{"id":42848,"date":"2026-03-10T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?page_id=42848"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:51:39","slug":"westminster-waltz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/reference\/pattern-dance-charts-descriptions\/westminster-waltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Westminster Waltz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Music \u2013 Waltz 3\/4<br>Tempo \u2013 54 measures of 3 beats per minute<br>\u2013 162 beats per minute<br>Pattern \u2013 Optional<br>Duration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences in 58 sec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WestminsterWaltz.pdf\">Patterns, Step Charts &amp; Additional Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Westminster Waltz is characterized by stately carriage and elegance of line. It should be skated with strong edges and a softly flowing knee action. An upright stance with-out breaking at the waist is essential to its stately character. Throughout the dance the many changes of position should appear to be effortless and in excellent unison. Soft knee bends without bounce, free leg extensions which are strong but not flamboyant, matched free leg movements of couples, even pace and dignified expression all combine to enhance the refined character of this waltz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventors \u2013 Eric van der Weyden and Eva Keats<br>First Performance \u2013 London, Westminster Ice Rink, 1938<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music \u2013 Waltz 3\/4Tempo \u2013 54 measures of 3 beats per minute\u2013 162 beats per minutePattern \u2013 OptionalDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences in 58 sec. Patterns, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":34245,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-42848","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"et-pb-post-main-image":false,"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":false,"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":false,"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team IDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/author\/idcadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Music \u2013 Waltz 3\/4Tempo \u2013 54 measures of 3 beats per minute\u2013 162 beats per minutePattern \u2013 OptionalDuration \u2013 The time required to skate 2 sequences in 58 sec. Patterns, [&hellip;]","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7GOSM-b96","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42850,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42848\/revisions\/42850"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}