Viennese
Waltz
Style:
International Style
Category:
Modern Standard Ballroom
Rhythm:
3/4 time
(Accent on 1)
Tempo:
International
Competition
60
Bars per minute
Social
56-60
Bars per minute
These ‘preferred’ tempos notwithstanding, the basic figures may be danced to
any waltz played between 44 and 64 bars per minute.
The Viennese Waltz is the classic waltz,
more often featured in films than the more modern ‘slow Waltz’.
This dance is a quick rotating dance with a subtle rise and fall. It is considered a very difficult dance to do properly, even
in its simplest forms.
Alignments:
The Viennese Waltz is a fast-rotating dance, and therefore some of the
alignments given are slightly confusing. In
the Viennese Waltz a figure may begin with a certain alignment, then rotate
1/8’th of a turn before the first step touches the floor.
The alignments listed are the alignments for the feet when they first touch the floor.