French Waltz (Valse) - video notes

[@tinaboy99]

The Valse in this video is how they dance the Musette style waltz. The french folk type waltz, when danced by good dancers, is a flat spining style. No bouncing up and down as here. Normaly the man has his right foot just in between the ladies feet so both can spin easily. I live near St Chartier and haelp run 2 weekly local dance clubs, plus play for a local folkore dance group.

[@jaalexis2002]

Bonne classe

[@Jironi87]

Why musette song ? Their is a lot of beautyfull traditional waltz. Musette is a little bit kitsch ... No ?

[@CL-ik5yp]

oh shit, this video should be a fucking meme (but it's still great tho)

[@dancingq1729]

I'm looking for videos to use for intro balfolk. Why are you nice enough to do this lead follow but the bourree which is non gendered is Man woman? Madness.

[@Tirn0]

Hi Isobel. Could you elaborate? I think the Bourrées I've filmed have happened to be with women because they were the people I was teaching with. On the other hand I filmed these quite a few years ago and would be happy to remove any sexism that slipped in there

[@dancingq1729]

@@Tirn0 Ah, it just struck me as odd that in this you used lead follow, when its probably more traditionally gendered, whereas in your 2 time bourree video you describe it as "the mens and women's parts are the same." For context I'm looking for dance teaching videos to share at a student festival thats taught gender free, and your videos are some of the best balfolk I've found in English

[@Tirn0]

@@dancingq1729 thanks for the nice words about our videos :). I think for Bourrée, which is clearly not lead/follow, I intended to mean that it is also not gendered, rather than "it is danced between a man and a woman who do the same thing"