Waltzin' Around (P)
Choreographed by Don Deyne🇺🇸
Select a song to start playing
Step Sheet
60 Count, 0 Wall
Position: Start in closed couple position. May be used as a dance on it's own, as an amalgamation in your waltz routine or as individual move to add to your waltz.
You CAN do this as a progressing dance in the fast lane once you've got the patterns down and can concentrate on moving forward. Janet and I often find we're road blocked by partner/flow waltzers if they drift outward. At that point we'll revert to a basic waltz pattern for the next 10 series then once around the logjam we resume on the next musical phrase.
Begin dancing after 24-count intro
WALTZ LOD
½ TURN LEFT
WALTZ RLOD
MAN'S ½ TURN LEFT
COUPLE PIN-WHEELS LEFT
LADY'S ½ RIGHT & MAN'S ½ TURN LEFT
WALTZ LOD WITH LOCK STEPS
LADY'S ½ LEFT & MAN'S ½ TURN RIGHT
WHIP TO CLOSED POSITION, MAN FACING LOD
REPEAT
You CAN do this as a progressing dance in the fast lane once you've got the patterns down and can concentrate on moving forward. Janet and I often find we're road blocked by partner/flow waltzers if they drift outward. At that point we'll revert to a basic waltz pattern for the next 10 series then once around the logjam we resume on the next musical phrase.
Begin dancing after 24-count intro
WALTZ LOD
1-6Couple waltzes forward line-of-dance (shoulders turn to left on 6 to lead next move)
½ TURN LEFT
7-9Couple turns ½ turn left set lady to your left side (step straight forward with left foot - pelvis does not turn). Step through on 1 pivot left and step down LOD on 2 (lady is now facing LOD, man RLOD)
10-12Couple waltzes slightly RLOD
WALTZ RLOD
13-18Couple waltzes reverse line-of-dance
MAN'S ½ TURN LEFT
19-21Man turns left under left arm (now facing LOD in "left open promenade") remove right hand from lady's shoulder, turn ½ left under your left/lady's right hands
22-24Couple waltzes slightly forward LOD
We often find the floor too crowded to remain in open promenade so we allow our frame to collapse. Elbows meet and I call this left "collapsed" promenade. This actually works to your advantage, as a simple turn of the lady's left hand leads her into the pin-wheel turnCOUPLE PIN-WHEELS LEFT
25-30Couple waltzes in pin-wheel fashion (using joined hands as an axis) turning ½ left to face RLOD. Lady dances slightly backwards to facilitate the pin-wheel
LADY'S ½ RIGHT & MAN'S ½ TURN LEFT
31-33Couple turns ¼ to face each other (man recovers lady's left hand in his right "2-hand open")
34-36(release lady's right hand from man's left) couple turns ¼ to face forward LOD. (now facing LOD in "right open promenade")
WALTZ LOD WITH LOCK STEPS
37-39Step diagonally forward (left for men, right for ladies), lock step, step forward (partners move apart)
40-42Step diagonally forward, lock step, step forward (partners move towards each other)
43-48Repeat steps 37-42
LADY'S ½ LEFT & MAN'S ½ TURN RIGHT
49-51Couple turns ¼ to face each other (man recovers lady's right hand in his left)
52-54(release lady's left hand from man's right) couple turns ¼ to face forward RLOD (left open promenade)
WHIP TO CLOSED POSITION, MAN FACING LOD
55-57Men:
1 - turn left to face diagonally forward LOD take a healthy step on the left
2 - face LOD and step slightly to the right side on right foot
3 - turn slightly diagonally left, moving left arm towards RLOD (acts as a lead for the lady's turn) and step left crossed behind right
Ladies:
1-2-3 - waltz in a ½ right arc around the man
58-60Turn the lady into a ½ left turn under man's left arm returning to closed couple
REPEAT
Videos
Video Type
Platform
No approved videos available yet.
Rating Distribution
5 stars
0%
4 stars
0%
3 stars
0%
2 stars
0%
1 stars
0%
Reviews
No ratings or comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!
Playlists with this dance
No public playlists found
This dance hasn't been added to any public playlists yet.