I am 70 years old and I have been dancing a very long time, so I have had exposure to many different instructors and variations of moves. This has to be one of the very best that I have ever seen and wanted to say thank you for the video. I can see other comments from years ago and I only wish that I had learned this your way and style when I was in my 20s.
I love your dance instruction videos. At our dance class last night we were really breaking down the Waltz, and I whole heartily agree, THE WALTZ IS HARD!!!!! Keep up the Waltz videos.
Thank you so much for being here and for sending your positivity! Waltz can be difficult for sure. We do our best to simplify it as much as possible, but, you know ... it’s waltz ;-)
Hi Anthony and Rose. Great breakdown of the move, thanks! Your 'secret sauce' vid has also been really helpful. I'd like to know what song/artist you have playing during the last moments of this video are. It's nice music at a really chill tempo. Thanks in advance!
I've noticed that at the country dance hall where I go, most country waltzes are danced to country 3:4 (three beats per measure; quarter note gets one count) music that is roughly the same speed/tempo as (or slightly slower than) what I'm accustomed to dancing waltz to (i.e., roughly 32 measures per minute) at ballroom events. But there are some country songs that are probably at 3:8 or 12:8 timing in which the tempo for each set of three beats is between 40 and 60 sets per minute, which is more comparable to ballroom Viennese waltz. If there is a country dance style comparable to Viennese waltz, what is it, and do you teach it? When these faster 3 beat songs are played at my country dance hall, people try to do regular waltz to them, but cannot do it well because the music is too fast. There is also a variant of Viennese Waltz that can be danced to 4:4 songs in which the rhythm is Slow-Quick-Quick instead of the normal Viennese waltz rhythm in which each of the three steps in each measure/set take one (equal length) beat. This variant allows my partner and me to dance the fast, rotational Viennese waltz style (which is one of my top two favorites) to 4:4 songs such as foxtrot. We've successfully experimented with using this variant with Tx 2 Step, but have yet to try it at our country dance hall. The only downside that I foresee is that we'll be progressing around the floor quite a bit faster than the fastest Tx 2 Step dancers, which would require an extra lane on the outside for folks like us. Your thoughts?
Not at all! That works just as well :-) In fact, that is the “correct” way to count waltz... we have just found 123 is easier from a teaching perspective.
Is there a reason you count 1,2,3 1,2,3 instead of 1,2,3 4,5,6? I have been taught as a female that the 1 starts on my right foot and the 4 on my left foot. To me it is confusing when you count 1,2,3 1,2,3 because I don't know which foot I am working on.
Hi there. That’s a legitimate question. The answer is that 123 makes far more sense from a dancing perspective. As with any other dance, syncopations will come into play at some point in your learning. If you syncopate (as with a promenade chasse, for example), you are now on the opposite foot anyway. It wouldn’t be beneficial to HAVE to switch back. 123 makes sense because it simply counts down beats rather that music time signature.
I am 70 years old and I have been dancing a very long time, so I have had exposure to many different instructors and variations of moves.
This has to be one of the very best that I have ever seen and wanted to say thank you for the video. I can see other comments from years ago and I only wish that I had learned this your way and style when I was in my 20s.
The Waltz is and always has been my favorite.
We love the Waltz too!
I love your dance instruction videos. At our dance class last night we were really breaking down the Waltz, and I whole heartily agree, THE WALTZ IS HARD!!!!! Keep up the Waltz videos.
Thank you so much for being here and for sending your positivity! Waltz can be difficult for sure. We do our best to simplify it as much as possible, but, you know ... it’s waltz ;-)
Love the waltz, thanks guys!!
You’re very welcome. We’re so glad you liked it!
We love that waltz move, thank you so much, we love the waltz
We love waltz too. Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the waltz
We're glad you enjoyed it. We love waltz too
Never thought about putting a syncopated step in a waltz! Going to have to add that.
It's a brand new day! ha!
Hey you two, l so enjoy this is my favorite UA-cam site thank you for your efforts, more waltz l love this dance, night club 2 step is also beautiful
We appreciate you being here with us and are flattered! We’ll definitely do more Waltz and Nightclub :-)
Hi Anthony and Rose. Great breakdown of the move, thanks! Your 'secret sauce' vid has also been really helpful. I'd like to know what song/artist you have playing during the last moments of this video are. It's nice music at a really chill tempo. Thanks in advance!
Hi there. We use royalty free music to avoid copyright infringement
I've noticed that at the country dance hall where I go, most country waltzes are danced to country 3:4 (three beats per measure; quarter note gets one count) music that is roughly the same speed/tempo as (or slightly slower than) what I'm accustomed to dancing waltz to (i.e., roughly 32 measures per minute) at ballroom events. But there are some country songs that are probably at 3:8 or 12:8 timing in which the tempo for each set of three beats is between 40 and 60 sets per minute, which is more comparable to ballroom Viennese waltz. If there is a country dance style comparable to Viennese waltz, what is it, and do you teach it? When these faster 3 beat songs are played at my country dance hall, people try to do regular waltz to them, but cannot do it well because the music is too fast.
There is also a variant of Viennese Waltz that can be danced to 4:4 songs in which the rhythm is Slow-Quick-Quick instead of the normal Viennese waltz rhythm in which each of the three steps in each measure/set take one (equal length) beat. This variant allows my partner and me to dance the fast, rotational Viennese waltz style (which is one of my top two favorites) to 4:4 songs such as foxtrot. We've successfully experimented with using this variant with Tx 2 Step, but have yet to try it at our country dance hall. The only downside that I foresee is that we'll be progressing around the floor quite a bit faster than the fastest Tx 2 Step dancers, which would require an extra lane on the outside for folks like us. Your thoughts?
I have not seen any new WC dance moves in a long time, how about a few new ones?
We'd love to! Thanks for the feedback :-)
How do you dance a country waltz to a really fast tempo eg. Girl Crush?
Personally, we wouldn't... but Viennese Waltz is better suited for that tempo.
I count 123,456 is that wrong?
Not at all! That works just as well :-) In fact, that is the “correct” way to count waltz... we have just found 123 is easier from a teaching perspective.
So do l
Is there a reason you count 1,2,3 1,2,3 instead of 1,2,3 4,5,6? I have been taught as a female that the 1 starts on my right foot and the 4 on my left foot. To me it is confusing when you count 1,2,3 1,2,3 because I don't know which foot I am working on.
Hi there. That’s a legitimate question. The answer is that 123 makes far more sense from a dancing perspective. As with any other dance, syncopations will come into play at some point in your learning. If you syncopate (as with a promenade chasse, for example), you are now on the opposite foot anyway. It wouldn’t be beneficial to HAVE to switch back. 123 makes sense because it simply counts down beats rather that music time signature.
More waltz patterns....!
We'll do it :-)