Cajun Waltz is danced progressively around the floor, and is characterised by the subtle swaying of the hips and step very close to ordinary walking. It is danced entirely in the closed position. The Cuban (or Tropical) Waltz follows the pattern of the standard waltz throughout the song. The Venezuelan waltz provided a basis for distinctive regional musical composition. The Contra Waltz (Freeform Waltz), included in most contra dance evenings, uses both open and closed positions, and incorporates moves from other dances such as swing, modern jive and salsa. Basically the dancers progress around the dance floor with a waltz step, but with no constraints on what moves they can use. The Valse Musette, a form of waltz popular in France, started in the late 19th century. The cross-step waltz (French Valse Boston) developed in France in the early 20th century and is popular in social waltz groups today. In folk dance from the Alsace region, waltzes in odd metres such as , and are found. In modern bal folk, waltzes in even higher metres are played and danced. Estonian folk dance Labajalavalss (flat of the foot waltz) performed in time. Today both the faster Viennese Waltz, made forever popular by the Strauss family, and the slower American and International style waltzes are extremely popular with dancers of all ages. Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6/8 metres. This form and metre (usul in Turkish) is often confused with the completely different Saz Semaisi, an instrumental form consisting of three to four sections, in 10/8 metre, or usul aksak semai (broken semai in Turkish). Semai is one of the most important forms in Ottoman Turkish Sufi music. The Tsamikos (, Tsamikos) or Kleftikos () is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, done to music of metre. References External links Waltz basic steps Music regarding: Waltz within traditional dances of the County of Nice (France) Scroll to "Five Step Waltz" for notes about probable 1847 origin and associated music published the same year. Thomas Wilson's 1816 Waltz Manual (1877 Book critical of the Waltz) The Regency Waltz Waltzes under CreativeCommons licence on BalLibre.org Wedding Waltz Austrian folk dances German folk dances Triple time dances Articles containing video clips Forms of Ottoman classical music Greek folk music Greek dances