Waltz (International Standard)

The Slow Waltz, also English Waltz (English: Slow Waltz, also English Waltz ) is a social and competitive dance in 3/4-time. The slow Waltz is one of the classic ballroom dances and is usually danced at a tempo of about 30 beats per minute.

History

Around 1870 developed in the United States a gentler form of the Viennese waltz, which was known under the name Boston. This version retained the characteristic of the Viennese waltz rotating figures, but was danced to a slower pace. By 1920, this forms the Slow Waltz ( Waltz ), which is also called English Waltz because of its origin in England developed. However, other sources also give the Austrian Landler to as the " father" of the slow waltz. Anyway, the dancers use the slower pace to the waltz to enrich other characters who make dancing so interesting.

The Slow Waltz is the world dance program since 1963 part. He is considered the most harmonious ballroom dance, and is often danced at the opening of a dance event. Also, he is regarded as one of the five standard dances worldwide on any standard tournament first.

Characteristics and technology

Important when Slow Waltz is the swing. It is constructed on the second part of the first clock beat, and then gently decelerated to " two or three ". The lifting and lowering (or Rise and Fall ), ie the lowering of the body by bending the knees ( for the first blow toward cut ) and the stretching of the knee and the standing on the ball of the foot ( on the second and beginning of the third shock lift ) also found in the slow Waltz space. Another characteristic is the tendency of the upper body ( Sway ) relative to the floor. This enables a controlled braking of the rotary motion. These are in a weakened form typical features of all swing dances, including Quickstep, Slow Foxtrot and Viennese Waltz are.

Waltz is danced in differentiated rotation magnitudes, since otherwise it is impossible to locomotion in a preferred direction.