a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat music composed in triple time for waltzing
A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance
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{f} dance to waltz music; move quickly, move with lightness; do something in a relaxed and easy way
A waltz is a dance in which two people hold each other and move around the floor doing special steps in time to waltz music. Arthur Murray taught the foxtrot, the tango and the waltz
If you say that someone waltzes somewhere, you mean that they do something in a relaxed and confident way. She's probably got herself a new man and gone waltzing off with him. Ballroom turning dance evolved from the ländler in the 18th century. It is characterized by a step, slide, and step in 3/4 time. It was highly popular in the 19th and early 20th century. Variations include the rapid, whirling Viennese waltz and the slower, dipping Boston waltz, modified by Vernon and Irene Castle as the hesitation waltz. Many 19th-century composers wrote waltz music, most notably Franz Peter Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, and Johann Strauss
A dance for couples written in 3/4 time It made ist first appearance in the 18th-century, from German or Bohemian origins The waltz reached England in the last years of the 18th-century
If you waltz with someone, you dance a waltz with them. `Waltz with me,' he said, taking her hand Couples are waltzing round the wooden floor
A simple jump, for beginners, in which takeoff is from the forward outside edge and the landing is on the back outside edge of the other foot, after a half revolution in the air
Danced in European courts in the mid-1700s, the romantic Slow Waltz is an offspring of the faster Viennese Waltz in 3/4 time The rhythm was gradually slowed down over time as songwriters of ballads and love songs chose to compose in a slower and more comfortable tempo This dance has continued to rise in popularity at anniversaries, graduations, and weddings! Considered the 'Mother' of our present dances and a must for keeping with 'social etiquette', Waltz is an excellent dance for strengthening the ankles, knees and balance through its 'rise and fall' styling The Waltz also develops softness, elegance and graceful movement
[ 'wol(t)s ] (noun.) 1781. German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).