Waltz

The Bronze · Bronze · International Ballroom

Time signature: 3/4
Tempo — studio: 28–30 MPM
Tempo — NDCA: 28–30 MPM
Count: 1 2 3

Origin

A descendant of the fast Viennese Waltz — slowed in 19th-century America into the Boston, then refined in England into the smooth, rise-and-fall Slow Waltz danced today. The name comes from the German walzen, ‘to roll.’

Music

3/4 time — one strong beat per bar, carried by rise and fall.

Character

Smooth, swinging, and continuous — the foundation of the Ballroom style.

Figures

1
Left Foot Closed Change
2
Natural Turn
3
Right Foot Closed Change
4
Reverse Turn
5
Whisk (incl. at a corner & Turn Left)
6
Chassé from Promenade Position
7
Natural Hesitation Change
8
Progressive Chassé to Right
9
Back Lock
10
Closed Impetus
11
Reverse Corté
12
Back Whisk
13
Natural Spin Turn (side & corner)
14
Reverse Pivot
15
Double Reverse Spin
16
Basic Weave
17
Outside Change (incl. ending in PP)

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