The Elegant Waltz Was Once Vienna’s Forbidden Dance
A holiday highlight in The Nutcracker Suite, the waltz had surprisingly scandalous origins in the 18th century.
By MariÌa Pilar Queralt del Hierro
PUBLISHED December 20, 2017
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 dance first whirled through the ballrooms of Vienna, it caused an outrage and marked a decisive shift in European social customs.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/11-12/history-waltz-dance-vienna/
