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The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the waltz presumably named after where it originated. It is completed in one measure with the weight kept on the same foot through two successive beats. The "original" Boston is also known as the New York Boston or Boston Point. Variations of the Boston include: * The Long Boston also known as the Philadelphia Boston, the Walking Boston or the One Step Waltz. * The One-Step. * The Short Boston,. * The Dip Boston, also known as Boston dip (steps of the dance were accentuated through a bend of the knees, with the center of gravity "dipping"). * The Spanish Boston * The French Boston * The Herring Bone Boston * The English Boston or Three-Step Boston. * The Four-Step Boston or Four-Step Waltz. * The Five-Step Boston or Five-Step Waltz. * The Seven-Step Boston. * The Double Boston or Cross Boston or Count of Luxembourg Staircase Valse * The Triple Boston * The Triple Double Boston * The Russian Boston ...
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Waltz
The waltz ( , meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom dance, ballroom and folk dance, in triple (3/4 time, time), performed primarily in closed position. Along with the ländler and allemande, the waltz was sometimes referred to by the generic term German Dance in publications during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance, including ''volte'', that would evolve into the waltz that date from 16th-century Europe, including the representations of the Printmaking, printmaker Sebald Beham, Hans Sebald Beham. The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Kunz Haas (of approximately the same period) wrote, "Now they are dancing the godless ''Weller'' or ''Spinner''."Nettl, Paul. "Birth of the Waltz." In ''Dance Index'' vol 5, no. 9. 1946 New York: Dance Index-Ballet Caravan, Inc. pages 208, 211 "The ...
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