11 Easy American Waltz Steps

If you want us to make how to videos for any of these steps, let us know!
STEPS:
0:00 Basic Box
0:24 Traveling Box
0:44 Turning Box
1:03 Streamline
1:15 Open Rolls
1:36 Alternating Open Rolls
1:56 Twinkle
2:09 Back to Back
2:33 Underarm Turn
2:54 Shadow Position Box
3:35 Shadow Position Turning Box
4:07 Hesitations and Balances

[@augustrachelle5950]

Very well done! Teaching is difficult and you have done a wonderful job of making this clean and not stressful to understand! Counts are clear, movements are clear! I get lost with too much over explaining in other instructional videos! ❤

[@twmissmt]

Excellent instruction video without inundating your students with over-explanation (paralysis through analysis). I love how you've provided two views for every movement. Nice job!

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Thanks, T. Williams! Glad it was helpful!

[@chester4574]

SS3ew

[@restisaweapon1]

great, been out of dancing for a while and this really helps refresh my memory

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Glad it helped!

[@MackenzieForge]

You guys are really good at that.

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Thanks! :)

[@basicallydeadbooks000]

This was so helpful and easy to understand thank you!

[@bucketlistbuddies]

We're glad it was helpful!

[@nikonfx6598]

Excellent tutorial! Very easy to understand and follow. Thank you very much.

[@IStoleTheChocolateMilk]

As someone who wants to make dance my hobby again this was VERY helpful, tysm! 💕

[@haileymaurer122]

Practicing simple waltz steps for my wedding! Thank you - you're very good at illustrating the steps

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mayahsmith4164]

Trying to learn for prom; this video was really helpful :)

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Hey, Mayah! I'm glad it was helpful! Good luck!

[@KigaraLW]

You’re so likeable, I feel like I could really learn something on your lessons and not get frustrated

[@johnlozy8624]

i suggest the the leader change steps rather than the follower in shadow position. Why? Let the leader lead, and the follower just follow. The leader knows what is about to happen and the follower, especially if unfamiliar, will not know.

[@caseyd9471]

If you were dancing a waltz back in the 19th century like this, is there a set order everyone knows for these steps? If not, how does the man lead in a way that the lady knows what steps they're about to do?

[@bucketlistbuddies]

Hey, Casey! There isn't one set order of steps, and while you can make a routine if you want, social waltz is generally danced lead and follow. This means the gentleman chooses the order of the steps, and they lead each step in a specific way so the lady can follow. We'll have to make some videos explaining the leads for these steps, but in the meantime, you can figure out a system that works for you by practicing with a partner and getting or giving feedback on which leads make sense!

[@froggydoodle808]

The leader uses certain arm movements to cue which way the follower is about to move. A good follower always has their arms fairly rigid, so they can be "steered.". I, as a follower, think of myself as a push cart, and my arms are the handles. You can't steer a push cart if its handles are floppy and loose like ropes! As for my feet, as long as I'm lifting and lowering them in time to the music, I don't have to think about whether to step forward, backward, or sideways, because my leader will steer me. It's actually really fun and mentally relaxing to be the follower; you don't have to think about the moves at all!

[@louistodd4857]

Practice...

[@jordenturner9911]

Thanks for this!! Im choreographing hello dolly and theres a 6 minute waltz and i need to keep it interesting

[@myblrblr3976]

Really appreciate this video

[@miguelmartino5544]

Thanks

[@GiovaniCapitanio]

i think this video is the best to learning waltz dance

[@CristalFire12]

I need to learn to dance like this, I need to fulfill my dream of the fanficton I read eventually

[@edwinbritto3057]

Whole pacakage in few minutes
Thanks so much..

[@bucketlistbuddies]

You're welcome, Edwin!

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[@chuckanders7114]

Thank you for this video. I like to see the steps in motion over just a demonstration of what or how to do them. Some the names are different from what I learned them as but that is no big deal. I always felt, and still do, that any change of footwork / syncopation, should be the responsibility and done by the leader. I will again say thank you for this useful and informative video.

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❤

[@youwillseelikethis]

no music ???

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[@yoktor]

Yeahss, she twinkled.

[@elmo6123]

You forgot the kiss

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[@dallinnield7975]

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[@bucketlistbuddies]

I'm 98% sure you're right

[@kestrelfalcon5558]

Followers dont change footwork, its the leaders job.

[@SM-yz4hi]

make your own tutorial then. nobody likes a whiner

[@Akaliii_]

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