Hey, let's go ball hopping.
Did you mean hopping with these?
Hopping with this ball?
[Click sound]
I mean this ball hopping.
[Waltz music]
Oh
Take us some place where we can WALTZ.
Where you can what?
Waltz
It's a social dance from Austria.
choreographed to a 3/4 time signature....
da da da tum tum tum tum tum
[speaking Korean]
Ah, waltz.
[speaking Korean]
Here, we go.
[Where to Waltz?]
[Waltz music playing]
They're all looking at you.
Believe me, they're all looking at you.
High school students here, finish their senior year with a ball call Matura ball,
and I heard the students have to learn to Waltz and practice group dances
before the actual ball because they actually have to perform in them.
The Matura ball is the introduction into ball culture
for young Austrians.
It sounds similar to the prom in the U.S.
but it is actually very different in it's celebration.
For example, the students invite their entire family
from grandparents to younger siblings.
Do you know where the term ball comes from?
It's actually from the Latin word 'ballare'
which means to dance.
Formally a ball was only for the privileged;
yet, that has changed alot.
Now a days, we can all join in.
We can all attend this glamous event.
Talking about luxury and how it came about from
privileged class, king Louis XIV, the Sun King, in 1600s
introduced the Minuet as dance style in the
ballrooms of his court.
This dance style dominated up to the 1800s.
Around that time, Waltz took over
as the most popular dance
Did you know Waltz began as folkdance
in Austria and Bavaria?
It was the first dance that a man would hold a woman
close to his body publicly.
Yes, contrary to how it is viewed today,
when it was first introduced, the Waltz was considered
quite scandalous.
Oh yeah, quite scandalous, INDEED.
I'm glad that is not the case anymore.
Now, let's talk about the musical aspect of Waltz.
Well, rhythm of a typical Waltz consists of
3/4 beat. The most famous, of course,
Austrian composer is Johann Strauss.
He came from a family of composers and musicians in Vienna.
Suprisingly, Waltz was introduced in England as German Waltz in the 1800s.
As you can see today in Austria, there are many variations
of this popular 18th century event.
Yes, there are balls ranging from the traditonal and/or
causal to the most extravagant in its elegance.
So for a traditonal ball with folk music and traditional
'Trachen' clothes you would attend the Bauernbundball.
Bauern means farmer.
Now, most people in the other parts of the world
would not think of a farmers' ball as a ball at all
with the elegant clothes and the 3/4 beat music
and the waltzing.
However, it is considered a ball nevertheless here.
Now, the Opernredoute in Graz now is that is a ball
how most people imagine how a ball should be
with all the fancy dresses and tuxedo suits.
Suprisingly, it is not just an evening of ballroom dancing.
at the Opernredoute.
No, no, there are..you are also bombarded with live
performances all throughout the evening
such as symphonic concerts, musical performances,
ballet and the performance of the debutantes and partners.
This particular performance is called 'Polonaise' dance
which opens this ball.
Afterwards, it's "Let's Waltz".
Yes, that's a very famous saying to open the actual public dancing part of the ball.
Of course, if all this is not enough ball dancing experience,
there's alway a mask ball call the Casanova in Graz
that one can attend.
[What to Wear]
[Waltz music playing]
[Let's go backstage......]
[The Organizers of the Opernredoute]
Now the organizers are going to give us a little peek behind the scene.
Diane, "Could you tell us a little bit about your organization?"
Well, it is the most beautiful job in the world so far
I can say.
It is a mixture of organization
and it's also a creative part.
I'm working together with great technique teams with great artists.
We're having perfect singers, dancers, and technical teams here
they are working together on this one big project
which is called Opernredoute, and we're all just loving it.
Diane, "Can you also tell us how many guests are
...you expecting this year?"
We're expecting like always 2,500 guests
and yes it's just a few more hours until we're opening our doors.
and we're looking forward for this moment.
Diane, "Can you tell us manpower wise,
how many actual manpower were needed or required
to put this event together? A rough estimate."
Yeah, well, we do have around these days starting off from Wednesday night until today Saturday
We're always having around 350 people at same time here at the opera house
they're working at the different parts of the Opernredoute.
And the evening itself,
we do have 330 different artists
and again another 350 technicians
waiters and so on.
We're all doing the best to make our guests happy.
Diane, "That's fabulous."
Diane, "Also, talking about performers and musicians, can you give us a rough
..idea of how many artists and performers?
...just just to let our viewers know the amount of
thought that went into this and the amount of the
cultural experience that they're are to expect when it comes to the artistry?"
Well, you can expect about 330-350 different performers and different artists here.
They are singers, dancers, orchestras, bands, piano players.
We are welcoming and having to present all this different artists here.
They are the best,
and the best is what we want to show our guests.
Mr. Reinhardt, we would like to thank you for allowing our viewers a behind the scene look.
Um, can you tell us about your organization and
your role in what you are doing behind the scene?
Okay, it's nice to have you here.
Thank you.
I'm responsible for everything like coordinating stuff like getting people into the house.
Opernredoute is a green event and that means we take care of our waste
We have our logistics.
We keep an eye it.
We don't produce too much wastes, and that's why we got 2 prizes for that.
That's particularly your responsibility to see that the whole is as green as possible?
Right.
That's one of your tasks?
Yeah, one of your tasks.
That's the most important one for me
because it's a high level ball,
and we were the first to do this on this cultural level.
And the history, the wonderful history about
this being here in Graz,
can you tell our viewers about that interesting history?
The opera house was built in 1899,
and on the 100 birthday of the opera house in 1999
that was its first Opernredoute,
and it became just history.
We're on our 21st now, our 21st Opernredoute.
Wow
And it started very small........
yes and from the 2nd Opernredoute on,
we builded it up
and created all the different worlds. I will show you.
[Waltz music playing]
So Beatrix, you're from Germany.
Are all the balls in Germany similar to the Austrian ones?
Awww, there is really not much of a ball culture in Germany.
So, I'm really enjoying this cultural treat.
So I'm glad that you told me about this wonderful Austrian experience.
So what stood out most to you?
The amount of balls available in Austria.
I learned that there are 400 or so balls in a given year.
Now, that's alot of dancing.
What stood out for you?
Well, the Opernredoute impressed me
in how they combined a high level event
with an environmental awareness by making it green.
So, here's a question to you, our viewers, would you go ball hopping?
And which ones would you attend?
Please tells us in the comments below.
Yes, we would like to hear from you.
Hope you enjoyed the ball hopping.
Subscribe for more future episodes.
We will see you next time.
[Music playing]
Shake it baby, shake it!
Muy caliente, Sheldon!
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