valse, valse, valse

The waltz is quintessentially Viennese. But don’t be fooled. There’s far more to it than a classy ballroom dance. In the early 19th century, the physical proximity to the opposite sex that it embodied was much criticised and even led to a partial ban.
With her team of four dancers and three musicians, Johanna Heusser asks whether the waltz can still pack a rebellious punch.