Hii :)
Last week I had a slight panic attack and an emergency...
As I got the 'literature' bullet point with my old theme, I got stuck and didn't know how to continue, so I asked a friend... she made everything clearer to me, but I also thought "oh no, i think i understood it the wrong way!"
So I emailed my tutor Paula for an emergency skype session, and she had time for me, which was very kind of her. We discussed a few things and she explained it very well and it was so helpful. She also said that my old inquiry is way too big and extensive, so I was like "oh no! I have to change my topic!" I was slighty stressing...
...but after the really helpful skype session, I then knew my new inquiry, and I was really happy with it. We cut it down to "Theatres and performances in Linz (Austria); and performers in Linz and Vienna", so now it was only about Austria, which was way easier for me.
I am excited to start interviewing some performers in Austria and I am sure I will find out some very interesting things about them.
Freitag, 29. April 2016
Freitag, 1. April 2016
Viennese Waltz
Hi everyone :)
This week I was talking to my best friend Cassie, who is also doing this course, about how we are getting on with Module 2. I said that I struggle a bit because for some topics about Austria it is quite difficult to find something on the internet. Then Cassie said to me: "You know, when I think of Austria in a performing way, 'Opera' and the 'Viennese Waltz' comes straight into my head." I was like, "oh yeah, I didn't even think of that!" So I started researching...
...personally for me the most traditional and classical waltz music is "The Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss II.
...a little bit of history...
The Viennese Waltz is the oldest of the current ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and the 'Ländler' (a folk dance) in Austria and was both popular and subject to criticism.
The dance reached and spread to England sometime before 1812; it was introduced as the German Waltz and the folk really liked that new dance style.
The Waltz is performed in a three fourth beat.
The Viennese loved the dance when it was introduced in Vienna in the late 18th/19th century. The most prominent event that introduced this new dance was the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15.
The posture and how the arms are held is very strict and an important issue in the Viennese Waltz (as you can see from the picture below, who are professional ballroom dancers).
The waltz was significantly different from its form today. In the first place, the couples didn't dance in the closed position as today (as you can see from the two pictures - the one above is nowadays in a professional way; and the one underneath is in the earlier years)
There was another difference from our present technique. The feet were turned out and the rise of foot during the dance was much more pronounced than it is today.
At the beginning of the 1930s the Viennese Waltz had its comeback as a folk dance in Austria and Germany. The former military officer Karl von Mirkowitsch made it acceptable both for society and ballroom, and since 1932 the Viennese Waltz has been present on ballroom dance floors and it will never be missed out on a ball in Austria and Germany.
Bibliography:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_Waltz
- https://www.google.at/search?q=viennese+waltz&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8rbejhu3LAhWEnRoKHebVC10Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=viennese+waltz+earlier+times&imgrc=wETNpI7UPAm-PM%3A
- http://www.vienna-unwrapped.com/vienna-waltz/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4
- https://www.google.at/search?q=viennese+waltz+haltung&rlz=1C1ZMDB_enGB504GB507&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC8dCzje3LAhVGVBQKHcCrAlAQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=bwiTI6V4C9hTiM%3A
This week I was talking to my best friend Cassie, who is also doing this course, about how we are getting on with Module 2. I said that I struggle a bit because for some topics about Austria it is quite difficult to find something on the internet. Then Cassie said to me: "You know, when I think of Austria in a performing way, 'Opera' and the 'Viennese Waltz' comes straight into my head." I was like, "oh yeah, I didn't even think of that!" So I started researching...
...personally for me the most traditional and classical waltz music is "The Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss II.
...a little bit of history...
The Viennese Waltz is the oldest of the current ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and the 'Ländler' (a folk dance) in Austria and was both popular and subject to criticism.
The dance reached and spread to England sometime before 1812; it was introduced as the German Waltz and the folk really liked that new dance style.
The Waltz is performed in a three fourth beat.
The Viennese loved the dance when it was introduced in Vienna in the late 18th/19th century. The most prominent event that introduced this new dance was the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15.
The posture and how the arms are held is very strict and an important issue in the Viennese Waltz (as you can see from the picture below, who are professional ballroom dancers).
The waltz was significantly different from its form today. In the first place, the couples didn't dance in the closed position as today (as you can see from the two pictures - the one above is nowadays in a professional way; and the one underneath is in the earlier years)
There was another difference from our present technique. The feet were turned out and the rise of foot during the dance was much more pronounced than it is today.
At the beginning of the 1930s the Viennese Waltz had its comeback as a folk dance in Austria and Germany. The former military officer Karl von Mirkowitsch made it acceptable both for society and ballroom, and since 1932 the Viennese Waltz has been present on ballroom dance floors and it will never be missed out on a ball in Austria and Germany.
Bibliography:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_Waltz
- https://www.google.at/search?q=viennese+waltz&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8rbejhu3LAhWEnRoKHebVC10Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=viennese+waltz+earlier+times&imgrc=wETNpI7UPAm-PM%3A
- http://www.vienna-unwrapped.com/vienna-waltz/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4
- https://www.google.at/search?q=viennese+waltz+haltung&rlz=1C1ZMDB_enGB504GB507&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC8dCzje3LAhVGVBQKHcCrAlAQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=bwiTI6V4C9hTiM%3A
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