what kind of feeling/or look should you project when you dance a waltz ?

The usual projection is dreamy and blissful, but if you just paste a sweet smile on your face it won't work well. I believe that you need to discover for youself what waltz means to you, and project that. Try this exercise: put on a few waltzes that you really like, pieces of music that really make you think and feel things. Then start dancing around. Don't think about your steps or technique, just focus on the music and how your body feels while dancing to it. Notice what emotions come up. Maybe a certain step will make you laugh. Maybe a phrase of music will make you feel sad. Let these feelings show as you dance. It takes some practice to get comfortable/used to/good at doing this. But the payoff is that you then start projecting what YOU feel in the waltz, and the expression is genuine and natural.

Laura

i'm assuming we're talking about the slow waltz here. First, some basic 'mechanics'. Long flowing strides are needed, and you can't take a long step (on beat 1) without bending the knees and going down. Then on beat 2 there is often a bit of hover (there's another discussion thread on this)during which time your body comes up, then on beat 3 you are preparing for the next beat 1.
How you feel about the music and your dance interpretation of it is a highly personal thing - how do you feel when you eat a piece of chocolate???
With the right music, i often get a feeling of "oh that feels exquisite" as i go into a little hover on beat 2 - especially if i get it right!!. But whether there's a corresponding look of rapture on my face - i've no idea. I feel a bit daft trying to explain this - but you did ask!!

What I was always told is that you should smile and do the whole fred astaire/ginger rogers kind of a dreamy dancing on clouds kind of a look. *shrugs*

~LB

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