Viennese waltz

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The Viennese waltz is a fast, elegant ballroom dance in 3/4 time characterized by continuous turning movements and graceful rotational patterns.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gesellschafts-Walzer 1
Viennese waltz canonical 1
Waltz 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballroom dance ⓘ
partner dance ⓘ
social dance ⓘ
associatedComposer Johann Strauss I ⓘ
Johann Strauss II ⓘ
associatedWork Tales from the Vienna Woods ⓘ
The Blue Danube ⓘ
basicFigure change step ⓘ
fleckerls ⓘ
natural turn ⓘ
reverse turn ⓘ
characteristic closed hold ⓘ
continuous turning movements ⓘ
graceful rotational patterns ⓘ
progressive movement around the line of dance ⓘ
rotational rise and fall ⓘ
competitionCategory American Smooth ⓘ
International Standard ⓘ
culturalAssociation Austrian culture ⓘ
Viennese ball tradition ⓘ
danceFrame standard ballroom frame ⓘ
danceHold closed ballroom hold ⓘ
dancePosition closed position ⓘ
danceStyle ballroom ⓘ
developedFrom Austrian folk dances ⓘ
Ländler ⓘ
footwork heel-toe for forward steps ⓘ
toe-heel for backward steps ⓘ
movementDirection counterclockwise around the room ⓘ
musicAccent accent on the first beat of the bar ⓘ
musicGenre waltz ⓘ
musicMeter triple meter ⓘ
originCity Vienna ⓘ
originCountry Austria ⓘ
originPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
relatedDance American waltz ⓘ
slow waltz ⓘ
requires good posture ⓘ
partner ⓘ
rotational balance ⓘ
riseAndFall subtle ⓘ
rotation continuous ⓘ
socialContext ballroom events ⓘ
formal dances ⓘ
wedding receptions ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
typicalTempoBPM about 180 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Strauss I → notableWork → Gesellschafts-Walzer ⓘ
linked to: Viennese waltz
L'Histoire du soldat → notableMovement → Waltz ⓘ
linked to: Viennese waltz