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Today's Dance

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful."
— Agnes de Mille

Waltz

Time signature: 3/4
Character: flowing, romantic, elegant

         .
        /|\         .
       / | \       /|\
      '  |  '     / | \
         |       '  |  '
        / \         |
       /   \       / \
      '     '     /   \
                 '     '

    ~~~~~ 1-2-3 ~~~~~

Today's Choreography

1. chasse left, softly 2. hesitation in place, quickly 3. promenade left, smoothly 4. spin turn backward, flowing 5. box step backward, softly 6. chasse diagonal, suspended 7. progressive backward, sharply 8. progressive backward, quickly

Dance this with passion.

Notation

    1   2   3   4   |  1   2   3   4   |  1   2   3   4   |  1   2   3   4
   ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────
R:  /   /   \   |   |  /\  /   /\  <-  |  /\  /   ^   v   |  <-  /\  /\  \   | 
L:  _   ->  \   |   |  /   \/  /   <-  |  _   /\  /   /   |  ^   /   /   /   | 
^:  _   v   v   ^   |  _   _   v   v   |  _   v   ^   ^   |  v   _   v   ^   |

Day 146 of 2026

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