A dance script prescribes how a dance is to be performed. The table below lists Slow Waltz dances performed at Palm Beach Share & Care and details the commencing hold and alignment as prescribed in the script for that dance.
NB: on completing a sequence, dancers must be ready to commence another sequence, so logically, the closing hold / alignment is the same as the commencing hold / alignment. The Ventura Waltz is the exception as the final figure of the sequence is a Wing; so the closing/commencing hold has the Lady on the left side of the Man; the alignment remains DC. The first step for the Man is now outside the Lady.
Slow/Modern/English Waltz (dance tempo 28-32bpm)
Man commences with weight on the RF, stepping forward on the LF [Lady’s weight on LF, stepping back on the RF]. There are three exceptions: Opus Five Waltz and St Valentine’s Waltz where the opposite applies to both the Man and the Lady; Anna-Lisa Waltz - Lady steps forward on the RF.
MONDAY/TUESDAY/FRIDAY (22)
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Alpha Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Autumn Mist Waltz |
Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Bluebird Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Cheviot Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Christmas Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Dream Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Eden Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Emmerdale Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
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Engagement Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, C |
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Harmonie Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Honeysuckle Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Lyndel Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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New Vogue Modern Waltz |
Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, W |
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Opus Five Waltz |
Natural Position |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Saga Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
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St Valentine’s Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Vanity Waltz |
Open Facing Position in Double Hand Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
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Ventura Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Waltz Catherine |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
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Waltz of Angels |
Natural Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Woodside Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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Zena’s Waltz |
Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
MONDAY ONLY (6)
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Anna Lisa Waltz |
Open Extended Hold |
Man & Lady facing LOD |
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Beverly Anne Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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King Charles Waltz |
Closed Hold, Lady on Man’s Left side |
Man facing, Lady backing, DC |
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Platinum Waltz |
Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
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Waltz Evermore |
Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW |
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White City Waltz |
Normal Ballroom Hold |
Man facing, Lady backing, LOD |
Ballroom Hold; Normal Ballroom Hold ; Natural Position; and Closed Hold – are all the same hold, just a different term to describe it. There would seem to be no rule as to which term to use for this Hold; choreographers have used all of them when specifying the Commencing Hold for the above dances. It would appear to simply be the choreographer’s preference.
Abbreviations used in the table:
L – Left
R – Right
F – Foot
LOD – Line of Dance
D - Diagonal
C - Centre
W - Wall
Slow/Modern/English Waltz – listed alphabetically by alignment order
Man facing, Lady backing, W (1) Man facing, Lady backing, C (1)
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New Vogue Modern Waltz |
Engagement Waltz |
Man facing, Lady backing, DW (11) Man facing, Lady backing, DC (8)
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Alpha Waltz |
Christmas Waltz |
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Autumn Mist Waltz |
Dream Waltz |
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Beverly Anne Waltz (Monday) |
Eden Waltz |
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Bluebird Waltz |
Harmonie Waltz |
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Cheviot Waltz |
Honeysuckle Waltz |
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Lyndel Waltz |
King Charles Waltz (Monday) |
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Opus Five Waltz |
Ventura Waltz |
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St Valentine’s Waltz |
Zena’s Waltz |
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Waltz Evermore (Monday) |
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Waltz of Angels |
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Woodside Waltz |
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Man facing, Lady backing, LOD (7)
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Anna Lisa Waltz (Monday) |
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Emmerdale Waltz |
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Platinum Waltz (Monday) |
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Saga Waltz |
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Vanity Waltz |
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Waltz Catherine |
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White City Waltz (Monday) |
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