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.