Austrian Steirischer - Dance with Keine Kunst

Austrian Steirischer, also known as the Schuhplattler Landler, is a very popular dance from Tyrol, Austria. This dance is very unique because it features three different plattlers. This dance is also one of the few dances with a schuhplattler where the woman gets to do more than just spinning, and even gets to interact with the men during the plattlers. The dance features a landler step and step hops throughout, as well as many complex figures. This dance is meant to be a very flirtatious dance, including a section where the men hit the females' skirts up, which can be substituted for clapping on beats 2 and 3 for those wishing to omit this part. The woman would then go flirt with the next man in front of her, as her partner flirts with the woman behind them. The men's flirting is supposed to mimic the mating dance of the black grouse, a large game bird. This dance was performed often at weddings and festivals, and sometimes the performance fighting turned into real fights! This dance was performed by Nick and Charlotte, two senior members of Das ist Keine Kunst.