Boston (dance)

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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]

Waltz dance

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple (help·info) time, performed primarily in closed position.

Variations of the Boston include:

Walking Boston

The Walking Boston, sometimes designated the One Step Waltz, is a very simple dance in which many graceful figures may be introduced. It is done to the same music as the Hesitation Waltz and Dream Waltz.

One-Step ballroom dance

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  2. 1 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.
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