Saturday, May 24, 2008

WALTZ

Lately, I am very into Waltz. Currently, doing a 1 month crash course at a studio recommended by a dancing friend of mine. The teacher is real good and passionate, living to it's studio name - PASSION DANCE STUDIO. The teacher really teach the steps in details and very patience.

From Wikipedia, WALTZ is a ballroom and folk dance in 3/4 beat, performed primarily in closed position.

Waltz is one of the International Standard Ballroom Dance. Viennese Waltz is sort of the fast version of Waltz. This dance is actually a smooth dance travelling down the line of dance and it focuses on the gracefulness of the rise and fall during the dance.

Below are some of the basic waltz steps:
1. Left Foot Change
2. Right Foot Change
3. Box Step
4. Forward Progressive
5. Promenade
6. Left Turn
7. Right Turn
8. Whisk

Then, there's more intermediate and advanced steps to learn...
1. Natural Turn
2. Natural Spin Turn
3. Outside Change
4. Chasse
5. Close Change
6. Reverse Turn
7. Basic Weave
8. Reverse Pivot
.....

Here's some nice videos on Waltz.

Gethin dances the Waltz
Timothy Howson and Joanne Bolton (Viennese Waltz)
2005 Standard Ballroom Championship
2006 USA Dance National
Hilton Basic Waltz
Learn to Waltz
Waltz Beginner

And some useful sites on learning Waltz online.

Ballroom Dancers
Central Home
Dance TV

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