The Waltz Goes On

When we all were little boys and girls we dreamt to come back in old times. Boys wanted to be knights, to learn martial arts and to have an army. But what about girls?Do u remember what was the reason why we all wanted to go back to the past centuries? Every little girl dreams of having her own kingdome with a magnificent royal palace. Every little girl dreams to meet a prince at a ball and dance waltz together with that prince all the night. Why exactly prince? Why exactly waltz? Was it a dream of billions of girls?

Of course it was because a lot of girls danced it. A lot of girls were dreamers (and we still dream a lot) It became popular in 18th century in Vienna and after that a lot of girls in all the european countries started to learn how to dance waltz from their childhood. Every honorable lady from high society was obliged to know several types of dances. Waltz was one of them and it has a very interesting history and I want to share it with you tonight.

The original form of Waltz was first used by 13th century peasants in Germany, who devised rolling folk dance that was quite different from all court dances that were popular in that time. Their folk dance filled with rolls, glides and turns was received well. By the end of 16th century people of Vienna morphed it into dance called Weller, and France used form called Nizzarda.
Modern form of Waltz was born in suburbs of Vienna and mountain regions of Austria, and was created not for use by folk dancers, but for court. Before that time, all court dances were rigid, stately, solemn, procession-based, very tightly controlled, with complicated moves and timings. Waltz changed that with the introduction of free form dance with close position of dances, which immediately sparked revolt and scandals from traditional lovers of old ballroom dance. After 18th century came, France become in love with the Waltz form called allemande
One of the major causes for the popularity rise of ; time waltz was phenomenal music creations of Johann Strauss and Franz Lanner. Their waltz music echoed through the halls of Vienna, Austria and Germany, spreading all across Europe and destroying the sentiment that this dance was immoral and scandalous. United States accepted waltz during mid-19th century, and by early 20th century it became dances everywhere.


I think that almost every lady in this room dreams or dreamt about her special magical moment - her wedding waltz with her husband.
We watch historical movies where we can see a lot of sceens filmed in big and gorgeous ballrooms with beautiful ladies and gentlemen dancind waltz.
This music is something that can leave you in a pleasent shock. It’s very melodious and I fellt in love with this music when I was a child. If you’ll take a look through my playlist you can find out that there is a lot of classic music there.
Why I listen this music? It relaxes me. When I listen this music?Every day, everytime I need to concentrate, to think a lot.
Inspiration for this speech appeared after listening a wonderful waltz composed by Anthony Hopkins 50 years ago when he was a musician and not a famous actor. The waltz you can hear right now was something I found spontaneously and liked a lot.

I’ve recently read an article about old people. Many psyhoterapevts recomend us to listen waltz. Doctors also recomend to some old couples to practise waltz dances to feel themselves younger.

Now waltz is a very old dance, but it will never die because people will be always atteched by it.

A little prince or princess still lives in your soule. Waltz, balls, kingdomes - here are our brightest memories which will live in our minds forever.
And if you didn’t try to dance waltz you can still do it, because it’s a real magic and it’s worth it to try.