Waltz position throughout.
Lead begins facing LOD, Follow against LOD.
1: The Lead steps forward with his right foot as the Follow steps back with her left foot, rotating 90° clockwise.
2: The Lead clicks his right heel to his left heel sideways along LOD. The Follow clicks her left heel to her right heel sideways along LOD. Note: Of course, after the heel click, the clicking heel returns to the ground. In terms of weight changes, a heel click is like a hop on the clicking foot, although you hop slightly early, to click exactly on the count.
3-and-4: The Lead steps back across LOD with his left on count 4, and the Follow steps forward along LOD with her right, to dance the first three counts of a rotary waltz in quick-quick-slow timing, turning clockwise to get into position for the next count 1.
Music in 2/4 time.
Today, it's often danced to Polka music, but the Hops-Walzer predates the Polka.
The Wiener Walz is the Hops-Walzer in 3/4 time.
© 2015 Nick Enge
For more dance descriptions, see our three books on dancing:
The Book of Mixers: 100 Easy-Teach Dances for Getting Acquainted (2022) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge,
Cross-Step Waltz: A Dancer's Guide (2019) by Richard Powers and Nick & Melissa Enge, and
Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living (2013) by Richard Powers and Nick Enge.
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