat as an element of the uniform that is called "rogatywka" which has the shape ( a square base) exactly like the Kraków hat one.
Square top of a hat, peaked on 4 sides, not bottom...
Also Ułańska czapka version was originally a tall square shako. Later it was reduced to Military Rogatywka hat, with officers hat having stiffen to retain shape in all conditions, while soldiers ( and boy scouts/harcerska) rogatywka is soft.
It should be 'Mazurek', 'word 'Mazurka' being a case in the genitive. But Eanglish version is Mazurka :DI think it's a bit confusing. Also the word Mazuerk means festive Easter cake and bird(Eurasian tree sparrow )
we haven't learn Mazurka but we did have Polonez
Ja pamiętam tańce tradycyjne z przedszkola w latach 90..fajnie się tanczylo😁😍...wtedy..bo dziś już nic nie pamiętam hehe
in an interview for some German television, they forgot to mention that Poland was then not only under Russian rule
Well, I'm not sure if you can call it a proper dancing BUT I did dance Mazurek in kindergarten actually. It wasn't anything marvellous but they did teach us the dance.
I can do Kujawiak - other polish tradicional dance from my voievodeship
I could dance Mazur when I was young. My Mum taught me. The problem was that under commies flats were not spacious enough to make dancing Mazur possible. The dance requires a lot odf space. :) (BTW Mazur that people used to dance in Polish manor houses is not quite the same as folk Mazurka)
Here you can watch Mazur danced in manor house way: th-cam.com/video/V3KlzshujHA/w-d-xo.html
In school we are learning polonez
Yes I'm know how to dance Mazurka
I believe Krakowiak is more known dance than Mazurek. And, as mentioned by many, Polonez is danced at the end of high school prom, is the most known dance.
I danced them all in kindergarten. And Polka, which is not Polish but Czech dance. 😊
Is that only me that lector was "translating" about completely different topic that instructor was talking?
Edit: Actually every time someone was talking in polish lector was saying something completely different.
i didn't learn Mazurek in school
Dzieci w Szkole podstawowej uczą się o tradycyjnych tańcach, i strojach tych tańców , bardzo rzadko uczą samego tańca, to też dużo zależy od samych tradycji danej szkoly i chęci samych nauczycieli. napewno od nakładów finansowych, stroje nie są tanie 😉. I chęci samych dzieci. Poznają Mazurka, Poloneza, Polkę. Napewno też w zależności od regionu Polski. Polonez jest tradycyjnym tańcem Studniówkowym, bez niego to to nie studniówka 😉. Ale uczą się go kilka miesięcy przed tym wydarzeniem, nie że wszyscy zawsze. Może dlatego że nie jest to trudny taniec, a układy łatwe do przyswojenia.
Kujawiak raczej
dance is called Mazurek. Mazurka is a woman born in Masuria
the Polish speakers in the background and the English narrator are saying completely different things. Nothing wrong with the narration, which is interesting and relevant, but it is presented as if it is a translation
and it's beautiful that this German woman conceals the German Partition because it never fucking happened
whoever made that movie should be fired
get rid of this #mazurka and before someone notices
Even google translate translated it into mazurek
narrator and you make the same mistake
their editors clearly showed that they don't give a shit about the words of real Poles and that the German Partition never existed at all
Moreover, I would like to point out to us that she totally forgot that Chopin was in Galicia, which was under Austrian rule
6:08 forgot about other Country Germany and fucking Austria
it is Mazurek not Mazurka. name change depends how you use it in the sentence but dance is Mazurek
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Technically it's Mazurek, not Mazurka. 😁
Mazurka is just Mazurek in accusative case or female form of this word.
now you've piqued my interest in the English national dance, never heard of it. The mazurka is a so-called folk dance, so the upper class borrowed it from the folk
It's Mazurek not Mazurka. Why on earth Mazurka?😵💫
Polanez
waaaaaait... who and why decided tho change the dance's gender :/ Why it transgendered into being a mazurka from mazurek? WHY NOONE TOLD US IN POLAND ABOUT IT?
,,skrzypek'' ,,polonez'' or ,,belgijka'' are better
With all due respect, but it's strange to listen to your channel, you say how beautiful Poland and everything Polish is, but every sentence you say, Robert, ends with the word Russia. History shows England's participation in inciting Poland to wars. It may be similar this time or maybe i'm wrong. For the less informed, I am sending these articles you can translate: "CIA, MI6 i BND a Stepan Bandera" and "hitlers-shadow.pdf". I greet you all.
TO jest prawda o tym tańcu: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazurek_(taniec_stylizowany)
I've Never danced Mazurek, but I can ashure you that everyone will dance Polonez before "Matura" on "Studniówka".
Polonez is a great Polish dance.
and unlike Mazurek it's known and danced by polish people
@@WTGibbons it's super rare in Poland though - rare enough that most people wouldn't be able to recognize it, not to mention dance it. It's mostly a thing in Polonia groups abroad.
Ja tam wolę Kujawiaka ... choreografia sama wchodzi po półlitrze ... do tańczenia solo lub w parach
@@GdzieJestNemoNie mazurek , Mazur . Mazurek kojarzy się z hymnem polskim . I jest jeszcze ciasto pieczone na Wielkanoc.
@@marylasioo5034 to jak sie czepiamy to mazur, a nie Mazur. Mazur to mieszkaniec Mazowsza (kiedys) lub Mazur
Each region of Poland has its own costume and dance!
I learned polonez (effectively) and karkowiak (with poor effect) in school. Not marurek or mazur. It depends on the region I guess. I live in Wielkopolska.
This dance is called Mazur
I’m a polish folk dancer
Mazur is a polish name for this folk dance, mazurek is a chopin's composition, while mazurka is an english name for both ( dance and music composition).
please, stop making up those silly theories
Not every school in Poland teaches national or folk dances. But it's true that schools have dance clubs that teach traditional dances. The mazurka is one of the dances. Others dance too. Such dance groups are often groups with traditions. Some of them were established 50 years ago and have not stopped developing even though we were in Russian captivity for 70 years. There was a folk dance group in my school. I didn't dance myself, but many of my friends did, and new arrivals to the school were encouraged to join this dance group every year. The memories are amazing. But I also have memories when I could watch them at rehearsals or in the media, when they danced at performances even abroad. Some dance professionally after graduation. What about costumes, in different regions of Poland these costumes are different. The cut itself may be similar, but each region will have a different leading color scheme. I believe that this is a fantastic piece of Polish identity that should be continued in my country and is being continued for now.
The groups were established due to Soviet rule, not despite it. It was supposed to establish connection with peasant heritage and work as an anti-bourgeoise thing.
@@StefiiizGreat ! The falk dance groups were established due to the Soviets , not despite them . i am from Republic of Moldova and our famous falk group Joc was established thanks to Russian choreographers .
I was taught "polonez" in school. But i live in Gdansk and MazurEK might be more common on the south?
I can't stand it why they all call it "Mazurka"
If someone learns to dance mazurkas at school, it is rather optional (e.g. as part of sports lessons), they are not compulsory classes. On the other hand, in high schools there is a tradition that at the ball called "studniówka" - which takes place about 100 days before the start of final exams, young people dance another dance - the polonaise (polonez). Here's a link to what it looks like: th-cam.com/video/n2N8vrOeO5k/w-d-xo.html
The traditional folk dances are connected to particular regions of Poland. So, for example mazurek comes from NE Mazowsze/Masuria , zbojnicki from the Tatra mountains, Kujawiak from Greater Poland , Krakowiak from Cracow., and so on. Each region had its own dialect, traditions, outfit, but now a lot is forgotten , maybe you can see it in some open-air museums. Still, I think highlanders are very attached to their music and dialect and it's fantastic. (Try Zbojnicki by Trebunie Tutki and Twinkle Brothers, it's Polish folk music plus reggae.) So nice an English guy digs into Polish traditions and can see far beyond pierogi and vodka :) Good job, Rob!
One note: Kujawiak is not a dance from Greater Poland. It's from a region of Kujawy in north-central Poland (between between upper part of Noteć river and middle part of Vistula River). Kujawy region borders Greater Poland at one end, but is not a part of it. Thus, Kujawiak is not a dance from Greater Poland ;) Signed - a girl originally from Krajna region (that also borders Kujawy) who now lives in Greater Poland ;)
We don't learn how to dance Mazurek, but I think everyone knows how to dance polonez. In the last year of school, 100 days before final exams, there is a ball/party, that traditionally begins with Polonez. Mostly the first couple is a student and the headmaster. It's a really nice tradition. There are plenty of examples on yt. Just look for " studniówka polonez". th-cam.com/video/q1nYt7BS-dM/w-d-xo.html
Parents of Fryderyk Chopin were:
Justyna Krzyżanowska and Nicola Chopin, who died in Poland and is burried in Warsaw.
Mazurek was dancing in the willages squers rather than in the casstles. It was a pesants dance not the knits.
Funny Fact: In most cases the Polish anthem is played in wrong rhythm,it should be rather fast,when it is played usually too slow.
It feels nice watching someone reacting to my country
Children of polish heritage born overseas (because their families were exiled and became refugees as a result of ww2- mine were victims of Russian aggression and slavery) were often sent to Saturday schools to learn the language and dance…..I did this as an Australian born child of a polish father. 😊
Hated it at the time but look back on it with fondness as it bonded me to my heritage and culture.
There are 3 national Polish dances: Mazur, Kujawiak, Oberek, which Mazurka consists of.
Mazur is more noble, and proud, Kujawiak is slow melancolic, nostaligic, and Oberek is fast, vivid and very energetic. Chopin combined them all together in his works called Mazurkas (Polish: Mazurek).
So - what they actually dance in your video - is a dance called Mazur.
Hello Rob, Mazurek is more popular in Warszawa and it was made national by communist regime. Polonez is more national dance as its reminder of free/uprising Poland. So please try to find video of Polonez or find finale scene of film going by title "Wesele". To be honest watch whole film and if you get tea 🍵 and cake 🎂 🥮 🍥 I explain to you historical message it carry.
Every region has different traditional dance, try "zbojnicki" for mountain part of Poland, " krakowiak" for Krakow region and so one Rob.
And you can keep " Morris dance " in the south, we in North are not interested in it😂😂
Good job, carry on buddy
shouldnt it be a mazurek?
In Polish the woman said MAZUR.
That's the last one, I promise 😂. th-cam.com/video/oG9OzZdAWz8/w-d-xo.html
World Guiness Record in dancing polonez. By the way, it took place in stunning reinessance town of Zamość in eastern Poland.
I know, it's my 5th comment under this video 👀 but I love polonez so I couldn't help it but send and send and send.... I adore the dance. It is a bit slow and somewhat static but thanks to that, everyone can dance it regrdless of ones level of fitness, age and so on. Besides that it looks to me very noble and elegant and it doesn't make you tired and sweaty - good to warm up before more lively dancing.
Great! Thanks for the link👋👋👍👍
th-cam.com/video/mqsebpuJkgM/w-d-xo.html
That's very nice example of polonez on studniówka. This particular one is really cool. We've danced more basic version on our studniówka. Studniówka is a party/event organised 100 days before graduation from high school. Besides that, In Wrocław every year there is organised an event for young people that graduate in particular year. They dance polonez on a mass scale in the very center, in Rynek square. My son was thaught polonez this year because he ended KINDERGARTEN. 😮That was cute. But usually is tought in the end of high school. Every high school in Poland basically.
Great post! Yes, I grew up in NY in the US and learned the Mazur in the Polish community I grew up. It’s one of my favorite dances.
In Poland we have 5 national dances: polonaise, mazur, oberek, kujawiak and krakowiak.
When composing his mazurkas, Chopin combined the following styles under one name: "Mazurka" (gives energy), oberek (liveness) and kujawiak (melancholy).
In Poland, we traditionally dance the Polonaise 100 days before the school-leaving exams in high school (the exam is called "Matura"). This event is called "Stódniówka" and it simply means a good party with friends and teachers ;). In addition, I remembered that I learned the Oberek and Kujawiak in extra dance classes (I was about 7-8 years old at the time, and the classes were extra, not mandatory, this was in the 90s). Greetings from beautifull Poland ;) Thanks for the cool material!
*Studniówka
I learned and performed dances from all over Poland, including the Mazurka, in college. I'm not Polish but absolutely love everything Polish folk even 50 years later! Love your video!🌿❤🌻❤🌿
The name of this dance is not "Mazurka". The correct name is "Mazurek".
It's called "mazurka" in English and all other languages except Polish where it's indeed "mazurek" (without capital letter).
@@lothariobazaroff3333 I didn't know that but still, Rob is trying his best to speak in Polish so he should be informed about that (Polish name).
Dance is called Mazur
Mazurek is type instrumental melody
Well...in the Chopin's time Poland was divided between Germany, Russia and Austro-Hungarian Empire so the lass has lied. That's the first thing. Secon thing, Chopin's music was influenced by traditional Polish folk music, no other way round. And finally, mazurek is not the only traditional Polish dance. There are quite a few of 'em although, but I think, that if Mazurek is pretty well known outside of Poland, it is thanks to "Mazowsze" National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. Regards.
Mazurek is not a part of our shool curriculum and i believe that 99,9% of poles don't know it. Most of the time it is learn by those performance groups aimed at preserving old historical attributes of poles like old clothing, music and dance. However we learn Polonez in mid-school to eventual preform it during our proms. I believe it is widely spread modern tradition.
Not really, it's specific to Mazowsze region. I was born in Krakow and I was taught to dance krakowiak (though i didn't manage to learn it)
Unfortunately, local traditions, culture, dialects are dying in the times og global village. As well as higher culture at all. "Mazowsze" or "Śląsk" are the most recognised gropus ding a massive job to preserve it, but mass pop-culture is simply more attractive to young people. Here's a promo from "Śląsk": th-cam.com/video/PhNBZfH55YU/w-d-xo.html
Balet Mazaowsz it's Polish National Treasure. Of course I never learned Mazurka Danced in various Polish schools.But very well I know what is Mazurek Danced.Yes I Danced Polonez on Studniówka.
Każdy taniec odzwierciedla relacje między kobietą a mężczyzną w konkretnym kraju i epoce: inny jest walc, inne tango, inny chopak, inne tańce kaukaskie czy brazylijskie. Polskie tańce salonowe polonez i mazur oraz ludowe mazurek, oberek i kujawiak są grą, gdzie mężczyzna jest silniejszym ale ochraniającym partnerem, a kobieta jest wesołą współuczestniczką dobrej zabawy
Fryderyk Chopin urodzil się w Żelazowa Wola.
Ten automatyczny tłumacz, pisze jakieś kompletne bzdury!!!
W jakim celu?
Of course it's not taught in schools, or at least it's not common at all. I'm a musicologist, I've worked in an ethnological society and I don't know anyone who'd know how to dance mazurek 😂
Very Polish dance is Polonez Ogińskiego.
I don't remember dancing Mazurek, maybe it's more common to central Poland. I remember adncing rakowiak in preschool. The most common is Polonez opening every polish highschool prom / graduation bal..
I not but my 13yo daughter is doing all traditional polish songs and dance. She even have this traditional attire
Hey Rob. I'll go with other comments here and say yeah you should check out Polonez. You can find it here with no problem. I'd suggest to watch scene from film Pan Tadeusz. They dance polonez in most beautiful manner and its filmed beautiful. Film was based on one of most important piece of polish literature. Highly recommended 👌
Fun fact: the meaning of the place where Fredrick Chopin was born is
Iron will
Mazurek is just the tip 9f the iceberg. We also have Polonez, Oberek, Kujawiak and Krakowiak, just to name a few traditional polish dances.
MAZUR is not mazurka (mazurek)!!! The first is historic national dance, the seconda - piano music. Probably you did not
spend event 5 minutes for research. What you say just confuse and mislead your audience.
There is a big inaccuracy in this video. The narrator confuse "Mazur" with "Mazurek" (both translated as "Mazurka" 😁 ). Mazur is polish national dance (together with Oberek, Kujawiak, Polonez and Krakowiak). The woman at the beginning talks about Mazur. Mazurek is not treated as national dance. Its stylized dance made as combination of Mazur, Oberek and Kujawiak. Chopin wrote Mazurek-s.
Polonez - is now a traditional dance of prom party. Danced by students as an introduction to the party 😉
Mazur is often danced as a final part of a show (like opera, etc). I think it is one of a most spectacular and demanding dance.
Mazurek _is_ treated as a national dance. It's just not a single dance but a combination of two or more national dances.
I don't know how to dance Mazurek however me and probably most of Polish students were tought Polonez. It's a dance that we dance at the "ball" at the end of school (last grade of primary/high school). And during other events you can see Polonez being danced.
I also don't think there is one universal traditional clothing in Poland. There are regional ones. Traditional clothing in Tatry or Kaszuby is completely different.
I, however, was never into Polish traditional dancing. I used to learn, and dance, Irish and Scottish dances though 😅
Not MazuREK, but we do learn Polonez at school. And we then dance it for our prom. Every school and every class has to dance it for every prom every year. So yes, we do know our dances, although I don't know much about Mazurek
Yeah, I learned this and other folk dances because I attended dance classes for 10 years. I think that at school they teach polonez more than mazurek. And in my area the most popular is krakowiak. Folk dancing depends on where you live, but all dances are beautiful 😌
Hello Rob. All Polish dances are beautiful. Perhaps the Polonez is more of the national dance of Poland though I think. I was born and raised in the USA, but after studying and living in Poland...the land of my grandparents, i returned to live here permanently. I love it! BTW you yourself look like you could have some Polish background. Am I right? Trzymaj sie!
Only dance learned in EVERY polish school is called Polonez
And "Belgijka"
We don't learn the Mazurka in school, but we almost always learn the Polonaise for the graduation party.
I'm not sure if we can all dance the Mazurka, but we can all dance the Polonaise (Polish dance). We all dance it because 100 days before graduation in Poland there is a ball (Studniówka) which traditionally begins with a Polonaise. And it is always Ogiński's Polonaise "Farewell to the Fatherland".
You don't know anything about English dancing! Morris Dancing isn't a couple dance, perhaps Playford would be closer.
Hello Rob! At the beginning I woul like to say, that my english isn't quite well, so sorry for mistakes. Few days ago I found Your channel on TH-cam, and it very intrested me. I really like that You are intrested in polish culture. Here I would like to present to You links to 5 polish national dances, whitch are: Polonez, Krakowiak, Mazurek, Oberek nad Kujawiak, here they are:
Polonez - th-cam.com/video/dVbtSCYQ-YM/w-d-xo.html
Krakowiak - th-cam.com/video/OeQ6jYzt6cM/w-d-xo.html
Mazurek - th-cam.com/video/PRo0xXWlPps/w-d-xo.html
Oberek - th-cam.com/video/tWsi2wDMp44/w-d-xo.html
Kujawiak - th-cam.com/video/RjV1bpxi0bc/w-d-xo.html
All those are performed by most famous polish dancing group Mazowsze, so it is highest level of dancing, that I can present to You. I hope You will enjoy it. I definitly subscribe Your channel! Pozdrawiam (greetings to You).
Ja najbardziej lubię spośród polskich tańców oberek th-cam.com/video/p6svoYBEWCs/w-d-xo.html
Najszybszą odmianą tańca „mazurek” jest „oberek” taniec ludowy i ten to daje „czadu” (bardzo szybki), obecnie jeszcze tańczony na wsi Mazowsza, Rawskiego i w Radomskim.
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The fastest variety of the "mazurka" dance is the "oberek" folk dance and this one is rocking (very fast), currently still danced in the countryside of Masovia, Rawski and Radom.
Look here. It’s one (in my opinion) of the best mazur composed by Stanisław Moniuszko from opera „Halka". Mazurek (Mazurka) was a court dance, as you know. You can also see more-less traditional polish noble clothes. Not high quality, but... th-cam.com/video/SM3Zw4APPQI/w-d-xo.html
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Nobody danced to Chopin's mazurkas, it was purely music for listening, not dancing, and only short passages were danceable.
The "traditional" clothing of the folk dancers is a quite modern product. Polish peasants were mostly serfs between 1550 and 1865, and very poor, they could never afford so luxurious clothing. They might have some ornaments on their clothes, but never so lavish.
Owszem uczyli, nas tańczyć Mazurka w szkole podstawowej ,w czasach PRL... ale jeśli czegoś się nie praktykuje później... To się zapomina... Chociaż mówią, że niczego się nie zapomina, wystarczy tylko poćwiczyć... No nie wiem... 🌞
Mazurek not mazurka. Mazurek is not Noble people dance, it’s falk dance.
In Polish, we say "mazurek". "Mazurka" is the English name of the dance, so I see no reason why the English-speaking narrator from DW, which is a German tv station, should try to imitate the Polish pronunciation of 'r'. :)
Polonez for sure, bc this is the dance that is taught as an opening dance in studniówka - sth like prom party and the name means 100 days for the final matura examination.