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Vienna Ball REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Sunday 25th January, 07:37 AM JST

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  • some14some at 08:31 AM JST - 25th January

    Beauty from afar...!

  • Sarge at 09:52 AM JST - 25th January

    Shall we dance?

  • neverknow2 at 10:14 AM JST - 25th January

    Of course! Traditional Japanese Ballroom Dancing.

  • kwatt at 10:22 AM JST - 25th January

    Reminds me of the movie "Shall we dance"

  • Smythe at 11:26 AM JST - 25th January

    Only for the pleasure or the picked few to the rich. Out of our class.

  • outofmydepth at 12:45 PM JST - 25th January

    oh, there IS the japanese WAY of doing this i am sure.

  • TokyoGas at 04:22 PM JST - 25th January

    Looks good.

  • kenchan at 06:51 PM JST - 25th January

    sorry, but wheres the austrains?

  • Azrael at 07:06 PM JST - 25th January

    Fashion Alert: The photographer at the left is wearing WHITE SOCKS/TIGHTS with a DARK PANTS SUIT.

    That said, I think these events are remnants of the Meiji Restoration when so-called refined social traits were eagerly adopted by Japanese nobility and European manners and dress became a standard in Japan, displacing the Japanese equivalent. It looks like the dancers are having fun. That is nice.

  • Athletes at 07:37 PM JST - 25th January

    Kenchan

    **sorry, but wheres the austrains? **

    I saw Austrians are playing musical instruments in the photo. They are not dancing.

  • Betzee at 05:42 AM JST - 26th January

    It looks a bit slow and staid for my taste. When I lived in China one of the few forms of entertainment was dance parties. So I did a lot more classical dance, as opposed to contemporary, in Asia then I ever did closer to where it was invented. One of my favorite pieces of accompanying music was "Die Lorelei," precisely because you can go very fast, almost as if you are on ice skates.

  • uberloser at 06:35 AM JST - 26th January

    Paid dancers? All of the women seem top be wearing one of two dress designs...

  • watershed at 04:31 PM JST - 26th January

    Where's Bruce Forsythe? Is this the warm up for S"trictly".

  • AlfGarnett at 04:50 PM JST - 26th January

    I agree with watershed, you can't have one of these events without Forsythe's presence.

    Looks bloody boring to me though, i always hated all that dancing in the old days.

  • kenchan at 06:55 PM JST - 28th January

    Athletes> good spot, but my point is that is the ball is about ties with Austria then shouldn't the dancing be mixed?

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