Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...

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 ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the waltz changed the relationship between music, people and the wider culture in Britain from its arrival in the early 19th century onwards. Show more Melvyn Bragg ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Grete Wiesenthal, a ballet-trained Viennese dancer, made the waltz modern and a vehicle for solo expression. By Meryl Cates Waltzing can go on for ...

Displaying remarkable unison, the company’s super-agile dancers celebrate its 40th anniversary in sparkling style A spool of tape falls to the floor of an empty stage; the lights fade. As fragments of ...