Cross Step Waltz


6 Wednesday Evenings
7:00p - 8:30p
Jan 22nd - Feb 26th

Arrillaga Family Recreation Center,
700 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA

Beginner Friendly

No previous dance experience is required

No partner needed

Just show up. Partners typically rotate

Open to all ages

Make friends from different backgrounds

Comfortable Attire

Dress comfortably. Dance shoes are recommended

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Cross Step Waltz

Cross Step Waltz, rooted in the elegant French Valse Boston of the 1920s, blends the grace of traditional waltz with foxtrot-inspired cross-steps. Revived in 1995, it now enchants dancers worldwide with its flowing style and endless variations.

Movements

Dancers mirror graceful, flowing movements, creating a smooth dynamic for traveling and rotation.

Music

Danced to a variety of slower waltz music, from classical to contemporary, with its 110-120 bpm tempo inviting elegant, sweeping movements that blend tradition with modern improvisation.

Community

The Cross Step Waltz community is flourishing globally, attracting dancers with its blend of elegance and creativity, growing in parks, social groups, and vibrant gatherings.

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Endlessly Creative
Elegant & Relaxed

The Flow State

A timeless state of energized focus, involvement, and enjoyment. Colloquially known as being in the zone

Characteristics of Flow

A moment of optimal enjoyment through deep involvement and engagement, sometimes accompanied by a feeling of euphoria

Conditions for Flow

Flow happens when challenge meets response. Conditions are clear goals, immediate feedback, and stretching of abilities. Also, loving what we do makes it all work.

Flow with Waltz

Waltz leads you into a challenge/response dynamic that is Flow. Practice and translate Flow to your life

Feel good
Flow & Grow
Flow with Life
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Waltz Foundations-I

Cross Step Waltz

Embark on a captivating dance adventure with this series designed especially for beginners or individuals with no prior dance experience. Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of Waltz and unlock the secrets of this elegant dance. Combine your learning with a flow concept every week to add another dimension to your learning experience.

6 Wednesday evenings, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Jan 22nd - Feb 26th

Arrillaga Family Recreation Center
700 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA

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Intro to Waltz

Acquire the essentials of lead and follow roles, refine posture, Waltz position, connection, balance, line-of-dance, navigation, and graceful rotation. Basics of Waltz timing and music. And, we'll cover basic pattern of Cross Step Waltz that flows into a Turning Basic.

Flow Concept: Amor Fati

Registration, Jan 22nd 2025
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Diving Deeper: Turning Basic

Review and refine the turning basic and see how small changes introduces new variations. Learn the Waterfall a variation of the Turning Basic and put everything together.

Flow Concept: Stages in Learning

Registration, Jan 29th 2025
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Lead Under

Enhance your growing Waltz skills with a new relaxed move, Lead Under, while introducing turns

Flow Concept: Connection

Registration, Feb 5th 2025
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Diving Deeper: Turns

Turns turns turns! Free spins, inside turn, outside turn, turns from Lead Under and turns after the turning basic!

Flow Concept: Trust Emergence

Registration, Feb 12th 2025
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Grapevines

Grapevines in waltz are like a joyful game of "follow the leader," where your feet weave side to side, sipping elegance with every step!

Flow Concept: Body Mind

Registration Feb 19th 2025
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Tango Figures

Tango figures in waltz feel like heaven and earth meeting—combining the relaxed elegance of waltz with the fiery passion of tango. Learn to integrate some basic tango figures like the ochos into your waltzing!

Flow concept: Integration

Registration, Feb 26th 2025

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$20/person
  • One 60 min lesson
  • One 30 min practice period
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Waltz Foundations-I

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$99/person
  • Six 60 min Lessons
  • Six 30 minute practice periods
  • Notes & Recap
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Waltz Foundations-I

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$179/couple
  • Six 60 min Lessons
  • Six 30 min practice periods
  • Notes & Recap
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Teachers

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Karn Verma

Karn, founder of Feeling Flow, has taught at Stanford's Bechtel International Center, Jikoji Zen Center, Friday Night Waltz, and the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. He led the first MIT-CNC and Stanford Alumni workshops and hosts community classes and world-class artists at Tea & Tango. Teaching social dance since 2017, Karn blends engineering and meditation into his teaching philosophy, making dance easy and fun. You can read more about him here www.feelingflow.org/founder

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Rachel Grant

Hearing how much her friends enjoyed social dancing, Rachel attended a free waltz class in 2018 ahead of a big event called the Viennese Ball. She fell in love with dance, went on to take more classes, and soon found herself performing at the same Ball where she took her first steps. Talk to Rachel for encouragement to dance, biology fun facts, poetry snippets, and strength training tips. Better yet, ask her to dance!
Viennese Ball: https://tinyurl.com/2xuxz82x

Venue

The Willow Room at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center

Arrillaga Family Recreation Center700 Alma StMenlo Park, California 94025

Doors open 15 minutes before class.

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700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States

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