Waltz etcetera: waltz, nightclub 2-step & blues

Every Monday including holidays: 7 pm class, 8 pm dance

A weekly dance since the beginning of 1999, Waltz etcetera is a beloved Seattle tradition. It's a welcoming, noncompetitive mixed social partner dance. I play mostly waltz, nightclub 2-step and blues; most everything I play also works for alt tango. Dress is casual. Come with or without a partner.

Ongoing drop-in Cross-step Waltz class

Cross-step waltz is a graceful floating, swooping style of waltz best suited to moderately slow waltzes (104-116 bpm). It's very popular at Waltz etcetera so my Monday playlists include a good number of cross-steps. Cross-step waltz was popular in the early Twentieth Century, then died out until dance historian and Stanford professor Richard Powers resurrected it. You can read all about cross-step waltz and see a demo on his cross-step waltz page. As Richard writes:

Cross-step waltz is more than a dance step. Cross-step waltz embodies a partnering dynamic, a mindset, and a philosophy. The essential aspects of cross-step waltz, for both the Lead and Follow, are the connection to your partner, creativity, flexibility and adaptability, individuality, and responsorial riffing, with kindness.

Here's a video of waltzing at Waltz etcetera. Many of the couples are dancing cross-step waltz:

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