The sounds of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's “Waltz of the Flowers” have become a holiday standard, but this family favorite began as a dance of rebellion, embraced by teens and sneered at by parents.

The Waltz is a smooth dance, with gentle, flowing movements, a memorable 1-2-3 rhythm, and a distinctive ‘rise and fall’ action. In its early years the Waltz caused outrage. It was called the ...

Waltz’s orchestration of the dancers is skilful, moving between the might of the mass and contrasting textures of movement: orgiastic revels, individual poses ... centred on a dance score ...

“If you can’t dance it, it’s like ‘What, you don’t know how to waltz?’” The Viennese waltz evolved from the popular late 18th-century folk dance, the Ländler, a boisterous affair ...

speeches and the traditional debutantes grand opening dance. Guests gather shoulder to shoulder, eager to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. Only once “Alles Walzer!” ("Let the waltz begin!") ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Waltz’s dance to Terry Riley’s seminal score, at the Brooklyn Academy, is loose and cheerful, giving a spatial sense of the suspension of time.

based on a Ukrainian folk dance, and the elegant Waltz of the Flowers. The Russian Dance - the Trepak - is a Cossack dance normally performed by men who would kick their legs out from a squatting ...