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The Viennese Waltz is a fast-paced ballroom dance, set to 3/4 music, with a 1-2-3 1-2-3 lilt to it. Like its name reveals, it comes from Vienna, Austria, and many classical Viennese waltz numbers were composed by Austrian musicians. In standardised ballroom dance competitions, the Viennese waltz is set to music speeds of about 58-60 bars per minute.
Though very fluid and graceful when performed properly, it is actually a fast dance, and is the fastest of the International Style Standard dances. A true Viennese Waltz contains only turns and changes, and moves around the ballroom in an anti-clockwise fashion continuously, i.e.
- The Natural Turn
- The Reverse Turn
- The Closed Change Forward
- The Closed Change Backward
Standardisation by International Style ballroom teachers has added a move called the Fleckerl, which essentially spins the couple together as one unit on one spot, and the Contra Check, which is a very quick move that puts the woman into a rather steep backward dip (Note: This is an inadequate description, see the first few seconds of the video).
For a video demonstration of International Style Viennese Waltz, see:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=iwdWE-X2vRI
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What kinds of waltz dances are there?
There are some cool waltz dances from many countries here are some examples: * Viennese Waltz * International Standard Waltz * American Style Waltz * Cross Step Waltz * Peruvian Waltz * Curacaon Waltz * Mexican Waltz * Canjun Waltz * Tango vals * Venezuelan waltz
Which Strauss Waltz is Cole Porter's Wunderbar based on?
Wunderbar is not based on a Strauss waltz, although its composer was Viennese. It was written by Robert Katscher, 1894 - 1942, and was appropriated, with credit by Cole Porter for Kiss Me Kate.
What river inspired Johann Strauss to write a famous waltz?
Russell Corrigal, from Winnipeg Manitoba, wrote one of the songs called Red River Waltz. There was a few of them about 1965 is when his version came out. I have a 45 rpm recording of this.
What Taylor Swift is a waltz dance song?
Crazier, which Taylor Swift did for the hannah montana movie (I hate miley, but love Taylor) is the only song I've heard from her to which you can dance a waltz. If your unsure about whether a song is a waltz you can google sheet music for it, so you can see if it's written in 3/4 or 6/8 time. I recomend results from musicnotes.com that might come up. They usually will allow you to preview the song. If 3/4, it's a slow waltz. If 6/8, it's a Viennese waltz.
What instruments did Johann Strauss play?
In miniseries "Strauss Family", Johann played violin as well as piano
A well known waltz is?
The Viennese Waltz
Dancing with the Stars in 2006 was the Viennese what?
Waltz
What is a viennese waltz?
It's a form of ballroom dancing
Who was the king of the viennese waltz?
Johann strausss Johann strausss
What dance term starts with letter V?
· Viennese Waltz
One of the popular dances on Dancing with the Stars in 2006was the Viennese what?
waltz
One of the popular dances on Dancing with the Stars in 2006 was the Viennese what?
waltz
Why was the the waltz controversial to start with?
Waltz in its early days was actually what we know now as the Viennese waltz. Viennese Waltz requires a very close hold to be properly executed and was controversial due to the close proximity in which the dancers were dancing to each other. Many people thought this was indecent. This is why the Waltz was controversial early on.
What country did the 'Viennese waltz' come from?
France
What kinds of waltz dances are there?
There are some cool waltz dances from many countries here are some examples: * Viennese Waltz * International Standard Waltz * American Style Waltz * Cross Step Waltz * Peruvian Waltz * Curacaon Waltz * Mexican Waltz * Canjun Waltz * Tango vals * Venezuelan waltz
Names of ballroom dances?
There are 4 categories in ballroom dancing: International Latin has the samba, cha-cha, rumba, paso doble ,and the jive. American Rhythm has the cha-cha, rumba, east coast swing, bolero, and the mambo. International Standard has the waltz, tango, viennese waltz, foxtrot, and quickstep. American Smooth has the waltz, tango, foxtrot, and viennese waltz.
Dances that belongs to ballroom dance?
Foxtrot, waltz, swing, tango As an extension of this, the 5 International ballroom dances are Slow Foxtrot, Modern Waltz, Tango, Quickstep and the Viennese Waltz.
