It is tradition for a young man to kiss a young lady’s hand at the Elmayer Hofburg ball. The waltz ends; enchantment lingers. Reiner Riedler "The Viennese waltz is very simple,” explained Barbara ...

Once a year the Vienna State Opera hosts a lavish ball. When you enter the magnificent auditorium, you feel as though you have stepped back in time: champagne flows as hundreds of women in gowns and ...

The sounds of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's “Waltz of the Flowers” have become a holiday standard, but this family favorite began as a dance of rebellion, embraced by teens and sneered at by parents. When the ...

Why do so many young Austrians learn how to waltz and long to be debutantes at the Vienna Opera Ball? DW steps into the world of the Viennese waltz. The waltz was based on the Ländler, a folk dance ...

As the Austrian capital honours the legacy of its dance king, the race is on to attract the most punters The music of Johann Strauss streams through Vienna like the stately Danube. Even the syllables ...