Viennese waltz (German: Wiener Walzer) is a genre 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 earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to 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 with 3 beats to the bar
(the international standard of 30 measures per minute), while the Viennese waltz is danced at about 180
beats (58-60 measures) per minute. To this day however, in Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and France,
the words Walzer (German), vals (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish), and valse (French) still implicitly
refer to the original dance and not the slow waltz.

The Viennese waltz is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either toward the
leader's right (natural) or toward the leader's left (reverse), interspersed with non-rotating change steps
to switch between the direction of rotation.

As the waltz evolved, some of the versions that were done at about the original fast tempo came to be
called specifically "Viennese waltz" to distinguish them from the slower waltzes. In the modern ballroom
dance, two versions of Viennese waltz are recognized: International Style and American Style.

Today the Viennese waltz is a ballroom and partner dance that is part of the International Standard
division of contemporary ballroom dance.

The Viennese waltz, so called to distinguish it from the waltz and the French waltz, is the oldest of the
current ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and
the Ländler in Austria and was both popular and subject to criticism. At that time, the waltz, as
described in a magazine from

The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is
fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is
danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events. Quickstep was developed in the 1920s
in New York City and was first danced by Caribbean and African dancers. Its origins are in combination of
slow foxtrot combined with the Charleston, a dance which was one of the precursors to what today is
called swing dancing.

The quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the foxtrot, Charleston, shag, peabody, and
one-step. The dance is English in origin and was standardized in 1927. While it evolved from the foxtrot,
the quickstep now is quite separate. Unlike the modern foxtrot, the leader often closes his feet, and
syncopated steps are regular occurrences (as was the case in early foxtrot). Three characteristic dance
figures of the quickstep are the chassés, where the feet are brought together, the quarter turns, and the
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This dance gradually evolved into a very dynamic one with a lot of movement on the dance floor, with
many advanced patterns including hops, runs, quick steps with a lot of momentum, and rotation. The
tempo of quickstep dance is rather brisk, as it was developed to ragtime era jazz music, which is fast-
paced when compared to other dance music.

By the end of the 20th century the complexity of quickstep as done by advanced dancers had increased,
with the extensive use of syncopated steps with eighth note durations. While in older times quickstep
patterns were counted with "quick" (one beat) and "slow" (two beats) steps, many advanced patterns
today are cued with split beats, such as "quick-and-quick-and-quick, quick, slow", with there being
further steps on the 'and's.

The quickstep is elegant like the foxtrot and should be smooth and glamorous. The dancers should
appear to be very light on their feet. It is very energetic