How To: Waltz for Beginners by Michael Thomas
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- A video summary of a 1 hour Waltz lesson in the Intro to Ballroom Series. This is a good video to get you on the dance floor dancing the Fox Trot! Visit www.michael-thomas.com for more free videos. Record 02/21/09 in Cartersville GA.
I going to jump on the bandwagon here, and say that this is very helpful in helping me and my friend learn how to dance for our rolls as Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd respectively.
Thank you!
That was one of the best waltz lessons I have seen. As a choreographer, trying to teach people with no dance skills how to waltz, it was refreshing to see someone teach something besides the box step. Thanks.
i love the look your mom gives you when your dancing in the office. >.
Doing the Glass Menagerie for a school play and couldn't waltz for the life of me. This is super helpful!
Thank you I think this is going to really help my husband and I get ready for the reception at the Blessing of our Marriage.
Beautiful. Thank you for you lesson Sir.
I'm using this with primary school kids and it's working great! Thanks so much for sharing! God bless!!
thanks it helped me and my partner out a lot
and you guys dance great
thanks again
I love the way they cover lots of stuff in one video and cover it well. Excellent.
Learning waltz now. Thanks for taking the time to show us how it's done!
Thank you for making this video, It has certainly saved me from some stress.
Excellent video! I have watched people dance this all my life and never understood it until now. I knew it was the 123 thing, but I couldn't figure out the rules and evidently that was because there are so many different waltz steps. In other words, a waltz dance is a type of dance, not any one particular dance, like the old 'bus stop'. Man I haven't thought of that one in years! lol! Many thanks Mr. Thomas!
excellent for beginners.. i am on the ball
Good pace and detail of instruction and good visual of what to do. I stopped it after each bit and practiced b4 next progression.
Thank you, that was a very clear and helpful video! Learning waltz is a bit difficult on your own, my broom is having some difficulties with the turn...
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OMG IM IN THE SOUND OF MUSIC AND WE WALTZ, THIS IS HELPING ME OUT A LOT :)
Good because we have to waltz in gym tomorrow and now i know better
This is really good, thanks!
thank you very much, from brazil!
This helped me A-LOT for my prom thanks man...
I just want to learn it, in case someone may ask me to dance one day. :) Thank you.
aferim lan kel :)
great dance great lesson dudes.. thanx a lot !
Very nice. Good simple instructions. Now to get hubby and practise :-)
Excellent! Thanks for the video!
Even with lessons, I failed at our Homeschool Ball. So now I'm watching this again
Connie has to also turn and go backwards, she rocks.
Trying to learn this 38 minutes before an event....
I love how after every new thing he drags her back to the starting point. She looks like a little puppy.
very good video....thanks
thanks... I learn a lot from it!
i have a quincenera party for spanish class and we have to waltz, thank you
Thank You
this video saved my life :)) ..thank you! :)
It went pretty good. It was a fun night.
I'd like to thank you for making me laugh very much; good show.
appreciated. i'm being tested on this tomorrow.
very helpfull video thanks alot!!!
What isn't explained:the man leads and the lady follows. The correct pressure on the hands and shoulders is key to looking good. Also, the man always leads with the left foot first (and the right hand) - the woman with the right foot. (woman=right :) ). She should be putting light pressure with her left hand into his shoulder to get a very strong stance. Resistance is key and is achieved by keeping the shoulder, wrist and elbow firm. The other hands are at eye level of the shorter dancer.
This video is very well paced. Thanks for making it!
Me: "Hmm... yeah I think I got it..."
Him: "NEW CONCEPT!"
ME: "Aww man..."
'around the umm armpi- shoulderblade' LOL
Im a student, Then teacher recommend this on my class isn't that bad after all.
I'm going to have to do this in my PE class tomorrow and in freaking out man.
ahh thanks so much man you definitely saved my ass!
thanks a lot!
Well i need help on the travel step for my competition i got chosen for the waltz but i know the box steps i need the travel
I'm trying to find some typical Waltz songs. Any suggestions?
PhysEd class brought me here...
Thnx ill know when I go to my winterball
Have to learn this by next Saturday.... I have a feeling i'm going to fail... Im in marching band and i always start with my left xD
You do a Waltz to any music that has a multiple of 3 if it is slow enough: 3/4, 3/8, 6/8, 12/8 etc... If it is to fast for a Waltz then you dance a Vienesse Waltz.
@121Ayame121 I have waltz before. Its awesome and fun!
Just careful when your done it leave you dizzy! xD
i have a high school dance soon haha
@latviandude
Try Owl City - Plant Life
This is kinda a basic waltz, a 1-2-3-1-2-3 type. Ignore or listen to the lyrics, but its pretty decent.
I'd rather waltz then just walk through the forest
Actually you can't do a Waltz to any music that has a multiple of 3 because 6/8 is 3 quavers per beat which makes it a two beat bar.
We always had to have hip connection. To break that would loose you points in competition dancing
Cool! ...But now I gotta find a guy who's willing to try it with me. =P
at the school dances, me and my friend keep wanting to waltz around the gym, we've failed up till now, but you better watch out school body. there be new dancers in town~ >8D
I'm afraid not. It's in 4/4 time. No waltz for Dr. Horrible! A good waltz that I want to dance to is Howl's Moving Castle Theme, though.
Hi this is michael thomas and this is kony
he was about to say armpit!!
I wanna learn this dance. Because This is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's favourite dance.
they are actually called pieces, not songs. But in any case, thanks for the video!
Why is it that the man starts with the left foot forward, is it not the right foot forward and the woman starts with left foot forward.
i think i'll stick to painting spacemarines and learn to waltz later
Nice simple moves for beginners, but your "Rise and Fall" are incorrect. Students should not be stepping out on One as if they are stepping down into a pit, instead, they should be finished with the "Fall" as they gather their feet at the end of Three (3&) or at the end of Six (6&). Their "Heel Lead" should be sliding forward to "One" as they maintain a level, low (but not as if they are stepping down into a pit) This is hard on the knees and is incorrect. So finish the "Fall" on 3&, don't continue to "Fall" as you step into 1. Same thing on the back step. Finish the "Fall" before sliding level and low back on 1 or on 4. I'm only speaking up because it is very hard to correct students once they have learned "Rise and Fall" incorrectly.
my head spins as they spin.
@gammylt If you already know how to waltz, why are you watching this video? Just curious :)
i have 5 hours to learn this..:D
HI!I wanted to learn how is called the song with these words!BABY BABY PLEASE DONT SAY BABY ....LONELY IS ONE WHO IS NOT IN LOVE...AND REPEAT THE WORD ''BABY BABY''PLEASE DONT SAY...
and an underarm turn in a Waltz?! In whose syllabus?!!
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just kidding i will learn to waltz
harder than it looks lol. ill stick to the box :(
Hmmm this is not how you would dance a turning box step ...
Hi just discovered your basic waltz video on youtube.
You have made a fundemental error with regard to musical timing.
The slow waltz and the vienesse waltz are both written in 3/4 time it is the speed that makes them different. For your information 6/8 time is what is known as compound duple time whereas waltz time is simple triple time as an experienced musician and a music reader myself i have never and would never count a waltz in 6 quaver beats who ever told you this is a total idiot!
3/8 6/8 9/8 12/8 time signatures are all termed as compound time, 6/8 time as i said before is known as compound duple time and is counted as 2 dotted crochets it is a time signature along with 2/4 time (simple duple) that is used in marches, you have only to look at the music of John Philip Sousa (sometimes referred to as the march King) you will see that both 6/8 and 2/4 timings are used and halfway through some of his marches, you will see that he changes from one to the other "The stars and stripes forever" is fine example of this usage of both time signatures. I am also an oldtime(classical sequence) and the use of these two timings is very common when dancing the Two-step so iam very familiar with their usage.I would also encourage you to have a look at the Groves dictionary of music you should find a copy of it in your local library the version i saw some years ago were several volumes so it will be in the reference section. I also dont agree with your practice of breaking hold in modern it is contrary to international standard if this is American format you need to make this clear also why can you not teach the basic forward change step which is of far more use to beginner than the box step as it moves people around the floor also your basic footwork lacks rise and fall.
@2821529 Same thing here bro cept I have to ask her first =3 gl
wow you guys are mean to this guy. all hes doing is teaching you how to dance.
Awkward moment: You say you can dance because you watch this video, but all he does is dance, like what you want. Then you step onto the floor, and look like a idiot. Trust me, it is better to be lectured and shown then just shown. Explanations are necessary, such as that you 'bounce' down on the one, and up on the 2 and 3. Would you have known that unless he said it?
pitiful