Samba was a fusion of Congolese music and dance with the Portugeues favela. Kensway Dance Club Streatham South London

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The lyrical waltz. Its story, character and figure names.

Steps in the Waltz include the Closed Changes, Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Natural Spin Turn, Whisk, Chasse from Promenade Position, Closed Impetus, Hesitation Change, Outside Change, Reverse Corte, Back Whisk, Basic Weave, Double Reverse Spin, Reverse Pivot, Back Lock, Progressive Chasse to Right, Weave from Promenade Position, Closed Telemark, Open Telemark and Cross Hesitation, Open Telemark and Wing, Open Impetus and Cross Hesitation, Open Impetus and Wing, Outside Spin, Turning Lock, Left Whisk, Contra Check, Closed Wing, Turning Lock to Right, Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot, Hover Corte. Other non-syllabus figures for the Waltz include the Zig Zag, Side Cross, Checked Bounce Fallaway, Tumble Turn, Right Hinge, Inverted Throwaway Oversway, Double Side Cross, Throwaway Oversway, Same Foot Lunge Point, Over spin, Right Hinge, Chasse Rolls to Right and Left, The Chair, Top Spin, Eros line, Traveling Contra Check, Telespin, Teleswivel, X line, Rudolph Fallaway..

The time signature of the waltz is 3/4. There are 30 bars per minute with three beats to one bar. The first beat is accented.

Come and learn the Waltz at the Kensway Dance Club, Streatham, South London.

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