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Dancesport - Viennese Waltz

Domenico Soale - Gioia Cerasoli, Italy

Index

Welcome
Viennese Waltz History
Viennese Waltz Characteristics
Viennese Waltz Interpretation
Couples to Observe
Viennese Waltz Music
The next Dance, Slow Foxtrot
The previous Dance, Tango



Welcome

The Viennese Waltz is the dance were couples can show stamina and spatial movements and side swing .The dance provides a restricted number of figures and the music counts 60 Bars/min which speaks for itself. Dancing a Viennese Waltz is comparable with running a 400 mtr on the athletic track. Often you see on the dance floor the same the same errors as on the 400 mtr track, most of the competitors start to energetic but can't keep the quality to the same level and start to make technical errors due to the lack of stamina!
And After this dance The Slow Foxtrot is coming......

Be aware to show, the same or even a higher level of spatial dancing and speed of movement than those competitors dancing in front and behind you, with those you are compared easily by the judges!!

Musical Phrasing is hardly seen in the Amateur ranks and I think it could be easily added to your existing Viennese Waltz routine...... just do it!!

Best Regards

Piet Rullens

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Viennese Waltz History

The Viennese waltz originally comes from the South German Alps Area. During the 18th century the dances: Weller, Walzer and Ländler were found, this last dance the Ländler is originally the forerunner of our Viennese Waltz. Between 1800 and 1820 the steps and figures from the Ländler were reduced due to the speed of music and the 6 step Viennese Walz was born.

During the Sixties a lot of discussion was going on between Germany and the U.K concerning the number of Viennese Waltz variations allowed in Competitions. In 1983 the I.C.B.D. took the final decision: Natural and Reverse Turns, Natural and Reverse Fleckerls, The Contra Check change from reverse fleckerl to natural fleckerl danced over one bar of music

In my opinion the may add more figures to the Viennese Waltz to stimulate the developemnt more in a positive direction figures like: Throwaway Oversway, Natural Hinge line on right side, Natural Off-beat Spins.


Viennese Waltz Characteristics


  • Character: Rotating and Swinging spatial movements
  • Movement: Progressive
  • Timing: 3/4
  • Bars/min: 60 according the IDSF Rules
  • Accent: On beat 1
  • Competition: 1 - 1,5 minutes
  • Rise and Fall: No foot rise on the inner turns
  • Dynamics: Flow and Spatial motions


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Viennese Waltz Interpretation

The Viennese Waltz is a progressive rotating dance with the accent on the first beat. Consider when Waltzing around a Competition floor one, you or your partner is dancing an inner turn. The flow and progression on the inner turn determine the flow and progression from the outside turn. Often the Man makes to much progression on the innerturns which disturbs the balance form the Lady in the out-site turn.

To much Sway on the firsts step of a Natural Turn may block the movement an natural flow of the body in the Viennese Waltz. According to the rules the first step hasn't any sway!!! you may hold the the preceding sway slightly at the beginning of step 1 and 4, closing the feet must not be noticeable in the topline and head.


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Couples to Observe

There are many famous Champions, one name we can't forget is to the standardisation of the Viennese Waltz are "Alex Moore, England and Paul Krebs, Germany. I have found my personal favourites they are:
  • Marcus and Karin Hilton
  • Oliver and Martina Wessel-Therhorn


Viennese Waltz Music

The CD's that flow into my mind when writing this page are the following:

  • "Windmill in Old Amsterdam" Ronnie Hilton