The origins of the Viennese Waltz, so called to distinguish it from the Waltz and the French Waltz, date back to as early as the 12th Century and are found in the dance called "Nachtanz". This is a ...

The ballroom dance that scandalized polite English society in the 19th century for its salacious pairing of men and women is causing a ruckus again. The waltz, it turns out, can have health benefits.

Olivia Jade and Val Chmerkovskiy waltz around the dance floor during week two of Dancing With The Stars on Monday evening (September 27) in Los Angeles. The duo performed a Viennese Waltz for their ...

The sounds of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's “Waltz of the Flowers” have become a holiday standard, but this family favorite began as a dance of rebellion, embraced by teens and sneered at by parents. When the ...

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left baffled on Saturday night following the judges' scoring of Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe's Viennese Waltz. The couple performed two stunning routines, the ...

The waltz was based on the Ländler, a folk dance scorned by upper class Austrians. Born on the outskirts of Vienna in 1825, Johann Strauss II composed over 500 waltzes, polkas and other kinds of dance ...