11 Easy American Waltz Steps

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STEPS:
0:00 Basic Box
0:24 Traveling Box
0:44 Turning Box
1:03 Streamline
1:15 Open Rolls
1:36 Alternating Open Rolls
1:56 Twinkle
2:09 Back to Back
2:33 Underarm Turn
2:54 Shadow Position Box
3:35 Shadow Position Turning Box
4:07 Hesitations and Balances

[augustrachelle]

Very well done! Teaching is difficult and you have done a wonderful job of making this clean and not stressful to understand! Counts are clear, movements are clear! I get lost with too much over explaining in other instructional videos! ❤

[twmissmt]

Excellent instruction video without inundating your students with over-explanation (paralysis through analysis). I love how you've provided two views for every movement. Nice job!

[restisaweapon]

great, been out of dancing for a while and this really helps refresh my memory

[nikonfx]

Excellent tutorial! Very easy to understand and follow. Thank you very much.

[KigaraLW]

You’re so likeable, I feel like I could really learn something on your lessons and not get frustrated

[IStoleTheChocolateMilk]

As someone who wants to make dance my hobby again this was VERY helpful, tysm! 💕

[basicallydeadbooks]

This was so helpful and easy to understand thank you!

[haileymaurer]

Practicing simple waltz steps for my wedding! Thank you - you're very good at illustrating the steps

[mayahsmith]

Trying to learn for prom; this video was really helpful :)

[dancingdonna]

I can't believe you are having the lady change her feet getting into and out of shadow. That is the mans job!

[jordenturner]

Thanks for this!! Im choreographing hello dolly and theres a 6 minute waltz and i need to keep it interesting

[CristalFire]

I need to learn to dance like this, I need to fulfill my dream of the fanficton I read eventually

[GiovaniCapitanio]

i think this video is the best to learning waltz dance

[edwinbritto]

Whole pacakage in few minutes
Thanks so much..

[chuckanders]

Thank you for this video. I like to see the steps in motion over just a demonstration of what or how to do them. Some the names are different from what I learned them as but that is no big deal. I always felt, and still do, that any change of footwork / syncopation, should be the responsibility and done by the leader. I will again say thank you for this useful and informative video.

[johnlozy]

i suggest the the leader change steps rather than the follower in shadow position. Why? Let the leader lead, and the follower just follow. The leader knows what is about to happen and the follower, especially if unfamiliar, will not know.

[caseyd]

If you were dancing a waltz back in the 19th century like this, is there a set order everyone knows for these steps? If not, how does the man lead in a way that the lady knows what steps they're about to do?

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[shilohneri]

basic box
travellibf box
turnint box
open rolls
alternating open rolls
streamline
twinkle
back to back
underarm turn
shadow positin box
shapodow position turning box
hesitation and balances

[shirleycooper]

FYI, The rule for getting on the same foot while social dancing (not routines) is the Man will fake. Only in the rarest of occasions would the Lady fake and right now I can't think of any and surely not in any of the shadow steps that you showed.