Waltz

The Bronze · Bronze · American Smooth

Time signature: 3/4
Tempo — studio: 28–30 MPM
Tempo — NDCA: 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, with a gentle rise and fall on every measure.

Character

Swing, sway, and rise & fall that breathe with the melody.

Figures

1
Half Box Forward
2
Half Box Back
3
Left Box
Develops into Reverse Turn
4
Right Box
Develops into Natural Turn
5
Balance Steps / Hesitations
6
Box with Underarm Turn
7
Cross Body Lead
8
Simple Twinkle
9
Twinkle and Promenade Chassé
10
Twinkles Forward
11
Twinkles Back
12
Face to Face, Back to Back
13
Two-Way Underarm Turn
14
Half Grapevine Back
15
Back Twinkle
16
Natural Spin Turn
17
Reverse Turn with Underarm Turn
18
Natural Turn with Underarm Turn

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