Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom dancing in 3/4-time which arose around 1770 in the Austro- southern Germany from the Landler. The name was " rolling " from the Middle High German of the dance moves and the word " roll ", meaning " turn " means derived. The term also applies to the music of the dance. The waltz is danced in a closed posture in fast turns and with a firm step pattern.

• 2.1 Legal waltz
• 2.2 Links Waltz
• 2.3 waltz figures

Dance styles

Waltz occur in numerous dance styles. In ballroom dancing, there are two variants, the folk dance there next to the couple dance waltz many steps into the circle dances. Less well known are the many figures that are possible with the waltz.

The dance poses are very different. While there is dancing in the ballroom dances bent very far apart and backwards, the dancing posture is narrower and looser in other dance styles. In Scandinavia, the heads come very close together, while the upper body have greater distance. The arm holder is very different in folk dance. In order to be able to rotate easily, the man often surrounds both arms of the woman's body.

Ballroom dancing

Viennese Waltz

The Viennese Waltz is the fast Waltz in ballroom dancing.

Waltz

The Slow Waltz is the dignified form of the waltz. Here also figures to be inserted.

Vals at Tango Argentino

The Vals, also called Tango Waltz, one of the three dances of Tango Argentino. It is danced with the tango steps, which are however adapted to the 3/4-time.

Folk dance

The dancing posture is much looser than in the folk dance ballroom dancing. The upper body remain straight and not tilted backwards. The arms are angled so that less space is required. Often the man holds in his left hand not the right hand of the woman, but keeps her upper body, just as he does with his right hand. The woman then puts her right hand on the upper arm or shoulder of the man. So that the position of the pair of V is avoided, and the rotation is easier.

The normal three - quarter waltz

The step sequence after it is danced just like the Viennese Waltz.

( 1 2 3) long - short - short

• For the Lord: (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left | (1 2 3 ) right -left-right
• For the lady: (1 2 3 ) right-left - right | (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left

5 - quarter waltz

The asymmetric waltzes are often danced in France.

Here's a 2- step is added to the 3 waltz steps. (Alternatively, the order is the other way around, only two - part, then waltz part. )

( 1 2 3) long - short - short - (4 5) long - long

• For the Lord: (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left ( 4) right (5) left | (1 2 3 ) right-left - right (4) left ( 5) right
• For the lady: (1 2 3 ) right-left - right (4) left ( 5) right | (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left ( 4) right (5 ) to the left

8- quarter waltz

At the 3 waltz steps for another 3 Walzer steps are danced and then added the 2- step.

( 1 2 3) long - short - short - (4 5 6 ) long - short - short - ( 7 8 ) long - long

• For the Lord: (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left (4 5 6 ) Right -left-right (7 ) to the left ( 8) right | (1 2 3 ) Left -right-left (4 5 6 ) Right - left-right (7 ) to the left (8 ) to the right

• For the lady: (1 2 3 ) right-left - right ( 4 5 6 ) Left -right-left (7 ) to the right ( 8) left | (1 2 3 ) right-left - right ( 4 5 6 ) Left - right-left (7 ) to the right (8 ) to the left

11- quarter waltz

According to the five - quarter waltz and the 8- quarter waltz waltz three parts combined with a two - part, usually in the division: Waltz Waltz Waltz twos ( 3-3-2-3 ).

Scandinavian Waltz

Stikwalzer

The right leg is not between the legs of the partner, but both are side by side.

Hambo Waltz

A variant of the Hambo.

Dance description

Steps and movements: While dancing, the couple turns with two waltz steps once around its axis, the first time the dancers, the second time the dancer makes a bigger step. The dancer is the rotational movement of a stronger pulse and can be supported by the music.

Start: In contrast to the standard dance of man begins in the folk dance with the left foot back. Otherwise, all the steps are the same.

Normal round dancing posture or basket -making, man and woman have each other front. The feet of the man standing next to each other so that the right foot of the woman still has space, as well as the. Of the woman

Right Waltz

1st cycle:

Step 1: The man makes with his left foot a small step backward, the woman with the right foot a small step forward. Then they are loaded. A protrusion between the feet of the partner is rather uncommon in the folk dance.

Step 2: He's with the right foot a small step backwards, it is about a foot beside the left and charged him. She makes with his left foot a small step forward, puts him at some distance beside the right and charged him.

Step 3: The man is the left foot beside the right, so he closes the gap, and charged him. The woman doing the same against movement.

2nd stroke:

Step 1: The man makes with his right foot a small step forward and charged him, the woman clears the left foot and charged him.

Step 2: He's with his left foot a small step forward, it is about a foot wide of the right and charged him. She makes the right a small step backwards, puts him at some distance beside the left and charged him.

Step 3: The man poses the right foot beside the left, and thus closing the gap and charged him about it. The woman doing the same against movement. Now the couple are back in the starting position.

The steps are repeated, as explained in the first two cycles, and continued as the music plays.

The rotation

A right - rotation, ie a rotation of pairs clockwise ↷ arises from the fact that the man in the first and second step turns the body to the right with the left foot to the side instead provides backwards. For the woman, the same applies.

To execute: the waltz should be danced smoothly. The pairs rotate to change the speed very smoothly without the individual steps or between the clocks. The upper body and head are kept quiet, there is no up and down movement and not the arms, if you have chosen the usual dance pose. An upright posture is, of course, keep your feet close together, the upper body slightly away from each other. The centrifugal forces that occur at a faster dancing are captured by Bursch and Dirndl alike. Each step should be leaked at high tempo of the music of the second step can be smoothed.

Links Waltz

Only when the law is dominated waltz sure one should dare to the links waltz. When links Waltz of the angular momentum must be much larger. But the most difficult is the transition to the links waltz.

1st cycle:

Step 1: The man makes with his left foot a small step backward, turning it counterclockwise while ↶ and provides him with weight transfer behind his right foot. The woman makes with his right foot a small step forward, turning it counterclockwise while ↶ and charged him.

Step 2: He turns his right foot on ball as far counterclockwise until it ↶ approximately parallel to the left foot, and charged him. She turns her left foot counterclockwise ↶ and makes it parallel to the right at some distance.

Step 3: Both rotate the both feet on the bale counter-clockwise as far as ↶ to this after the other, the left foot in front of right, taking the left, they charged the right.

2nd stroke:

Step 1: The man makes with his right foot a small step forward, rotate it counterclockwise ↶ and charged him. His feet are now approximately at right angles to each other with the tips. She does the same with the left foot, with their heels facing each other.

Step 2: He makes with the left, they with the right foot about a half turn counterclockwise ↶ and charged him. Third beat:

Step 3: The man is in the right, they the left foot. Now both are back in the starting position. When well executed, the couple has made ​​in these two measures a full turn counterclockwise ↶.

Waltz figures

When Waltz numerous varied figures can install eg: Maneuver, solo 's, women 's and men's rotation, Twinkles and crosses.

History

The Waltz appeared as a dance after the mid-18th century and became fashionable in all walks of life. He supplanted the minuet and had the reputation of the vernacular and Germans against the French Aristocratic and the minuet. Whether he has evolved from southern Germany or Austrian Landler or arose parallel to it, is controversial.

While standing also in triple meter minuet has a baroque regular pulse, the weights in waltz time are unevenly distributed, and the bass usually plays only on the first beat. While the minuet again gives the impression of walking, the Waltz gives the the swing. Until the early 19th century, the waltz tempo very fast ( " Langaus " ) was, in his " classic" period after the Congress of Vienna it leveled off at approximately one second per cycle.

The approximately half as fast version of the dance, the Slow Waltz, was born in the late 19th century.

Famous danceable waltz by Josef Lanner, Johann Strauss (father), his son Johann Strauss (Son ) (eg the Danube Waltz, 1867) as well as by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Many operas and operettas included on stage danced waltz music.

As a folk dance of the waltz was first promoted at the beginning of the thirties, especially in Germany and Austria in the wake of a popular fashion and later as part of a political program for the exclusion of " un-German ".