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It remains particularly close to its regional, peasant, origins and is one of the five key Polish National Dances of which the other four are the 'Polonez', the 'Krakowiak', the 'Mazur' and the 'Kujawiak'.\r\n\r\nA version of the ‘Oberek’ known as the Oberek Opoczynski appears to have been choreographed by Dr. Morley Leyton who founded and directed the American based group the <i>Janosik Polish Dancers</i> in 1971. This company have worked closely with the Polish State Folk Dance and Song Ensemble, <i>Mazowsze</i>. The <i>Mazowsze</i> company  was established by a decree issued by the Polilsh Ministry of Culture and Art on the 8th of November 1948. The decree ordered Professor Tadeusz Sygietynski to create a folk group that would maintain regional artistic traditions and the traditional folk repertoire of songs and dances of the Masovian countryside. 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