Weaves in Slow Waltz

Graceful rotations, flowing steps, and elegant movement across the floor
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Level

Intermediate

Styles

Ballroom, Englischer Walzer

Teachers

Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo

Room
Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille

Costs

20.00 CHF for students, otherwise 40.00 CHF

Time
Tue, 06. Jan., 17:45 - 19:00
Tue, 13. Jan., 17:45 - 19:00

Description

This short winter workshop is dedicated to the graceful weaving movements of the Slow Waltz. In these figures, dancers move fluidly around each other using open steps that create volume and continuous motion with strong progression across the floor. Weaves are a key element in making Slow Waltz feel expansive and elegant.

For me, weaves were real game changers. They opened up so many new options and possibilities for dancing and combining figures. I only wish more people knew them – then we could dance them more often.

– Participant, previous edition.

What you are going to learn

We will take a detailed look at:

  • Basic Weave

  • Weave from Promenade Position

  • Weaves ending in PP

To make these figures more usable on a real dance floor, we will also practice figures that end in Promenade Position, so that we can enter the Weave variations with clarity and good flow. In particular, we will introduce the Open Impetus, a beautiful yet challenging figure with a strong rotation to the right and the Leader's Heel Turn.

In addition, we will look at the Open Natural Turn danced from Promenade Position and use it to create a weave-like action that could be described as a "Natural Weave from Promenade Position", a beautiful development, even though you won't find it as a named figure in the technique books.

Requirements for the course

To participate, you should have completed at least Ballroom 4.

Reviews

Reviews for Weaves in Slow Waltz

13. Jan. 2026, 23:56 Teachers: Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Melody und Sascha haben den Workshop auf sehr tolle Art und Weise geleitet. Alle Variationen wurden mehrfach vorgezeigt und zusammen langsam geübt. Auch das individuelle Feedback war sehr hilfreich. Auch wenn der Workshop mit den vielen verschiedenen Variationen ziemlich voll war, hatten wir am Schluss sogar noch Zeit für einen kleinen Bonus.

Reviews the teachers got for other courses

18. Dec. 2025, 14:50 Ballroom 2 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody & Sascha did an amazing job teaching Ballroom 2!
18. Dec. 2025, 14:24 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
great teachers, great atmosphere - love the technical details in between
18. Dec. 2025, 00:07 Ballroom 2 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sasha and Melody are great! We had to Rush through the course because the time was cut short, but they still managed to show us every figure very unterstandably! See you in the next one :)
17. Dec. 2025, 19:37 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody und Sascha gaben sich viel Mühe uns die Figuren beizubringen und auf unsere Fragen einzugehen, vielen Dank :)
30. Oct. 2025, 13:20 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sascha und Melody haben einen hervorragenden Job gemacht, die Figuren zuerst zu zeigen und danach wertvolle Tips und Tricks für die Umsetzung zu geben. Auch das individuelle Feedback war sehr hilfreich. Vielen Dank und gerne wieder!
29. Oct. 2025, 13:05 Ballroom 1 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sasha und Melody sind ein Super Lehrteam. Hat viel Spass gemacht von ihnen zu lernen, Ballroom 1 bei ihnen empfehle ich definitiv weiter!
29. Oct. 2025, 10:51 Ballroom 1 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Just great. Even if you are only slightly interested in taking the course, go for it!
29. Oct. 2025, 10:26 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
28. Oct. 2025, 20:49 Ballroom 1 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Es war ein angenehmer Einsteigerkurs, und die Abwechslung zwischen den Tanzstilen hat Spass gemacht. Die Schritte wurden gut gezeigt und beigebracht, und anschliessen konnte man sie durch üben selber erlernen.
22. Sept. 2025, 03:08 Weaves in Slow Foxtrot with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Unfortunately, there's not much time for slow fox within the basic curriculum of ballroom 1-6 @TQ, thus, workshops like this get even more valuable. So if you see this happening again, sign up is really a no-brainer. Especially if you're lucky enough to have it with Melody & Sascha. You'll love it.
22. Sept. 2025, 03:05 Weaves in Slow Waltz with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
For me, weaves were game changers. They provide so much more options and possibilities to dance and combine with other figures. I wish more people would know them so that we could dance them more often.. so if you see this happening again, especially with Melody & Sascha, don't hesitate to sign up, you won't regret it! :)
22. Sept. 2025, 02:36 Ballroom 5: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
If you're also sad like we were that our ballroom curriculum @TQ is finished with ballroom 6, ask Melody & Sascha to do the 5+ & 6+ again, they are awesome! The additional figures, as well as Melody & Sascha. We had so much fun lesson by lesson, it was truly the highlight of the week! ..and most importantly, they're not only looking for, but also listening to all your feedback! Be ready to be challenged! ;)
17. Sept. 2025, 12:33 Ballroom 6: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Dance courses with Melody and Sascha are alway such a blast. I always felt very enabled to ask questions and then got very informative responses. I had so many aha-moments in the class(es) with them.
17. Sept. 2025, 11:34 Ballroom 6 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha both taught the course very well and were very helpful. One could see, that they had a concept in mind, and were open to any thoughts, feedbacks and other options. This course is a good opportunity to learn new figures next to the normal dance course.
17. Sept. 2025, 11:32 Ballroom 6: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha both taught the course very well and were very helpful. One could see, that they had a concept in mind, and were open to any thoughts, feedbacks and other options. This course is a good opportunity to learn new figures next to the normal dance course.
14. Aug. 2025, 14:59 Ballroom 5: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sascha and Melody are a dynamic duo that will bring your dancing to the next level. The classes are fun and engaging. They are happy to help you out whatever figure you struggle with and for extra practice outside of class you get a summary of the lesson each week.
11. Aug. 2025, 11:15 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody und Sascha sind super Kursleiter. Wir tanzen seit Ballroom 1 bei ihnen und es macht immer noch richtig Spass - nicht zuletzt weil die beiden echt gute Lehrer:innen sind. Würde ich sofort weiterempfehlen.
06. Aug. 2025, 15:04 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Another great course by Melody and Sascha!
06. Aug. 2025, 10:33 Ballroom 5: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Best course ever! Thank you Melo and Sascha for always making the best out of every lesson. We all had a lot of fun and learned A LOT. Both teachers are incredibly motivating and bring so much positive energy into the room. They are also very attentive and always take the time to kindly correct your steps so that every lesson comes with improvement. Theres a mix of professsionalism and fun so it never felt stressful but we still improved week by week. You can really tell how much passion both but into their teaching. I recommend the course to anyone who wants to improve their dancing while having a great time.
06. Aug. 2025, 10:11 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha are great teachers; well explained, and very helpful too.
06. Aug. 2025, 08:21 Ballroom 5: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Der Kurs ist eine super für alle, die neue Figuren dazulernen wollen. Und mit Melody und Sascha macht es sowieso immer Spass.
06. Aug. 2025, 01:33 Ballroom 5: Optional Figures with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Amazing class with my favorite TQ teachers. Can only recommend!
05. Aug. 2025, 23:08 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Jedes Mal wieder eine Freude mit Melody und Sascha!
30. July 2025, 00:39 Weaves in Slow Foxtrot with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Melody and Sasha teaching slowfox, what more can you ask for?
16. July 2025, 14:06 Weaves in Slow Waltz with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Amazing class, as always with Melody and Sasha!
16. July 2025, 11:55 Weaves in Slow Waltz with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Great workshop with my two favourite TQ teachers, I’d definitely recommend it!
15. July 2025, 09:25 Weaves in Slow Waltz with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Great option to learn new fun figures. It’s kind of intense to remember so many figures at once but definitely worth it.
14. July 2025, 22:32 Weaves in Slow Waltz with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB F21 (StuZ)
Melody and Sascha managed to introduce a whole set of beautiful (although challengin) figures in the short time of two weeks with great instructions and feedback. Can only recommend!
01. July 2025, 22:51 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody is how I'd imagine an angel in dancing shoes, while Sascha is the most available (just come to any Mon open dancing) and helpful teacher I've got to know at TQ so far. Together they form a wonderful couple to teach you everything you'd like to know about ballroom dances, but also more if you're ready to be challenged. With them, the class is never over when your watch is saying so. Follower or leader, don't miss dancing with them and getting feedback on both following and leading. The classes were all fun and nicely structured, with great written summaries in the WA chat right after the class saying what has been learned / practiced that day. I'd highly recommend any of the courses with them!
26. May 2025, 13:32 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha are amazing dancers and great teachers that made the course a lot of fun.
26. May 2025, 00:03 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sasha are my favorite TQ teachers! Awesome class, can only recommend!
22. May 2025, 13:57 Ballroom 4 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Der Ballroom-Kurs bei Sascha und Melody hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Die beiden harmonieren sehr gut und erklären neue Figuren ausführlich. Auch das individuelle Feedback war extrem hilfreich. Gerne wieder!
21. May 2025, 07:53 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sascha and Melody did an awesome job, really enjoyed the class. And thanks to everyone in the class for being part of it!
20. May 2025, 22:30 Ballroom 6 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Kurse werden immer besser! Danke Melody und Sascha, dass ihr dieses Interesse in mir geweckt habt.
20. May 2025, 20:21 Ballroom 4 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha manage to teach even the difficult new dances of Viennese Waltz and Samba in an engaging and fun way. Their attention to detail and focus on proper leading and technique made even complex figures managable. Great course and fun vibes, can only recommend.
14. April 2025, 14:52 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha put a lot of effort into the class and made it a great experience.
10. April 2025, 14:11 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Sascha are very competent teachers that bring the course material closer in a very friendly and fun manner! I also felt very enabled to ask questions when they arose.
09. April 2025, 23:45 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Great course, can really recommend! Sascha and Melody always make the lessons very joyful and exciting. Looking forward to the final Ballroom level :D
09. April 2025, 11:34 Ballroom 3 with Melody Greminger & Sascha Pucillo, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Sehr toller Kurs, wirklich empfehlenswert. Melody und Sascha haben sehr gut gemeinsam unterrichtet und sich immer die nötige Zeit genommen, die Figuren mehrmals im Detail zu üben. Auch das individuelle Feedback war immer sehr hilfreich.
09. April 2025, 00:16 Ballroom 5 with Sascha Pucillo & Melody Greminger, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Amazing class, amazing teachers!
17. Feb. 2026, 20:14 Tango: a Development of Basic Figures with Lena Bartl & Sascha Pucillo, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Sascha and Lena have great general knowledge and experience and are always there to answer questions - great class!
11. Feb. 2026, 08:59 From Salsa Cubana to European Latin with Julia Kruszynska & Sascha Pucillo, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Fun opportunity to discover other dances in a relax environment
06. Aug. 2025, 14:49 Discofox Workshop with Melody Greminger & Georg Teufelberger, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Great course, great teachers :) Perfect for anyone looking to learn some additional Discofox figures
04. Aug. 2025, 23:05 Discofox Workshop with Melody Greminger & Georg Teufelberger, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Georg and Melody did a great job, I really enjoyed the workshop and we learned a lot of new figures!
01. June 2025, 11:06 Ballroom 5 with Melody Greminger & Luca Kissling, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Luca und Melody haben den Kurs super geleitet und dazu super Stimmung geschafft.
30. May 2025, 11:02 Ballroom 5 with Melody Greminger & Luca Kissling, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Great class, perfect speed and lovely teachers !
28. May 2025, 16:18 Show Group with Christoph Hellings & Melody Greminger, Room: Hönggerberg, HXE
Es hat sehr viel Spass gemacht, an so einem grossen Projekt mitzuwirken! Danke Melody und Chris!
06. April 2025, 14:07 Ballroom 4 with Luca Kissling & Melody Greminger, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Loved the course, look forwards to it every week and really sad when its over. Teachers are great; patient and skilled. Would definitely recommend 🙂‍↕️
05. April 2025, 07:56 Ballroom 4 with Luca Kissling & Melody Greminger, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Melody und Luca führen den Kurs super und achten auch darauf, dass jeder zwischendurch individuelles Feedback haben kann, wenn eine Figur nicht gänzlich verstanden wurde. Super Atmosphäre im Kurs, kann man nur empfehlen bei den beiden!
04. April 2025, 09:43 Ballroom 4 with Luca Kissling & Melody Greminger, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Melody und Luca haben den Kurs wirklich toll gestaltet, ich habe es mit ihnen sehr lustig gefunden. Sie haben die Schritte sehr gut erklärt und auch jedem individuell gut helfen können, und sie waren sehr nett und ansprechbar. Wir sind mit dem Stoff gut durchgekommen und ich habe das Gefühl wir konnten alle die Schritte gut am Ende des Kurses. Würde jedem ein Kurs mit ihnen empfehlen!
18. Dec. 2024, 20:56 Ballroom 4 with Michael Zischg & Melody Greminger, Room: UZH Irchel, Y25-H-92
Amazing class!
18. Dec. 2024, 12:26 Ballroom 4 with Michael Zischg & Melody Greminger, Room: UZH Irchel, Y25-H-92
War mega gut. Melody und Michael (und Sasha) sind sehr kompetent und haben offensichtlich viel Spass am Tanzen und am Unterrichten desgleichen. Diese Freude zeigt sich dann bei den Figuren und Tipps die sie zeigen und geben. Der Kurs war immer eine tolle Erfahrung und ich bin wöchentlich mit mehr Energie und Begeisterung nach hause gegangen als ich an den Kurstagen zuvor hatte.
17. Dec. 2024, 22:50 Ballroom 4 with Michael Zischg & Melody Greminger, Room: UZH Irchel, Y25-H-92
Melody, Michi and Sascha are all lovely and approachable teachers. The course had a great atmosphere and I would absolutely recommend it to everyone.
26. Nov. 2024, 13:22 Ballroom Crash Course with Melody Greminger & Robin Wolf, Room: Hönggerberg, HXE
Der Kurs war gut strukturiert und das Leitungsteam hat eine tolle Euphorie ausgestrahlt. Der Kurs machte viel Spass!
26. Nov. 2024, 11:27 Ballroom Crash Course with Melody Greminger & Robin Wolf, Room: Hönggerberg, HXE
I never thought I would be able to learn how to dance, so I went to this curse with really low expectations and just to have fun. In the end I learned how to dance the basics, I love it and I don’t feel shy when dancing anymore, I will be probably go to other courses in the future, and I also had fun. A win win situation 😊.
02. Sept. 2024, 18:33 Ballroom 1 with Melody Greminger & Matthias Mayer, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Der Kurs hat sehr Spass gemacht und die Lehrer:innen waren sehr kompetent
29. Aug. 2024, 23:05 Ballroom 3 with Melody Greminger & Matthias Mayer, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Kurs bei Melody und Matthias war super! Beide sind sehr motiviert. Die Tanzschritte wurden immer sehr gut erklärt und vorgezeigt. Sie Atmosphäre im Kurs war immer sehr gut. Beide sind auf Wünsche der Teilnehmenden eingegangen.
29. Aug. 2024, 17:43 Ballroom 3 with Melody Greminger & Matthias Mayer, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody and Matthias did a great job!
29. Aug. 2024, 17:32 Ballroom 1 with Melody Greminger & Matthias Mayer, Room: ETH Zentrum, CAB, food&lab
Melody und Matthias leiten den Ballroom 1 Kurs hervorragend, sie machen es möglich, jede und jedem auf individuellem Niveau abzuholen, sodass jede Person das Meiste aus dem Kurs profitieren kann. Sehr viel Spass und sehr cooler Vibe mit den beiden!