The annual Vienna Philharmonic Ball anchors a winter calendar of some 450 dances across the city that open a window into ...
VIENNA (AP) — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna ’s famed balls in the 18th century could never have imagined how the hallmark of the Austrian capital’s ...
Once a year the Vienna State Opera hosts a lavish ball. When you enter the magnificent auditorium, you feel as though you have stepped back in time: champagne flows as hundreds of women in gowns and ...
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Viennese Spirit" waltz. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Wiener Blut," also known as Viennese Spirit.
Billowing floor-length gowns, sharp tuxedos, a classical waltz played by a live orchestra and couples turning in graceful unison in a classical ballroom–the scene could have jumped straight from the ...
The ballroom dance that scandalized polite English society in the 19th century for its salacious pairing of men and women is causing a ruckus again. The waltz, it turns out, can have health benefits.
VIENNA (AP) — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna ’s famed balls in the 18th century could never have imagined how the hallmark of the Austrian capital’s ...