The Viennese Waltz

The Basic Requirements of the Viennese Waltz

• The footwork and steps should be kept very simple
• We should be able to see a slight swaying action from the couple - a musical lilt - a gentle rise and fall. Mimics riding on the crest of a wave - the movement's more on the progression
• We should see lots of rotation.

The Viennese Waltz has the least steps of all of the dances - there are only 3 steps that we should see

1. Natural turns - turn to the Left
2. Reverse turns - turn to the right
3. Change step - this step is executed in-between the natural and reverse steps and is used to aid the dancers to move to the other foot.