Viennese waltz
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Viennese waltz is a form of ballroom dance. At least four different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earlies
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Early waltz steps, 1816 from Thomas Wilson Treatise on Waltzing
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In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other.
Viennese waltz
…the music of Viennese waltz. What is now called the Viennese waltz is the original form of the waltz. It was the first ballroom dance performed in the closed hold or "waltz" position. The dance that is popularly known as the waltz is actually the English or slow waltz, danced at approximately 90 beats per minute…
Dance at Bougival, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883