traditionalist around the world still perform the schuhplattler as a partner dance, with the women spinning across the stage in their dirndls, offering color and graceful movement to counterbalance the leaping and slapping of the plattlerists. the newer dance groups, on the other hand, are often composed entirely of plattlerists. they, too, perform the standard schuhplattlers, but they do so with a contemporary energy and excitement that draws in the crowds.