American Smooth – Open Bronze Viennese Waltz Variations

Develop more exciting and expressive American Smooth Viennese Waltz choreography with Michael Mead & Toni Redpath in Open Bronze Viennese Waltz Variations.

Designed for dancers who already understand the fundamental Bronze figures and terminology, this program presents eight creative variations that combine familiar actions in fresh and challenging ways. The material includes free spins, underarm turns, runarounds, swivels, shadow positions, développés, rondés, and progressive movements.

These combinations are ideal for dancers looking to expand their repertoire for social dancing, showcases, and competition routines, while improving movement, partnering, musicality, and presentation.

Contents

1. Reverse Turns with Free Spin
Reverse Turn with Inside Underarm Turn, Reverse Turn with Shape, Man’s Reverse with Lady’s Free Spin, Normal Hold to Hesitation Steps.

2. Flip Flops with Underarm Pass
Twinkle, Flip Flop, Man Pass Underarm, Flip Flop Twinkle, Man Forward Change – Lady Spin Left, Reverse Turn.

3. Runaround
Reverse Turn, Inside Underarm Turn, Open Break, Runaround, Side Balance.

4. Side by Side Swivel & Free Spin
Change Step, Natural Turns, Back Change, Crossbody Lead, Lady’s Underarm Turn, Explosion, Underarm Turn to Right Side-by-Side Position, Swivels, Three Step Turn to Left & Point, Lady Canter Turn, Right Side Hesitation Step.

Review: Variations 1–4 demonstrated in a routine format.

5. Reverse Turn with Hand to Hand
1–3 Reverse Turn with Underarm Turn, Reverse Turn to Side by Side, Hand to Hand, Man Forward Side Together – Lady Three Step Turn, Man Balance Step – Lady 5th Position Break.

6. Shadow Right Turn
First 4 Bars of Crossbody Lead, Man Lunge to Left Foot Back to Right Foot, Change of Places, Curl into Shadow Position, Progressive Running Steps, Open Rights in Shadow Position, Man Canter – Lady Three Step Turn into Swivels, 4–6 Closed Position.

7. Develope & Ronde
Twinkle to Promenade and End Overturn, Progressive Twinkles to Swivel to Develope, Underarm Turn to Ronde, Cross – Explosion, Change of Place, Explosion In/Out, Twinkle Ending.

8. Shadow Reverse Turn
1–3 Reverse Turn, 4–6 Lady Spiral into Shadow Position, Progressive Twinkles, Three Running Steps Forward, Reverse Shadow, Canter Shadow, Man Canter – Lady Three Step Turn Right, 4–6 of Reverse Turn.