Basic steps of waltz dance style

 

How to Waltz Dance: 6 Steps for the Lead Dancer


The ballroom dance requires two people: one leads and one follows. To begin, both dancers stand about a foot apart facing each other. The lead dancer places their right hand on the follower's left shoulder and then the dance begins.


  1. 1. Step forward with your left foot. Stand with your feet hip distance apart and step forward with the left foot while moving your body in the direction of your left foot.

  3. 2. Move to your right. Move your right foot sideways to the right.

  5. 3. Close your left foot to your right foot. Bring your left foot next to your right foot so your feet are parallel and nearly touching.

  1. 4. Step back with your right foot. Take a step back with your right foot.

  3. 5. Move back and to your left. Take a single step with your left foot that moves you back and sideways to the left.

  5. 6. Close your right foot to your left foot. Move your right foot next to your left foot so your feet are parallel and nearly touching.

How to Waltz Dance: 6 Steps for the Follower


To start, the follower faces their dance partner and places their left hand on the leader’s shoulder. The follower then moves in the opposite direction of the lead.


  1. 1. Step back with your right foot. Place your feet hip distance apart and step back with the right foot, moving your body in the direction of your right foot.

  3. 2. Move to your left. Move your left foot sideways to the left.

  5. 3. Close your right foot to your left foot. Bring your right foot next to your left foot so your feet are parallel and nearly touching.

  7. 4. Step forward with your left foot. Take a step forward with your left foot.

  9. 5. Move back and to your right. Take a single step with your right foot that moves you back and sideways to the right.

  1. 6. Close your left foot to your right foot. Move your left foot next to your right foot so your feet are parallel and nearly touching

3 Popular Waltz Dance Styles


Dancers perform the waltz everywhere from royal courts to ballroom dance studios. Here are the most popular waltzes:


  2. 1. Viennese waltz: The Viennese-style waltz has basic box steps at a fast tempo and is the quickest of the waltz varieties—clocking in at about 180 beats per minute. Dancers continuously turn to the left and to the right while moving to the soundtrack of Strauss waltz music. There is less rise-and-fall motion in this style of waltzing because of the pace.

  1. 2. International style: International standard waltz is recognized as an international style ballroom dance and is common in dance competitions. It’s danced to slow waltz music, about 84 to 90 beats per minute and is a good waltz for beginners. It was previously referred to as the slow waltz.

  3. 3. American style: The American waltz has more freeform dance moves than the other styles and has a large variety of arm movements and foot patterns. Similar to the Viennese waltz, dancers move counterclockwise around the dance floor. American style is a popular dance course among those who seek out waltz dance lessons.

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