And standing here at Tanzschule Elmayer, one of Vienna’s greatest dance schools, a strange but certain sense of well-being washes over me. Despite the fact that it’s almost time to waltz.

In the waltz, the couple hugged and glided and touched. The dance represented scandalous freedom. It represented scandalous intimacy. It spread from Vienna throughout Europe and America with ...

While the formal dress and classic dances of the Vienna balls have prevailed since the early 1800s, some events are taking ...

One simple answer is that this longest-running popular dance is a simple thing. The structure of the waltz is little more ... As always, the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s concert ...

In Vienna, the 200th birthday of Johann ... The most original location is probably the play "Times Waltz": With the Ferris wheel, you can "dance" through the centuries back and forth from January ...

Learn Traditional Viennese Waltz 7:00pm to 8:20pm, fun, easy-to-learn, popular since the early 19th century, done at all tempos from fast to slow, and perhaps the most romantic partner dance of all.

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) is known as the 'Waltz King'. He was the greatest of all Viennese dance music composers. Life and Music The young Strauss had started composing and directing his own ...