waltz

     

The waltz is a ballroom an folk dance in 3/4 (help·info) time, performed primarily in closed position.

Trivia about waltz

  • The Viennese version of this dance was so fast it made dancers dizzy
  • This "Viennese" ballroom dance was considered scandalous because couples seemed to be embracing
  • Like his contemporary Johan Strauss Sr., Joseph Lanner composed this type of dance music
  • Variations of this dance include the Boston & Viennese
  • Introduced around 1910, the "Boston" & "Hesitation" were new forms of this dance in 3/4 time
  • Josef Lanner was one of the first composers to write music for this dance that evolved from the landler
  • It's a ballroom dance or the music for the dance, like the "Blue Danube" one
  • When it evolved from the landler in the 1700s, the couples' near-embrace shocked polite society
  • The name of this dance in 3/4 time is from the German for "to revolve"
  • The 1786 Opera "Una Cosa Rara" featured one of the first of these Viennese dances
  • The name of this ballroom dance can be used as a verb to mean "to move breezily or casually"
  • The name of this ballroom dance with gliding turns comes from German for "roll" or "turn"
  • With 3-step & 2-step styles, this ballroom dance in 3/4 time is noted for its swift, gliding turns
  • Vernon & Irene Castle popularized the "hesitation" style of this ballroom dance
  • Andre Rieu, who loves to play the music of Strauss on his violin, is the modern king of this dance music
  • Johann Strauss, Jr. was the "King" of it
  • It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?
  • The Brahms work heard here is this type of dance music