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| Mostly Waltz! Welcome to Toronto's
Mostly Waltz page mostlywaltz.ca
Come to the monthly Friday Night Mostly Waltz Dance
Parties
featuring beginner dance lessons
and sometimes an excellent live band!
Come to our Monday night waltz classes
and Saturday and Sunday day-time workshops!
There is no need to
bring your own dance partners to the classes, workshops or dances. Subway
and parking are close by. Big sprung wood dance floors. All events are held
on excellent large wooden dance floors in charming dance halls on the Bloor
subway line. See some videos
of waltz at the bottom of this page.
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Mostly Waltz Events:
 | Friday Night Waltz Dances 7pm to 11:30pm! One
Friday night a month, Dovercourt House, top floor, or at the Franco
Dance Studio, featuring DJ'd music
and sometimes featuring an excellent live band! And with beginner
classes before the Dance! |
| Saturday Afternoon Waltz Workshops at Dovercourt
House. Sunday Afternoon Waltz Workshops at the Franco
Dance Studio |
| Monday Night Waltz Classes. Trinity St. Paul's Center,
427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, 8pm. |
Mostly Waltz Schedule:
| Date |
Lesson/Workshop |
Dance & Band |
Location |
Price |
Friday December 30
Holiday/Yuletide Waltz Dance |
Cross Step Waltz beginner class 7pm to 7:50pm
Viennese Waltz beginner class 8pm to 8:50pm
Teachers: Bonnie & Simon |
Waltz Dance Party!
9pm to 11:30pm
DJs include Simon & Bonnie |
Dovercourt
House,
top floor |
$7, $10 with one class, $15
with both. Full-time students $5/$8/$10 |
Friday January 13
The January Waltz Dance |
Polka beginner class 7pm to 7:50pm
Viennese Waltz beginner class 8pm to 8:50pm
Teachers: Bonnie & Simon |
A Mid Winter's Waltz Dance Party!
9pm to 11:30pm |
Dovercourt
House,
top floor |
$7, $10 with one class, $15
with both. Full-time students $5/$8/$10 |
Monday January 16
8pm to 9pm |
Viennese
Waltz Beginner Course 8pm to 9pm Mondays January 16, 23, 30,
and February 6.
Learn traditional Viennese Waltz, one of the best, most fun, and most
romantic partner dances ever! There is no need to bring your own dance
partners, and no prior experience is needed. We will focus on the
central thing in Viennese Waltz which is traveling around the room while
revolving/turning/rotating with a partner.
Teachers: Bonnie & Simon |
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Trinity St.
Paul's, Gym, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto *two blocks west of Spadina, across the street from the west exit of the Spadina subway
stop) |
$40 for the four classes ($30
for full time students). (Only $10 if you have taken our Viennese Waltz
beginner course or workshop before.) |
Saturday January 28
2pm to 5pm |
Viennese Waltz
Beginner
Workshop 2pm to 5pm
Teachers: Bonnie & Simon |
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Dovercourt
House |
$30, $25 for full-time
students. Only $10 if you are in the Viennese Waltz Beginner Course (or
have taken our Viennese Waltz beginner workshop or course before) |
Monday February 13
8pm to 9pm |
Viennese Waltz Intermediate Class!
8pm to 9pm
Prerequirement: you can do right turning Viennese Waltz or have taken
our beginner Viennese Waltz workshop or course. |
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Trinity St.
Paul's, Gym, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Toronto *two blocks west of Spadina, across the street from the west exit of the Spadina subway
stop) |
$10 |
Friday February 24
The February Waltz Dance 7pm to 11:30pm |
Beginner classes, Cross-step
Waltz 7pm to 7:50pm, Traditional Waltz 8pm to
8:50pm |
Winter's Over Waltz
Dance Party!
9pm to 11:30pm |
Franco Dance Studio,
1222A Bloor Street West (upstairs), Toronto. At Brock Avenue,
three blocks west of Duffering and Dufferin subway, three blocks east of
Lansdowne and Lansdowne subway. |
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Saturday February 25
2pm to 5pm |
Left Turning Viennese Waltz Workshop!
This is a wonderful part of Viennese Waltz.
Prerequirment: You can do right turning Waltz of some kind
or you have a dance background and are up for a bit of
a challenge. |
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Dovercourt
House, 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto |
$30. Full-time students $25. |
Monday February 27
8pm to 9pm |
Cross-step Waltz Beginner Course!
8pm to 9pm
Mondays February 27, March 5, March 12 |
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Trinity St.
Paul's, Gym, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto |
$30 for the three classes.
Full-time students $25. |
Sunday March 4
Afternoon |
Cross-step Waltz Beginner Workshop!
2pm to 5pm |
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Franco Dance Studio,
1222A Bloor Street West (upstairs), Toronto |
$30. Full-time students $25.
(Just $10 if you are in the Monday night Cross-step Waltz course or have
done it before.) |
Monday March 26
8pm to 9pm |
New Waltz Course begins!
8pm to 9pm, details tba |
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Trinity St.
Paul's, Gym, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto |
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Friday March 30
The March Waltz Dance 7pm to 11:30pm |
Beginner classes, Polka
7pm to 7:50pm, Traditional Waltz 8pm to 8:50pm |
Bridges of Paris
Waltz Dance Party!
9pm to 11:30pm |
Franco Dance Studio,
1222A Bloor Street West (upstairs), Toronto |
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Recent comment about
Mostly Waltz in Toronto:
"Tonight's Waltz lesson and dance - incredible!!! Thank you very much
for a wonderful introduction to waltz tonight. I greatly appreciated
the positive, patient and lovely atmosphere created by Simon and Bonnie
tonight. It was an unexpectedly magical evening that transported me
back in time." Grace from Toronto, December 2011
Waltz Dance
Parties with beginner dance classes before the Dance are held
one Friday Night each month at Dovercourt House
or the Franco Dance Studio!
Special Workshops on some Saturday afternoons at Dovercourt
House and on some Sunday afternoons at Franco Dance Studio! Dates and details in the calendar above.
Monday Night classes at Trinity St. Paul's, 427 Bloor
Street West, 8pm to 9pm. |
We teach traditional Viennese
Waltz, Rotary Waltz, Cross-step Waltz, Charleston, Peabody, One Step,
Ragtime Era dancing, Polka, Blues
Dance,
Cakewalk, Schottische and other partner dances. We also give private lessons
for wedding dances. For special events
we provide
dance performances and demos, dance classes and workshops,
dance animators and dance hosts. Let us help make your
charity ball or other special event extra special, especially if it has a
Waltz, Victorian Era, Ragtime Era, Roaring 20s, Swing Era, 1950s, Polka,
Polkamania, or Vienna theme. We are also happy to refer you to
excellent live bands suited for special events involving dance.
If you are interested in
lessons or other things, or have any questions, please email Mostly Waltz at
mostlyw@gmail.co
To get on our email list simply email
mostlyw@gmail.com and ask to be on
our elist. Special deal for returning
students: If you repeat a beginner course or workshop with us which you have already
done, it is only $10 for the entire course or workshop. Taking it again is a
good refresher and good practice. |
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Mostly Waltz Groups in the U.S. and Canada
Note: there is also a new
Mostly Waltz group getting underway in Ottawa in conjunction with
Old Sod.
Videos:
| The first Mostly Waltz Dance in Toronto was on May 3,
2008, it was fun and had a very good vibe - here is a 90 second video from
that Dance taken by Tony Hornick:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=axGm_kKD_68
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Fred
Astaire & Ginger Rogers waltzing |
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Waltz
performance in High School Musical 3 |
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Vienna Teng live at Stanford, California Waltz Dance |
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Danse
Libre waltz performance at weekly dance in Palo Alto,
California |
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Waltzing in Gone With the Wind
(at about 26 seconds into the video)
Atlanta Bazaar in Gone With the Wind |
| Stanford University, California,
Viennese Ball Opening Committee Waltz 2009 (a waltz performance to
open/commence the Ball) |
| Waltz at
Jammix Dance, Stanford University, California |
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Ragtime Waltz choreography at a PEERS Dance (California) |
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Waltz
Ball in Moscow (Gone With the Wind) |
| Richard & Angela demonstrate
Cross
step waltz variations |
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Bluesy Waltz class demo
Campbell Miller & Chris Meyer -
longer clip of same |
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Waltz Fusion class demo
Campbell Miller & Chris Meyer |
| Waltz swingout with
Ari &
Julie |
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Cross-step Waltz mixer at Palo Alto weekly waltz dance |
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Viennese Waltz |
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Polka at Gaskels Dance, Oakland, California |
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Ball opening in Vienna (excerpts) |
| Viennese Waltz choreography,
Montreal |
Viennese Waltz - the core of Viennese Waltz is
rotating with your partner while traveling around the room. This can have a
hypnotic or dreamlike quality. Viennese Waltz has been popular for over 150
years and has roots going back to the Middle Ages. We teach traditional
Viennese Waltz.
"Cross-Step Waltz is
the newest waltz on the dance floor, spreading quickly because it's easy to
learn yet endlessly innovative, satisfying for both beginners and the most
experienced dancers. It travels and rotates like traditional waltz but the
addition of the cross-step opens up a wide range of playful yet gracefully
flowing variations." Richard Powers
Waltz Eclectic page with waltz videos
Richard Powers Cross-step Waltz page Some
Waltz Music on youtube:
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