Susan's waltz workshops
Waltz: the queen of the ballroom for two centuries

Monthly: Dance the night away with Susan once a month at Elm City Waltz in New Haven, Connecticut. Dances and music include couple dances from the early 19th century to the present day with an emphasis on all kinds of waltzing.


Cross-Step Waltz
Please see the Cross-step waltz page for a list of classes in this beautiful new waltz style.

100 Years of Waltz
Follow the development of the waltz from its earliest recorded form in the early 1800's through the variations of the Victorian era and into the unusual waltzes of the early 20th century.

Leap, Hop, and Waltz!
The lively leaping and hopping waltzes of the 19th century, from the Regency-era sauteuse and jete through the leaping waltz and waltz galop of the 1890's. Energetic!

Mr. Wilson's Waltz (Regency Waltz)
The four parts of Thomas Wilson's 1815 French waltz sequence: the march, the slow waltz, the sauteuse, and the jete. The music shifts from 3/4 to 2/4 and 6/8, and the last two parts are energetic leaping waltzes.

Mid-19th Century Waltz
Beginners: the basic rotary waltz and valse a deux temps of the mid-19th century.
Intermediate: variations including the Polka Redowa, Polka Mazurka, Zingarilla, La Koska, and Gitana.
Cellarius Valse/Valse Mazurka: turning mazurka for couples.

The New Waltz
The basics of the "new waltz" of the 1880s and 1890s in its gliding and leaping versions; also, variations such as the Metropole, Bowdoin, Gavotte Glide, and Polka Dot Waltz. May also include reversing and sequences such as the Rye Waltz or the Veleta. This is the waltz style that eventually came to dominate today's ballroom dance.

Waltzing in Formation
Set dances in waltz time, from the Danse Espagnuole of the Regency era to the Waltz Quadrilles and Cotillions of the later 19th century.

The Hesitation Waltz
Pauses and hesitations to ornament the very fast waltzes of the mid-1910s.

The Half & Half
The exotic 5/4 waltz that was a brief fad in the mid-1910s.

Ragtime Waltz Sampler
A taste of three different styles of waltz from the 1890's through the 1910s: the new waltz, the hesitation waltz, and the 5/4-meter half & half.