The Adoration Waltz is a modern sequence dance, the dance script being of unknown origin. It is a 16 bar dance (see paragraph numbers) and should be danced to a 1-2-3 rhythm with 3 beats to a bar. This is a slow waltz and should be danced to music at a tempo of 30 bars per minute. We commence the dance in normal ballroom hold with the man facing and the lady backing the line of dance. Both the man’s and lady’s steps are described here.
TECHNIQUE TIP:- The man lowers (bends his legs) slightly and uses “heel leads” to step forward; backward steps are drawn with his toe (again, lowering himself) and whenever they bring their feet together in a sideways movement, both man and lady should rise up onto their toes and then lower. This is called “rise and fall” and adds class to the appearance and feel of the dance.
Please also bear in mind that all waltz sequences are about correct angles in relation to the line of dance.
Adoration Waltz Dance Steps
| Bar | Count | |
Adoration Waltz – 1st Movement – Forward Hover – Backward Natural Turn – Forward Hover – Back Reverse Turn into Promenade Position |
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| 1 | The man moves his left foot forward in a diagonal to wall direction (The lady brings her right foot back in a diagonal to wall direction) | 1 |
| Then the man moves his right foot forward in a diagonal to all direction and makes a slight turn to the right (The lady brings her left foot back in a diagonal to wall direction making a slight turn to the right) | 2 | |
| Then the man brushes his left foot to his right foot without changing his weight and does a Hover (The Lady brushes her right foot to her left foot without changing her weight and does a Hover) | 3 | |
| 2 | Now the man brings his left foot back making a slight turn to the right (The lady moves her right foot forward also with a slight turn to the right) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his right foot to the side and against the line of dance (The lady brings her left foot to the side and against the line of dance) | 2 | |
| The man then closes his left foot to his right foot and should be facing diagonal to wall and against the line of dance (The lady closes her right foot to her left foot and should be facing diagonal to centre) | 3 | |
| 3 | Now the man moves his right foot forward in a diagonal to wall direction against the line of dance (The lady brings her left foot back in a diagonal to wall direction against the line of dance) | 1 |
| Then the man moves his left foot forward in a diagonal to wall direction against the line of dance making a slight turn to the left (The lady brings her right foot back in a diagonal to wall direction against the line of dance making a slight turn to the left) | 2 | |
| The man brushes his right foot to his left foot without changing his weight and does another Hover Action (The Lady brushes her left foot to her right foot without changing her weight and also does a Hover Action) | 3 | |
| 4 | Now the man brings his right foot back making a slight body turn to the left (And the lady moves her left foot forward without turning) | 1 |
| The man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance while turning into Promenade Position (The lady moves her right foot diagonally forward and along the line of dance also turning into promenade position) | 2 | |
| The man closes his right foot to his left foot while in promenade position (And the lady closes her left foot to her right foot, still facing diagonal to centre and in promenade position) | 3 | |
Adoration Waltz – 2nd Movement – Promenade Lock Step – Promenade Hover – Whisk – Wing |
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| 5 | The man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance while still in promenade position (And the lady brings her right foot to the side and along the line of dance while still in promenade position) | 1 |
| The man moves his right foot down the line of dance, still in promenade position (The lady moves her left foot forward down the line of dance, still in promenade position) | 2 | |
| Then the man crosses his left foot in behind his right foot (And the lady crosses her right foot in behind her left foot) | 3 | |
| 6 | Now the man moves his right foot forward while still in promenade position and turning to the right (The lady moves her left foot forward down the line of dance while still in promenade position and turning to the left) | 1 |
| The man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance (And the lady brings her right foot to the side and along the line of dance) | 2 | |
| Now the man transfers his weight to his right foot, into a Hover Action. He should now be facing diagonal to wall against the line of dance in counter promenade position (The Lady transfers her weight to her left foot, into a Hover Action in counter promenade position) | 3 | |
| 7 | Now the man moves his left foot forward against the line of dance while in counter promenade position and turning to the left (The lady moves her right foot forward and against the line of dance while in counter promenade position and turning to the right) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his right foot to the side, against the line of dance (And the lady brings her left foot to the side and against the line of dance. She should be facing the centre) | 2 | |
| The man crosses his left foot in behind his right foot, into a Whisk. He should be facing almost down the line of dance and doing 1/4 turn to the left (The lady crosses her right foot in behind her left foot, into a whisk. She should be facing diagonal to centre and doing 1/4 turn to the right) | 3 | |
| 8 | Now the man moves his right foot forward down the line of dance, leading the lady towards his left side (The lady moves her left foot forward down the line of dance and begins to circle her partner – the wing) | 1 |
| The man continues turning to the left (The lady moves her right foot forward and continues to circle her partner) | 2 | |
| The man continues turning to the left until he is facing diagonal to centre (The lady continues by moving her left foot forward but against the line of dance, she now being on her partners left side, and does a slight swivel until she is backing diagonal to centre) | 3 | |
Adoration Waltz – 3rd Movement – Reverse Spin Turn – Hesitation Change – Reverse Turn |
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| 9 | The man moves his left foot forward in a diagonal dissenter direction with his partner on his left side and turning his body to the left (The lady brings her right foot back while turning to the left) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his right foot to the side and across the line of dance, he being square to his partner (The lady brings her left foot to the side and along the line of dance) | 2 | |
| Now the man closes his left foot to his right foot and should be backing the line of dance (The lady closes her right foot to her left foot and should be facing the line of dance) | 3 | |
| The man brings his right foot back and down the line of dance, a small step, making a 1/2 turn to the left – a Reverse Pivot (The lady moves her left foot forward and down the line of dance while turning strongly to the left) | & | |
| 10 | Then the man moves his left foot forward and down the line of dance but slightly diagonal to wall while still turning to the left (The lady brings her right foot to the side and along the line of dance and continues turning to the left) | 1 |
| The man continues to turn on his left foot (The Lady brushes her left foot to her right foot without changing her weight. She should now be facing the wall) | 2 | |
| The man brings his right foot to the side and along the line of dance while continuing to turn to the left until he is backing diagonal to wall (The lady moves her left foot forward in a diagonal to wall direction, a small step, with her body facing almost diagonal to wall – and does a 7/8 turn to the left on the last four steps) | 3 | |
| 11 | Now the man brings his left foot back in a diagonal tall direction while turning to the right and with the lady moving to his right side (The lady moves her right foot forward in a diagonal to wall direction while turning to the right and moving to her partner’s right side) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his right foot to the side and along the line of dance but he should be facing diagonal to centre (And the lady brings her left foot to the side and slightly across the line of dance) | 2 | |
| And the man closes his left foot to his right foot without changing his weight (The lady closes her right foot to her left foot without changing her weight – a Drag Action. She should be backing diagonal to centre) | 3 | |
| 12 | The man moves his left foot forward, himself square to his partner and turning to the left (The lady brings her right foot back in a diagonal dissenter direction while turning to the left) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his right foot to the side and across the line of dance (And the lady brings her left foot to the side) | 2 | |
| The man closes his left foot to his right foot and he should now be backing the line of dance (The lady closes her right foot to her left foot and she should be facing the line of dance) | 3 | |
Adoration Waltz – 4th Movement – Back Reverse Turn – Natural Spin Turn – Back Reverse Turn |
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| 13 | The man brings his right foot back and down the line of dance while turning to the left (And the lady moves her left foot forward and down the line of dance while turning to the left) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance (And the lady brings her right foot to the side and along the line of dance) | 2 | |
| The man closes his right foot to his left foot without changing his weight – a Drag Action. He should now be facing diagonal to wall (The lady closes her left foot to her right foot without changing her weight – a Drag Action. She should now be backing diagonal to wall) | 3 | |
| 14 | The man moves his right foot forward, outside his partner, while turning to the right (And the lady brings her left foot back in a diagonal to wall direction while turning to the right and toward her partners right side) | 1 |
| Now the man brings his left foot to the side and across the line of dance, he being square to his partner (The lady brings her right foot to the side) | 2 | |
| The man closes his right foot to his left foot and should now be backing the line of dance (The lady closes her left foot to her right foot and should now be facing the line of dance and square to her partner) | 3 | |
| 15 | The man brings his left foot back and down the line of dance, a small step, and does a strong 1/2 turn to the right – a Pivot Action. This should end facing the line of dance (The lady moves her right foot forward down the line of dance while turning to the right) | 1 |
| The man then moves his right foot forward and down the line of dance while still turning to the right (The lady brings her left foot to the side and along the line of dance while she continues turning to the right) | 2 | |
| (The Lady brushes her right foot to her left foot without changing her weight and should be facing the centre) | & | |
| The man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance, himself backing diagonal to centre, and does a 7/8 turn to the right on the last three steps (The lady moves her right foot forward in a diagonal to centre direction, a small step, herself facing diagonal to centre and doing a 7/8 turn to the right on the last four steps) | 3 | |
| 16 | The man brings his right foot back in a diagonal to centre direction while turning to the left (And the lady moves her left foot forward in a diagonal to centre direction while turning to the left) | 1 |
| Then the man brings his left foot to the side and along the line of dance (The lady brings her right foot to the side and along the line of dance) | 2 | |
| The man closes his right foot to his left foot while facing diagonal to wall, ready to commence the sequence again (The lady closes her left foot to her right foot and should be backing diagonal to wall, ready to start the sequence again) | 3 | |
