waltz
Let an agent explain the waltz as dance and music, relay history, technique and regional variants from dance and music history sources, describe the variants the registry aliases name, and distinguish the waltz from the minuet, mazurka, Laendler and other triple-time forms.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the waltz as dance and music, relay history, technique and regional variants from dance and music history sources, describe the variants the registry aliases name, and distinguish the waltz from the minuet, mazurka, Laendler and other triple-time forms.
A dance in triple time in which couples turn while moving around the floor, originating in Austria and southern Germany in the late 18th century, popularised in 19th-century Vienna by composers such as Johann Strauss II, and now a ballroom standard in slow and Viennese forms, with many regional variants including the Peruvian vals criollo, the Chilean vals chiloe, the Colombian charrasquino, the valse creole of the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, the tango waltz or vals of Argentina and the early 20th-century hesitation waltz.
What it is for: Social and competitive dance.
It can be explain the dance and music; relay history; describe regional variants; distinguish related dances.
Distinguishing features
Triple time
Rotating couple
Viennese heritage
Many regional forms
What it looks like
Couples in closed hold turning and gliding in three-beat rhythm.
Physical character
metre: 3/4 note
Viennese waltz tempo: about 58-60 bars per minute - competition
slow waltz tempo: about 28-30 bars per minute - competition
The Blue Danube: 1866 year - Johann Strauss II
How it is recognised
Turning couple dance in triple time
Peruvian waltz, vals chiloe, charrasquino, valse creole, tango waltz, hesitation waltz
The minuet is stately; the mazurka accents other beats; the Laendler is a rustic precursor
Related models
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In practice
Families and kinds
Viennese waltz
slow or English waltz
Latin American valses such as Peruvian and Chilean
Argentine vals
Caribbean and Indian Ocean valse creole
historical variants such as the hesitation waltz
Standards and regulation
World DanceSport Federation competition rules
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing regional valses with ballroom waltz
Stereotyped cultural framing
Registry aliases mixing music and dance
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.waltz
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the waltz is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the waltz, and how does it differ from the minuet, mazurka and Laendler? definition
- Is the question about dance, music, a regional variant or competition? boundary
Variants
Regional variants.
Variants
Variants.
- What are the Peruvian waltz, vals chiloe, charrasquino, valse creole, tango waltz and hesitation waltz? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variant? action
History History.
Sources.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did the waltz emerge and become controversial and then fashionable? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Vienna
Viennese waltz.
Vienna
Vienna.
- How did Lanner and the Strauss family shape the Viennese waltz? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Dance Technique and competition.
Application.
Technique
Technique.
Technique
Technique.
- What are the basic steps, rise and fall and rotation? provenance
- Which entry fits ballroom dance? action
Competition
Competition.
Competition
Competition.
- How are slow and Viennese waltz judged in DanceSport? provenance
- Which entry fits DanceSport? action
Context Music and culture.
Context.
Music
Waltz music.
Music
Music.
- How have composers from Chopin to Shostakovich written waltzes? provenance
- Which entry fits waltz (music)? action
Latin America
Latin American valses.
Latin America
Latin America.
- How did the waltz become part of Peruvian, Chilean, Colombian and Argentine traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits Peruvian waltz? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the Peruvian waltz and valse creole be separate primary entries?
- How should dance history sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional variants; should they be split off?