The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the
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 ...
[ 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 One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.Claude Conyers. 'One-step', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)
Troy Kinney writes that One-Step originated from the Turkey Trot dance, with all man ...
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* 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 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][
]
References
Dance in the United States
Partner dance
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