Another simple answer is that nostalgia haunts New Year’s. For old time’s sake, we sing Auld Lang Syne. We embrace the waltz to remember and ward off depression. Everywhere in the world there ...

Vienna traditionally waltzes in the new year and much of the world blithely follows its example. In fact, the waltz is ...

Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year's tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance's greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...