Boston (dance)

The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the waltz ^{[1] [2]} presumably named after where it originated. ^[1] It is completed in one measure with the weight kept on the same foot through two successive beats. ^[3] The "original" Boston is also known as the New York Boston or Boston Point. ^[4]

Variations of the Boston include:

• The Long Boston ^{[5] [6]} also known as the Philadelphia Boston, ^[6] the Walking Boston ^[7] or the One Step Waltz. ^{[6] [7]}
• The One-Step. ^[8]
• The Short Boston,. ^[5]
• The Dip Boston, ^[5] also known as Boston dip (steps of the dance were accentuated through a bend of the knees, with the center of gravity "dipping"). ^[9]
• The Spanish Boston ^[10]
• The French Boston ^[1]
• The Herring Bone Boston ^[11]
• The English Boston or Three-Step Boston. ^[12]
• The Four-Step Boston or Four-Step Waltz. ^[13]
• The Five-Step Boston ^[2] or Five-Step Waltz. ^[14]
• The Seven-Step Boston. ^[15]
• The Double Boston or Cross Boston or Count of Luxembourg Staircase Valse ^[16]
• The Triple Boston ^[17]
• The Triple Double Boston ^[18]
• The Russian Boston ^[19]

References

1. Moore, Arabella E. (1900). The dance, ancient and modern / translated from the French. Philadelphia, Pa.: A. Moore. p. 26.
2. Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 14.
3. Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 21.
4. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 90.
5. Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 22.
6. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 83.
7. Walker, Caroline (1914). The modern dances, how to dance them: complete instructions for learning the tango, or one step, the Castle walk, the walking Boston, the hesitation waltz, the dream waltz, the Argentine tango (3rd ed.). Chicago: Saul Brothers. p. 35.
8. Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 15.
9. "Boston [Boston dip]". The Grove Dictionary of American Music. Oxford University Press. 2013-01-01. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195314281.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-531428-1.
10. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 86.
11. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 88.
12. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 92.
13. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 93.
14. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 94.
15. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 96.
16. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 98.
17. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 100.
18. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 101.
19. Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 103.